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Private Label Juice Maker Puts the Squeeze on Inventory
Challenge: Simultaneously balancing inventory, meeting customer service needs, and maximizing production efficiencies is a challenge for any company. For a leading national private label juice and drinks producer this combination adds a few unique demand planning complexities.
Lack of Communication, Planning Stunts MRO/Indirect Material Management, Study Says
Lack of planning and tracking of inventory, poor communications among company divisions, and underutilized or non-existent technology are among the core elements holding back manufacturers, educational and medical institutions, life sciences companies, food processors, automotive makers and facility maintenance companies from achieving world-class MRO operations, according to a recent survey completed by Storeroom Solutions Inc.
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Nakivo Updates Cloud-Based Data-Protection Application
Nakivo Inc., a provider of data-protection software for VMware virtualized environments and cloud backup, has released version 4.1 of Nakivo Backup & Replication.
Dramatic Shifts in Manufacturing Costs Driving Companies to Change Global Production Strategies, Report Finds
Major shifts in cost competitiveness around the world over the past decade are starting to spur a number of companies to change their global sourcing and manufacturing investment strategies, according to The Boston Consulting Group's report, The Shifting Economics of Global Manufacturing: How Cost Competitiveness Is Changing Worldwide.
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While Dangers Remain, Supply Chain Risk Recorded at 18-Month Low
Global supply chain risk reached an 18-month low in Q2 2014, decreasing for three consecutive quarters for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply's (CIPS) latest CIPS Risk Index (CRI).
Manufacturers Need a More Data-Driven Approach to Direct Materials Sourcing
Few decisions have as much power to make or break a product's success and profitability as those around the sourcing of direct materials. The components, parts and assemblies that go into making products not only account for 70 percent of an average manufacturer's annual spend, they have a significant impact on such critical competitive factors as brand reputation, time to market and supply chain reliability.
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Transcepta Offers Trade-Finance Services to Suppliers
Transcepta LLC has begun offering trade-finance services to its customers.
QuestaWeb Apps Suite Now Compatible With Four Major Browsers
The suite of TradeMaster applications from QuestaWeb, Inc., a provider of global trade management software, is now compatible with Internet Explorer 8-11, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.
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E-care: Delivering Customer Service Digitally Without Reducing Profits
A European telecommunications company wanted to lower the cost of its customer service operations but worried about the potential loss of revenue from the cross-selling that its traditional call centers did so well. So-called e-care solved the problem.
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Small, Medium-sized Merchants to See 9-Percent Jump in Online Holiday Season Sales, Report Says
As retailers look ahead to the holiday selling season, e-commerce platform provider Volusion predicts that online sales during the holiday season will grow 9 percent compared to last year for small- to medium-sized businesses.
Resilinc Drives Quick Benefits for High Tech and Auto Company
Challenge: A well-known high-tech company got hit hard in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami a few years ago. The disaster not only negatively impacted the company’s financial results, it did extensive longer-term damage that was harder to repair.
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