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Pharma Moves Beyond RFID to Combat Counterfeit Drugs

KPMG: Boise, Belfast and Brisbane Outsourcing Alternatives to China, India

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In a Word, 2009 Will Be Uncertain

In June 2008, ARC Advisory Group conducted a web survey of 16 leading transportation management systems vendors to obtain their views on growth opportunities and market conditions. Almost 70 percent said their year-to-date sales and pipelines were larger than in 2007. This is not surprising when you consider the record fuel prices customers were dealing with at the start of the year (fuel prices had risen about 50 percent in less than a year). This led many companies to focus on transportation spend management, which led to continued investments in TMS. Then the economy stumbled.

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An Integral Part of the Supply chain, a TMS Can Reduce Costs

The focus on collaboration and visibility across internal and external departments has clearly provided the Best-in-Class transportation companies with the flexibility and agility necessary to overcome the rising costs in fuel and other shipping costs.

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Combining Finance, Supply Chain and Procurement During the Credit Crunch

When the competition is no longer among individual companies but among entire supply chains, every area of end-to-end cost reduction needs to be explored. Financial supply chain optimization has helped leading companies make their whole supply chain more competitive with the introduction of more advanced supply chain finance practices and automated transaction processing. Finance, supply chain, and procurement groups need to collaboratively explore how to use supply chain finance to reduce supply chain costs.

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Supply Chain Experts View of ERP vs Best-of-Breed

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A Real World Look at Recall Technology in Action

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