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Transforming Operations Planning at TriQuint Semiconductor
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Improving Inventory Control at TriQuint Semiconductor
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Celestica Pioneers the Model for Supply Chain Managed Services
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NetSuite Acquires Retail Anywhere, Multi-Channel Services Provider
NetSuite Inc. has acquired Retail Anywhere, a provider of multichannel retail-management services.
BNSF Logistics Acquires Canada's Albacor Shipping Inc.
BNSF Logistics LLC, a multimodal transportation and third-party logistics services provider, has acquired Albacor Shipping, Inc., a global project and general cargo services entity based in Toronto, Canada.
Scottish Manufacturer Uses RFID to Monitor Location of Expensive Oil Well Equipment
Equipment built for use in oil wells is not only expensive, but often includes many potentially hazardous materials. As such, it must be closely monitored, both on a manufacturer's site and as it leaves the plant, bound for an end user. FMC Technologies, a Scotland-based manufacturer of equipment for the energy industry, is using RFID technology so it knows where every piece of equipment is.
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Technological, Ergonomic Advances in Automation Improve Worker Environment in DCs
Retailers have been faced with big challenges, including the emergence of smartphone shopping and the continued e-commerce boom. It is no secret that today's e-commerce shoppers now expect to receive items quickly. Since retailers frequently offer comparable products at similar prices, speed of delivery is becoming an increasingly important factor for many online shoppers. This puts tremendous pressure on warehouse operators.
Continued Investment in Multi-Year ERP Is the "¦ Big, Bad Wolf
Usually in a fairy tale there is a big, bad wolf "¦ one that is going to eat you up! Such a wolf is swallowing up the supply chain.
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How Many Companies Successfully Draw on Globally Dispersed Knowledge Bases?
For their global innovation strategies, many companies have long relied on their ability to assemble people with key capabilities and critical knowledge. They typically do this through co-location: bringing together designers, engineers, technologists, and other creative thinkers in a few innovation centers at home and in lead markets. The new products and services they create are then disseminated to markets across the world. But as the range of knowledge needed for global innovation becomes wider and more varied, co-location is no longer sufficient.
QAD Adds Demand-Planning Capabilities to Enterprise Apps Suite
QAD Inc. has developed new demand-planning capabilities as an add-on to it its QAD Enterprise Applications suite.
Shoppers Taking to Mobile Commerce More, But Not for Groceries at This Point, Survey Finds
Symphony EYC, a player in retail and distribution improvement software formerly known as Aldata, announced that its second U.S. holiday shopping survey has determined that in the United States shoppers want to use their mobile phones to make shopping easier, more personalized, and to have more control over inventory, but that purchasing groceries with a mobile is still in its infancy.
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Without an Agile Supply Chain, Being First to Market May Not Guarantee Success
The first to arrive in a market is often the one who ends up owning the dominating market share. But simply recognizing a trend is too little, too late. There will already be a line of other manufacturers who have the new customized product, flexible supply chain and tailored pricing structure in place.
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