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UK Retailers Find International Expansion Demands Supply Chain Efficiency

International expansion has become an established route to generating revenue growth for UK retailers, but the logistics of moving products across the globe can often put a strain on efficiency and profits.

Too Many SKUs? How Clorox Avoids Supply-Chain Chaos

Life in the laundry room used to be so simple.

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Demand Sensing Reduces Forecast Error as Supply Chains Become More Complex, Study Shows

North American supply chains became more complex in 2012 as the economy continued to recover. Rapid innovation, higher seasonal sales and increased reliance on promotions contributed to make forecasting more challenging. These and other findings are contained in the Terra Technology Forecasting Benchmark Study, now in its fourth year.

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POOL4TOOL Forms EDI Unit for Supplier Connections

POOL4TOOL has created a subsidiary to connect customers with their suppliers through electronic data interchange (EDI). The unit is known as POOL4TOOL EDI powered by GDP (Global Digit Post).

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SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

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Software AG Launches webMethods 9.5; Tool for Portfolio Management

Software AG has launched a new version of its webMethods platform. Version 9.5 combines cloud, mobile and social technologies with automated business processes.

Time Could Be 'Pot of Gold' That Big Data Brings

Simplifying the decision-making process is a fundamental goal for CFOs, given the competitive necessities of agility and speed. Unfortunately, many traditional planning, budgeting and forecasting systems see the business world as local and linear, not global and cooperative, frustrating this imperative.

LLamasoft Issues Update of Supply Chain and Transportation Guru Software

LLamasoft Inc., a provider of software for supply-chain design, has made a number of enhancements to its Supply Chain Guru and Transportation Guru applications.

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DHL to Make New Investment in Logistics Operations in Philippines

Logistics firm Deutsche Post DHL is investing $25m in its operations in the Philippines to further expand its supply chain business and warehousing facilities.

The Evolving World of Healthcare Supply Chains

A conversation with Daron Whisman, director of financial operations at Memorial Hermann Healthcare.

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Next-generation Forecasting is Closer Than You Might Think

Surrounded by an explosion of data, most forecasting systems have no way to leverage or take advantage of it.

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Small Firm Takes on Big Job of Optimizing Military Inventories

Gleason Research Associates blends its proprietary software with the mobile computers of Intermec to help the U.S. Army track and audit everything from desks to tanks. Efficiency soars, and errors plummet.

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