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Motorola Solutions Unveils Pocket-Sized Touch Computer

Motorola Solutions has introduced the TC55, a pocket-sized touch computer.

Dematic Unveils New Order-Fulfillment Offering

Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for factories, warehouses and distribution centers, has introduced an order-fulfillment tool for piece-picking applications.

Supply Chains Have Finally Found Their Silver Lining in the Cloud

Analyst Insight: For both B2C and B2B, cloud technology is nothing new, but for supply chains the adoption has assumed a more guarded pace. That is to be expected: supply chain professionals are accustomed to operating in a world built on legacy applications and bolt-on point solutions. The promise of the cloud had been elusive, but supply chain systems are beginning to take advantage of the business model changes afforded by cloud solutions. - Guy F. Courtin, Vice President, Research, SCM World

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Leaders in Chemical Supply Chain Need Vision & Visibility

Analyst Insight: Complex executive priorities and deeply embedded functional tendencies present challenging organizational dynamics to the chemical supply chain leader. These challenges require a combination of operational effectiveness and leadership vision and influence to establish a hierarchy of layered and synchronized governance processes that connect differentiated execution to segmented demand fulfillment strategies. Features of this integrated capability will include supply and demand visibility with analytics that support agile decision making to manage and mitigate complex constraints. - Paul Lord, Research Director, Gartner

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Is Your Supply Chain Transformation Good Enough?

Analyst Insight: Theoretically, supply chain transformations deliver a different set of capabilities and outcomes that customers recognize. The reality is that a transformation may simply be a radical or rapid change to the supply chain organization and operations in response to changes in the marketplace. It could be a dramatic reduction in cost or improvement in service to remain competitive. In other words, the outcomes are not necessarily different, just better than the prior state. - Michael Dominy, Research Director, Gartner

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Inventory Control & Service Delivery with Service Parts Management

Challenge: Our client, an aircraft manufacturer, needed a sophisticated parts planning process to support an increased demand for aftermarket parts services. The existing ERP and legacy parts planning systems couldn't meet the needs of an increasingly complex services organization, causing insufficient service levels, low inventory turns, and high levels of obsolete stock.

GS1 US Creates Data Hub for Access to Industry Standards

GS1 US has developed the GS1 US Data Hub. The new tool allows retailers, e-tailers, data pools, application developers and other providers to access detailed information associated with GS1 company prefixes.

Supply Chain Analytics in Emerging Markets

With the advent of big data, faster computing and intuitive analysis tools, the promise of analytics has generated a renewed focus on improving operations through data-driven decisions. For supply chain organizations in particular, it is a powerful ally in driving cost reduction strategies and service level improvements. From public sector entities like Lincolnshire, which identified Â£24m in procurement savings, to retail giants like Tesco, which reduced Â£50m in excess inventory, organizations across the globe are achieving substantial impact by applying analytics to their operations. But what about emerging markets?

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E2open Releases Update of Planning and Response Software

E2open has made available version 11.2 of E2 Planning and Response.

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GHX Automates Management of Contract Price Negotiations

Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has developed the Single Channel 845 application, to automate the process of managing contract price notifications in the healthcare sector.

It's Valentine's Day. Are You Too in Love With Your Forecast?

Humankind is forever striving for perfection. When it comes to the job of demand forecasting, however, perhaps we ought to be a tad less obsessive.

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