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Pain Points in Business Forecasting

People, processes and technology are the three key areas where companies are experiencing "pain points" in their forecasting efforts, says Eric Ball, solutions manager with Avercast LLC. The people side is especially vital, given the trend within many companies of "trying to do more with less." Too often businesses rely on a new piece of technology to improve their forecasting, ignoring the need for humans to run the system. "Coupled with budget cutbacks left and right, developing personnel is a tremendous issue," he says.

Menlo Worldwide Enhances Its 4PL Offerings

International transportation management, value engineering and strategic collaboration are three cornerstones of Menlo Worldwide's 4PL service offering, says Nick Caragher, director of 4PL operations.

Survey Details How Manufacturers Seek to Improve Their Supply Chains

The key supply chain challenge today is the juxtaposition of complex and extended supply networks with increasingly fast and volatile demand networks - and the increasingly ineffective role for inventory as a way to buffer cadence mismatches.

Coping With Demand Variability in the Electronics Supply Chain

The electronic industry has always been characterized by high variability in supply and demand. With recent natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and flooding in the parts of the U.S., the problem has only become more acute. Tackling it requires state-of-the-art systems, strong management commitment, good customer service, well-run business processes, integration among functions and effective inventory-control procedures, says Dave Lentz, director of innovation and solutions marketing with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas.

The Critical Impact of Trade Promotions on Your Supply Chain

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Surging Domestic Energy Sector Puts New Demands on Transportation

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Manufacturing Returns to the West: The Implications

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How an Evolving China Is Affecting Global Supply Chains

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Global Supply Chains As Competitive Weapons

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"Goods to Person": A Valuable Warehouse Efficiency Tool

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Coping With Complexity in the Service Parts Supply Chain

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Arena Solutions Teams With Octopart to Aid in Supply Visibility

Arena Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based product lifecycle-management (PLM) software for managing bills of materials (BOMs), has forged a partnership with Octopart, a search engine for electronic parts.

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