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Visionary's Dream of Penny-a-Minute Phone Calls in India Becomes a Reality

Great vision inspires great effort, sometimes turning the improbable into life-changing reality. This is the story of one man's desire to bring reliable and inexpensive phone service to the people of India and the supply-chain effort that helped make it happen.

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OSRAM SYLVANIA Shines Light On Supply-chain Operations

A conversation with Gregory Schmidt, vice president of logistics and business systems for OSRAM SYLVANIA.

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Thinking Outside The Outsourcing Box: It's All About Business Process and Service

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Seeing Is Managing:Maintaining Visibility in the Supply Chain

Here's what the best companies are doing, in making sure they retain visibility over products and information in the chain. • Third in the Best Practices series.

Seeking Excellence Within The Four Walls of the Warehouse

In a perfect world, the tight coordination of systems and processes would allow goods to flow continuously from manufacturer to customer. With total understanding of consumer demand, who needs a lot of excess product taking up valuable real estate? • Second in the Best Practices series.

Price Optimization Software Helps Bolster Gross Margins

Relying in part on point-of-sale data, this software improves merchandise assortment, boosts total sales and helps increase average selling prices.

POS Data Is Used To Quickly Recalibrate Store Replenishments

Point of sale is "where the facts are" that help retailers readjust orders to accommodate sales peaks and valleys that may be predictable but aren't always intuitive.

The 12 Cardinal Sins of ERP Implementation

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Best Practices Minimize the 'Luck Factor' In SC Planning

Ten best practices in supply-chain planning, culled from conversations with leading supply-chain executives, analysts and vendors - the first of a series of six "Best Practices" articles to be presented this year.

From Public to Private: Trading Exchanges Change With the Times

Privacy concerns have prompted many companies to develop private exchanges to deal with suppliers, but both models should survive in some form.

ERP Vendors Expand Offerings, Make Inroads Into SCM Market

Major ERP players are poised to give best-of-breed vendors in supply-chain management and execution a run for their money as the economy gains steam and companies once again begin to invest in technology.

Special Issue: Collaborative Commerce - Forecasting Tool Lowers Coke Bottler's Inventory

Enabling its field sales managers to collaborate on forecasts allowed Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated to slash inventories in half while absorbing 150 new products.

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