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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Mid-Tier Collaboration Between Planning and Product Development

Analyst Insight: Maturation of inventory management in organizations often follows a somewhat linear path from the technical basics of planning to the organizational issues encountered in sales and operations planning (S&OP). Coordination between product development and planning may not be the last hurdle, but it has been a major stumbling block that many mid-sized firms are increasingly overcoming.

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Environmental: The Changing Outlook in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Analyst Insight: Today, sustainability is on the agenda of the highest-ranking corporate executives, as well as line-of-business managers. It is time for companies to take a more serious look at the role sustainability can play in making their supply chains more viable, competitive and best aligned with the Triple Bottom Line of profits, people and planet.

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High-Tech / Electronics: The Next Great Innovation Will Come from the Customer

Analyst Insight: The industrial economy has been replaced by the information economy. For high-tech supply chains battling the recession and focusing on demand-driven strategies, it's the customer that has undergone the most dramatic transformation. Selling, fulfilling and servicing these customers will require new supply chain designs.

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China: Bringing Your 'A' Game to Your China Supply Chain

Analyst Insight: Leading companies doing business in China - both sourcing and selling to the local market - are revamping their supply chains to minimize costs and empower their growth agendas. China is leading the world economy out of its current recession, and executives are looking to supply chain improvements to fuel their own company's comeback.

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Event Management: Visibility Into the Inbound Side Yields Huge Dividends

Analyst Insight: With numerous events and shipments to monitor, where should a company begin and in what areas are today's leaders focused? A recent study of over 209 companies shows that top performers are focusing on inbound supply chain events and are reaping big benefits.

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Inventory Planning & Optimization: Can Inventory Reductions Achieved in 2009 Be Sustained?

Analyst Insight: Although companies were able to reduce absolute inventory levels by 10 percent from Q3/2008 to Q3/2009, a closer look reveals that Days Inventory On-hand deteriorated by 7.5 percent, resulting in excess working capital requirements of $50bn for the largest 1,000 U.S.-headquartered public companies. If not regained, this lost efficiency will become a more significant cash drain than expected in 2010.

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Logistics Educators Agree on Transfer of Academic Credits

Are You Still Confused About APS, SCM and ERP?

RedPrairie Drops IPO Plans, Agrees To Be Acquired by Equity Firm

Critical Visibility And How to Get It

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Global Trade Management: Mitigate Supply Chain Risk with GTM Software

Analyst Insight: The global trade management software market is in constant flux, but the risk mitigation benefits provided by the vendors are unmistakable. Vendors offer solutions across logistics, compliance, and finance, and spending on GTM software remains one of the few bright spots with 53 percent of respondents from our recent survey stating they are going to increase spending on GTM.

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