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Beyond pricing and procurement: maturing technology, globalization, and a seller's market shift focus in supplier management to analytics, risk, and collaboration.(Applications & Services)
Mastering supplier relationship management (SRM) can save 3 percent a year OD procurement costs. That's an average of $67 million a year for the...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 06/01/06 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Agile more important than lean: distributed business models require visibility, software-supported production methods.(Business Performance)
Some industry experts are warning that simply being lean is not enough for manufacturers that work with extensive networks of supply chain...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 05/01/06 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Less clutter, more customer: Milicron and Rockford Corp. find integration key to customer service goals.(Applications & Services)(Company overview)
In theory, business is about getting and keeping customers--knowing what products they want, when and how they want them delivered, and what will...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 04/01/06 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
21st century logistics: forecasting remains relevant in the ongoing document management revolution.(Applications & Servicies)
With supply chains extending due to globalization, Razat Gaurav, VP of global transportation and distribution for supply chain management...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 03/01/06 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Intellectual property security basics: some rules of thumb--and some technologies--that protect product information in outsourced environments.(Security/Wireless)
Manufacturing in low-cost countries makes great bottom-line sense. It even may be necessary for corporate survival. But doing so can put a...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 12/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Securing the process industries: everyone wants a secure plant floor, but process manufacturers have special concerns that require unique strategies.(Security/Wireless)
No matter what product is going out the door, basic plant-floor security issues remain the same. To start, these include control of physical and...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 10/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Build a better mousetrap: find hidden value in business applications without customizing the company into a corner.(Applications & Services)
Enterprise systems, if not quite commodities, are not much of a competitive differentiator anymore. They're table stakes in the manufacturing...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 09/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
An implementation and upgrade checklist: twelve ways to keep a project from going south.(Applications & Services)
Two words apt to cause many IT or business managers to cringe are "implementation" and "upgrade." But for every rumored project failure, surely...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 08/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Start expecting the unexpected: supply chain security means being ready for anything.(Security/Wireless)
In Genesis, Chapter 6, God told Noah, "Make yourself an ark." Lucky Noah. He was warned. Best not to count on the same divine favor to keep your...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 06/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication -
Lean, in the most general sense: serious lean adopters move initiatives beyond the factory cell to maintenance, the front office, and the supply chain.(Applications & Services)
"Lean thinking always works when applied in a comprehensive way," say James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones in a 1996 Harvard Business Review...
Manufacturing Business Technology, 04/01/05 by Bartels, Nancy · More from publication
