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Bar Coding and RFID: Traceability for Foodservice Supply Chain
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12/1/2008 12:01:00 AM
Safety concerns, competitive pressures and regulatory requirements are creating demand for more traceability in the foodservice industry than ever before. Meeting the challenge does not have to be a burden on your business. Bar code and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies can provide traceability and real-time control to meet customer and regulatory requirements while actually improving efficiency and profitability.
Paper contributed by Zebra Software
Why Enterprise Application Search (EAS) Is Crucial To Your Enterprise
Posted
11/26/2008 12:01:00 AM
A number of companies are offering bolt-on appliances that offer Google-like enterprise search. But these tools are no replacement for true enterprise application search, which is tightly integrated with the application it runs on. Learn how the difference between these technologies can help or harm your business.
Paper contributed by IFS
Beyond the Supply Chain Plan
Posted
11/25/2008 12:01:00 AM
The high degree of volatility in the world economy over the past several years has undercut companies’ expectation that their demand and supply chain plans will remain intact. Supply Chain Planning does not stop with creating a plan; it also requires being ready to change it. Ventana Research proposes nine key questions to ask yourself to get a sense of the opportunity your company has for improving its supply chain planning process. Learn more!
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
HighJump Manufacturing Advantage: How a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Can Transform Your Operation
Posted
11/24/2008 12:01:00 AM
HighJump Software, a global provider of supply chain execution systems, offers a free whitepaper & video on our manufacturing execution system (MES).
Paper contributed by HighJump Software
Implementing Knowledge Management: Practitioners Share Best Practices
Posted
11/19/2008 12:01:00 PM
A knowledge management (KM) implementation can boost support efficiency and customer satisfaction. Or it can be a colossal expense that yields little return. What makes the difference? Find out from organizations that have undertaken a successful KM initiative. Get ten best practices that have been proven to help ensure a winning implementation.
Paper contributed by InQuira
Synchronizing the Distribution Supply Chain with Mobility
Posted
11/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
Get your supply chain in sync with the most complete technology solution around. Download your FREE white paper, "Synchronizing the Distribution Supply Chain with Mobility" now. It's just another way Motorola puts Enterprise Mobility in the palm of your hand. Click here to learn more.
Paper contributed by Motorola
Turning Less Into More
Posted
11/11/2008 12:01:00 PM
Companies need to approach their less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments with a clear strategy. For businesses of any size, LTL shipping can cut into profits when poorly managed. As a result, many companies are relying on third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to maximize their profits and efficiencies by streamlining their LTL shipping.
Paper contributed by TMSi
Simplify Label Printing for High Reliability, Performance, Value
Posted
11/10/2008 12:01:00 PM
This white paper reveals the impact of inefficient solutions on thermal printing operations and shows how an optimized, integrated printing solution delivers improved reliability, efficiency and cost value.
Paper contributed by Zebra Technologies
Successful Alliances and Joint Ventures
Posted
11/7/2008 12:01:00 PM
Embrace the Differences to Succeed! Business partnerships can demand a high expenditure of energy for key managers in both firms while yielding limited operating results. The author's experience with an overseas joint venture is used to demonstrate how 4 simple concepts can dramatically improve your probability of success.
Paper contributed by Strategic Edge
Cracking the Code: How to Make Policy Deployment Work for Your Company
Posted
11/7/2008 12:01:00 PM
Policy deployment is an execution tool for connecting daily management activities to achieving strategic objectives. This white paper from TBM Consulting Group reviews the best practices and hidden success factors that can make the policy deployment process work for any organization.
Paper contributed by TBM Consulting Group
Energy Reduction through Lean
Posted
11/7/2008 12:01:00 PM
Every company has been hit hard during this financial crisis and is looking for a way to reduce expenditures and free up cash. Lean is a lesser known, and incredibly effective avenue for reducing energy costs, a huge expense for many companies. Read this whitepaper, the first of three from TBM Consulting Group to find out more.
Paper contributed by TBM Consulting Group
Meeting the Challenges of Supply Chain Management
Posted
11/6/2008 12:01:00 PM
Optimizing the supply chain is a must in a global economy. However, if a traditional approach to supply-chain strategies is maintained, owners will be faced with idle inventory, excessive rework, lost sales and customers displeased with the overall experience. According to ModusLink's white paper, a supply chain designed to be lean and demand-driven mitigates the effects of risk due to inherent flexibility and readily deployable production options. To learn how to achieve a lean, demand-driven supply chain, read ModusLink's white paper, Meeting the Challenges of Supply Chain Management.
Paper contributed by ModusLink Corporation
The Supply Chain Management of Pharmaceutical Goods
Posted
11/6/2008 12:01:00 PM
Pharmaceutical companies rely on temperature-control systems, just-in-time delivery and specific warehousing needs to protect their products throughout the supply chain.
Agility's white paper offers insight to help the pharmaceutical industry meet its cold-chain requirements with direct-to-pharmacy delivery to minimize risk and loss of time.
Paper contributed by Agility
Underpinnings of Service Excellence
Posted
10/31/2008 12:01:00 PM
Aiming for improved customer satisfaction and reduced service costs, service organizations are taking steps to tightly align service demand with resources. This benchmark study shows that forward-thinking companies have taken strategic actions to achieve service excellence by accurately forecasting service demand and effectively planning service resources to meet that demand.
Paper contributed by SAS
Why You Need to Re-evaluate Your Approach to Supply Chain Planning
Posted
10/30/2008 12:01:00 PM
The supply chain planning approach developed in the early 1990’s is failing under today’s market pressures. Today’s environment requires more collaboration than control; more coordination than optimization. Demand and supply chain planning, monitoring and response needs to be performed by many users, on an ad hoc basis, as events occur. A new supply chain planning paradigm is required.
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
Four Capabilities Required for 21st Century Sales and Operations Planning
Posted
10/30/2008 12:01:00 PM
As increasing supply chain complexity and unprecedented demand volatility challenge a company’s operations performance, the S&OP process needs to be reassessed and updated to take advantage of more modern technology concepts and capabilities for creating feasible plans, monitoring performance to the plan and responding to deviations as they occur.
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
Sales and Operations Planning: Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Tactics
Posted
10/30/2008 12:01:00 PM
Aberdeen recently published a new report entitled Sales and Operations Planning: Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Tactics. Because Kinaxis was a sponsor of this report, we're able to offer a complimentary copy of the report. The report had over 300 respondents across a variety of industries and company sizes. The goal of this year's report was to identify how the S&OP process helps corporate executives accomplish their overall business strategy, with the four broad strategies being: product differentiation, customer service differentiation, cost reduction and profitability.
Paper contributed by Kinaxis
Using Sourcing Intelligence to Combat Commodity Volatility
Posted
10/14/2008 12:01:00 PM
Commodity volatility is at or near the top of nearly every manufacturing executive's list of most difficult challenges. At no other time in recent history have we seen so many commodities rise and fall in such a compressed period of time. Learn how manufacturers of all sizes are using price indices to save money and reduce risk.
Paper contributed by Aptium Global
Still Making Costly ERP System Changes to Keep Up With Your Business?
Posted
8/20/2008 12:01:00 PM
If your business is running on a system configured 10 years ago, it most likely can’t keep up with your needs today without costly modifications. To stay competitive, you need immediate access to comprehensive and reliable data for managing your growing supply chain, serving customers, and building partner relationships.
Paper contributed by Crowe Chizek and Company LLC
Enterprise-Wide Data Collection and Bar Code Printing for Superior Supply Chain Management
Posted
7/18/2008 12:01:00 PM
Participants at all points in the supply chain must produce and provide timely, accurate information or they will be dropped as suppliers and excluded from markets. Zebra's white paper shows how advanced bar code and related technologies can create sustainable advantages by providing the information required for modern business practices.
Paper contributed by Zebra Technologies Corporation
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