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• Adaptive Business Networks: A Strategy for Change and Efficiency in Manufacturing

  BNET - 2005-08-17

  To survive in the demand-driven, collaborative 21st century environment, companies should strive to achieve a balance between market adaptability and stable business processes. Examples of early forms of the adaptive business network are easy to find at innovative companies. Hewlett-Packard uses the structure to orchestrate production of PCs and printers...

  Tags: Strategy, Montgomery Research Inc., Network, Manufacturing, Channel Management, Networking, Marketing

• Performance Management - Remedy for Value Chain Ills

  BNET - 2004-06-15

  A supply chain simply moves products across multiple trading partners whereas a value chain generates a profit accomplishing this. Measuring true performance, not just hundreds of metrics destined for little use in briefing books, is a major challenge for supply chain managers. Increasingly measures must widen their horizon beyond the...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Supply Chain, Performance, Value Chain, Remedy Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• It's 2003. Do You Know Where Your Supplier Is?

  BNET - 2003-07-26

  Harsh economic times require different, and usually more balanced, approaches to supply chain management. For some companies, the most dramatic move might be applying the same level of attention and exactitude to upstream supplier activities as they typically have to downstream customer activities. It explains the Effect on Operations as...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Supplier, Channel Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

• Game-Changing Process Designs For Distributed Business Models

  BNET - 2003-07-26

  Companies should develop shared processes with partner organizations that encompass a strategy that is core to their business model. These process designs require a specific outline of roles and tasks that enable value for the company. The paper looks at the key challenges and opportunities that companies face in today's...

  Tags: Game, Montgomery Research Inc., Business Model, Supplier, Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management

• A Holistic Approach To Realizing Sustained Results

  BNET - 2003-07-26

  While strategic sourcing point initiatives have provided significant benefits to date, an integrated supplier relationship management approach is needed to fuel sustainable, cross-enterprise cost savings. . Many of these companies have already zeroed in on the sourcing process and purchased software tools or run hosted e-auction events that have yielded...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Business Operations, Marketing

• The Dynamic Value Chain: Quickly Reducing Complexity

  BNET - 2002-05-16

  Dynamic value chain management increases responsiveness across organizational structures. Communication between functional areas improves overall supply chain effectiveness. Dynamic value chain management DVCM is a business methodology that helps companies manage marketplace variability and complexity and align company strategies with execution processes. DVCM helps transform a value chain into a...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Value Chain, Dynamic Value Chain Management, Channel Management, Marketing

• Strategic Sourcing In The Telecommunications Industry

  BNET - 2002-05-16

  From the executive summary: ‘In the contemporary business era, companies are under intense pressure to boost financial performance and increase shareholder value. In this challenging climate, procurement and sourcing, its supplier relationship component, are among the most effective tools companies have to quickly achieve measurable benefits and to build sustainable,...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Telecommunications, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Telephony, Channel Management, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Networking, Marketing

• Growing an eBrand Profitably

  BNET - 2001-06-10

  Brands that establish themselves as trusted online suppliers wil have an advantage as cellphones, PDAs, and interactive TVs all come online. Much of the marketing thinking appropriate to the online world is the same as that which applied to its traditional equivalent. Some, however, is not. The important thing is...

  Tags: Montgomery Research Inc., Interactive TV, Brand, Supplier, PDAs, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Channel Management, Branding, Handhelds, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing