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- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - DSFI, LLC / Swift Technologies, Inc.
- As a manufacturer selling to resellers, all with demanding integration requirements, from procurement to Web site integration to order integration, DSFI faced growing demand to find ways to integrate and automate the various ways data flow into and out of the organization to and from suppliers and customers. By utilizing...
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- Systems-Based Process Reengineering In Demand Chains
- Demand in markets drives competition. It is imperative for organizations to efficiently manage demand chains. Process reengineering has emerged as effective tools for overhauling demand chains their efficiency. The need is to carefully examine demand chains and come up with a suitable systems reengineering solution. The paper examines this issue....
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Motorola's Battle With Supply And Demand Chain Complexity
- Motorola, now entering its third year of battle with the complexity in its supply and demand chain, scored solid victories in 2002. Its Personal Communications Sector PCS, responsible for 41 percent of the firm's $26.7 billion in annual sales, launched the lion's share of its supply and demand chain initiatives....
- White papers 2003-05-01
- The Global Enabled Supply And Demand Chain Series: Fulfillment And Logistics
- Recognition of the fulfillment function's value to supply and demand chain management makes sense when customer function is recognized. Fulfillment is the most critical step in gauging how well a business is meeting its customers' needs. This article says that ignoring fulfillment and logistics in one's company's supply and demand...
- White papers 2003-07-01
- Demand Chain Excellence: A Tale of Two Retailers
- Demand chain management may seem basic. However, in reality, few companies have mastered the concept. This article examines two demand chain management leaders, both giant retailers but ones that operate in two very different markets. One is Longs Drug Stores, whose demand chain is so efficient that the company has...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Demand Chain Optimization: Pitfalls and Key Principles
- This white paper illustrates how to avoid the common pitfalls and how to reap the benefits of demand chain management. The principles described will profoundly influence ones demand chain. It is gratifying to see that companies that have mastered demand chain excellence, avoiding the pitfalls and implementing the principles described...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Fortune 150 Conglomerate / Silver Oak Solutions
- Silver Oak provided the first-ever corporate-wide spending analysis for this global customer across 20-plus domestic and five European business units. Silver Oak completed strategic sourcing for three complex, difficult categories for a major business group at the company, identifying 21 percent in annual savings. Using Silver Oak's sourcing process (involving...
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- In Depth: Global Supply Chain - The Hidden Costs of a Global Supply & Demand Chain
- When a company moves production offshore or begins sourcing from suppliers overseas, lead times inevitably increase for goods brought into the country. Extended lead times, in turn, diminish the accuracy of forecasts as companies are forced to project demand further out than when they were producing goods closer to end...
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- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Connell Purchasing Services / EC Sourcing Group
- Connell Purchasing Services CPS, a strategic purchasing firm, was founded in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Connell Company. CPS was interested in automating its already sophisticated sourcing process to reduce cycle time, increase throughput without increasing headcount and maximizing the competition for their requirements. After almost...
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- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Fortune 100 Consumer Package Goods Manufacturer / ePlus, Inc.
- With a diverse corporate portfolio, both from acquisition and internal growth, the company recognized the need to consolidate its purchasing data in order to leverage total spend and benefit from associated cost savings. After a thorough evaluation process, it selected the Spend+ VisualEngine graphical mapping tool from ePlus to provide...
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- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Revlon / Frictionless Commerce
- Revlon was undergoing a strategic procurement transformation, with the scope involving people, process and technology changes. Part of this transformation entailed implementing a Supplier Relationship Management SRM solution that would enable the group to consolidate spending and improve supplier communication. After undergoing a selection process that gave strong consideration for...
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- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Global 1000 Industrial Manufacturing Company / Global eProcure
- This global manufacturer was seeking to reduce its spend on direct and indirect commodities and services by 15 percent, improve its sourcing process efficiencies, and get a better handle on its spend centrally with enhanced reporting capabilities. For this consulting engagement, Global eProcure worked with the manufacturer's global purchasing team...
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- Manugistics Unveils 2006 Monthly Webinar Series; Series Kicks Off with Retail Experts from AMR Research and Manugistics Discussing Real-World Strategies for Demand Intelligence and Pricing
- ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANU), a global leading provider of synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions, today unveiled its 2006 monthly Webinar series designed to educate and discuss real-world solutions for the Retail, Consumer Goods CG, Government and Revenue Management (Travel, Transportation & Hospitality) industries.
- Research articles 2006-02-06
- Global Enabled Supply And Demand Chain Series: Procurement
- The article questions the state of procurement enablement in 2003. However, this is a more cryptic question than ever under the current economic conditions. This question has been posed for all the functional areas of Global Enabled Supply and Demand Chain model (Order/Demand Capture, Sourcing, Procurement, Fulfillment, Logistics, Payment, Customer...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Understanding Pricing Issues
- In an era of increasing globalization, the costs of labor, transportation, and materials constantly fluctuate. This presents a problem because it creates new complexities and encourages new competition. This also presents an opportunity because those complexities challenge your organization to re-evaluate its pricing process regularly. Doing this will help you...
- Articles 2007-10-02
- Balancing Profitability and Customer Value: An Application to Zone-Pricing by a Supermarket Chain
- This paper investigates the impact of price discrimination by a large Chicago supermarket chain. Using a structural econometric approach, the paper are measures the impact on prices, profits, and consumer welfare from shifting from a uniform chain-level pricing policy to a regionally segmented zone-pricing policy. Using a rich database, the...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- Dynamic Inventory and Pricing Models for Competing Retailers
- This article asserts some words on the basics of economic principles. It addresses infinite-horizon models for oligopolies with competing retailers under demand uncertainty. It characterizes the equilibrium behavior which arises under simple wholesale pricing schemes. More specifically, one consider a periodic review, infinite-horizon model for a two-echelon system with a...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Manugistics Announces Pricing Solution Advancements in Latest 7.2.1 Software Release; Manugistics Appoints Ed Daihl to Lead Pricing Initiatives Across All Business Units
- ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANU), a leading global provider of synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions, today announced new pricing solution enhancements to its Demand, Promotions and Markdown solutions in the recent release of its 7.2.1 software. In addition, Manugistics has appointed Ed Daihl, Group Vice President...
- Research articles 2005-03-28
- Manugistics Announces Unconstrained Demand Forecasting to Optimize Revenue; Newest Revenue Management product more accurately predicts demand to aid price setting
- ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MANU), a leading global provider of supply chain and revenue management solutions, today announced the roll out of Unconstrained Demand Forecasting, its newest pricing optimization solution for the hotel and travel industry. The new solution more accurately predicts forecasted demand to allow hotel and...
- Research articles 2006-06-15
- Agistix's On-Demand Solution Gives Maxim Centralized Logistics Control
- Nearly all high-tech companies these days seek competitive advantage through far-reaching global supply chains, but they can only achieve this edge with tight, centralized control over their logistics. Maxim Integrated Products, a semiconductor manufacturer, understands this mandate perfectly. The company selected Agistix to control shipping and distribution and to maintain...
- Case studies 2006-07-01
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