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- How To Convert Lost Sales Into Buying Demand
- Tracking lost sales has been problematic on how to properly track it and respond by stocking these items. Whether an operation is utilizing, e-commerce (B2B, B2C), order management systems OMS, or enterprise resource planning software ERP, this is an important concern that can be solved. If one does ‘respond' properly...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Performance Measurement: Connecting Strategy, Operations and Actions
- A strategic plan must specify goals, strategic objectives and actions and the final performance measures by which management and the stockholders will gauge success. Top management's performance can usually be measured in terms of sales volume, marketshare, cash flow, profit, ROI, dividends and market value. Performance measurement systems should enable...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Best Practice Guide To Reverse Logistics
- The article talks about an emerging concept in supply chain known as ‘reverse logistics' The processes associated with handling the return of orders and packaging from customers, better known as ‘reverse logistics', is in many ways the neglected child in the extended family of the supply chain. For many companies...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Inventory Efficiency In The Supply Chain
- The article takes a diagnostic approach for bringing in efficiency in supply chain. Lowering inventories is one of the quickest ways to decrease working capital needs. Performance measurements, such as the old standby ROA return on assets and the newer EVA economic value added, as well as other measures that...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Implementing A WMS: A Project Pertaining To Logistics
- The article says that after thorough justification and the decision to go ahead with the implementation of a WMS project, the real challenge begins. Globally, such a project usually develops in 8 phases: Appointment of the project team members, Engineering of the logistics process, Selection process of a solution, Integration...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- 7 Ways To Immediately Increase Order Fulfillment Speed
- Although "the customer is king" is an age-old caveat in the business world, the advent of the Internet and rapid emergence of e-business has put customers in a new and even stronger position. But, a question that arises is that how does a company go about ratcheting up its order-fulfillment...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Getting Sales & Warehousing On The Same Page
- In this issue focus is on successfully coordinating the sales department with the fulfillment of the actual outbound shipments. The goal is to leverage technology that permits consistency in customer requirements and policies within the organization in order to leverage that technology to the maximum. To bring together these three...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Bottom Line Benefits Of Productivity Management In Retail Distribution
- Retailing is one of the world's most challenging and competitive industries. In recent years retailers have made significant investments in supply chain management improvements to complement the continuous focus by traditional retailers on store operations. These investments have included latest generation warehouse management systems WMS, sophisticated inventory management and replenishment...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Computerized Shipping Systems: Return On Investment
- Many executives are unaware of how a computerized shipping system can increase profit within their organization more often than not. They view an investment in shipping technology as an expense; failing to see the potential return on investment ROI. This paper provides a summary of 14 different ways a computerized...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- What Is VMI?
- VMI is a process where the supplier generates orders for the distributor based on demand information sent by the distributor. During this process the supplier is guided by mutually agreed to objectives for inventory levels, fill rates and transaction costs. There are two EDI transactions at the heart of the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Seven Ways to Boost Order Accuracy to Near-Perfect Levels
- To the experienced logistics manager, order fulfillment is the focus of warehousing and the essence of distribution. Many would say that without accurate, cost-effective processes, a distribution center is just another warehouse. The distribution center is where a company's efforts to satisfy the customer reach a fever pitch, and typically...
- White papers 2002-08-13
- The Top 10 Fallacies of Logistics Labor Management
- Labor Management represents perhaps the lowest hanging fruit for companies interested in reducing supply chain and distribution costs. With its accelerated, ROI, a Labor Management System LMS delivers a rapid, deterministic payback that can improve distribution center labor productivity 10-30 percent, as well as provide a long list of other...
- White papers 2001-08-16
- Best Practices
- The article says that one can design an acceptance-sampling plan to signal when to undertake a total physical inventory count. Compared to taking a total inventory count at a fixed period annually, sampling can provide you with more accurate record counts, cause less disruption of operations, and lower costs. The sampling...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- WMS Planning, Design And Procurement
- Warehouse management systems provide a bridge between enterprise-level purchasing, manufacturing planning, manufacturing execution and customer service systems and the warehouse or distribution center. With real-time visibility of available inventory, the WMS marshals people, space and equipment to efficiently receive, store, pick and ship components and raw materials to production and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Logistics Execution Systems Perspective
- Quick Response, Efficient Consumer Response ECR), Supply Chain Inventory Visibility SCIV and other logistics acronyms do not define new concepts. Today, however, the constraint is not technology, but rather the inability of many organizations to assess the alternatives and effectively integrate the technology available. The process begins with understanding the...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An eCommunity Case Study
- Companies typically move through three stages as they develop their e-business strategy. Stage I is , " e-commerce," uses the web as an electronic storefront for marketing, sales and services delivery. Stage II is "Putting Processes Online," is an effort to reduce or eliminate costs that may be redundant to...
- Case studies 2003-01-01
- The New Logistics Management Paradigm: The Impact Of Today's Trends
- Logistics, as defined as the part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements. To make this happen, transportation, distribution,...
- White papers 2001-10-05
- High Performance Logistics: Key Trends, Opportunities And Results
- We think there is a new kind of field emerging, called supply chain process management. Some calls it supply chain event management and also talk about supply chain performance management or supply chain analytic. In the past, we have not been able to get good data on the visibility of...
- White papers 2002-06-27
- Reverse Logistics
- The processes associated with handling the return of orders and packaging from customers is known as reverse logistics. It is one most of the most neglected process of supply chain. To lay the foundations of a successful reverse logistics strategy, companies must recognize that it is not solely a supply...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Virtual Warehousing
- The general drive to reduce stock makes the orders increasingly smaller. At the same time, the geographical area that we have to supply is larger globalisation. Nevertheless, we want to be able to deliver our products to the customer quickly, or rather, whenever it suits the customer. Virtual warehousing possibly...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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