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Supply Chain Performance Management in the Energy Industry: Despite relatively buoyant and rising energy commodity prices, the push for reduced costs and increased efficiencies across the oil & gas, petrochemicals, and utilities industry is as strong as it has ever been. Today, an energy company – whether it be involved in exploration & production, refining, petrochemicals, retail or...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), SeeCommerce, energy company, supply chain, value chain, industry; White papers
Turbocharging Six Sigma: "Everyone knows that Six Sigma is an effective tool for improving quality, reducing costs, and boosting productivity. Leading companies in every industry can attest to its performance-enhancing power. But it's not always easy knowing where to start, or which projects to choose especially when the underlying problems are complex. Six...; Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, Supply chain management (SCM), QCI International, Six Sigma, supply chain, industry, performance, tool; White papers
Supply Chain Management:Cracking The Bullwhip Effect - Part III: "The objective of supply chain management is to provide a high velocity flow of high quality, relevant information that will enable suppliers to provide an uninterrupted and precisely timed flow of materials to customers. However, unplanned demand oscillations, including those caused by stockouts, in the supply chain execution process create...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), R. Michael Donovan & Co. Inc., supply chain, distortion, information quality, supplier, SCM; White papers
Repetitive Pull Systems: Reductions in work-in-process inventories and lead times permit the application of simplified visible inventory signals to schedule your manufacturing resources. Changing the scheduling of the supply chain from a forecast-based, infinite reverse push system to a consumption-based pull system will result in significant and permanent reductions in inventories with simultaneous...; Tags: supply chain, customer service, manufacturing; White papers
Supply Chain and Demand Chain Integration: The Pathway to Profit and Competitive Advantage: Over the last decade, a powerful mandate for sustained business productivity has emerged: to design, alter, and combine products and services to profitably and efficiently meet the needs of customers. "Managing demand for the total value maximization of the enterprise and the supply chains" is the "competitive battleground" of the...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), SAP AG, supply chain, demand chain, competitive advantage, business productivity, SCM, CRM; White papers

Aerospace Parts Maker Boosts Productivity With SCM: Delavan's OEM operation, the company's flagship in West Des Moines, IA, makes precision parts for aircraft jet engines. The production process for making these highly refined, heavily tooled parts is complex. In one month, filling all the customer orders typically requires the execution of 25,000 discrete events or sequences on...; Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Thomas Publishing, OEM, aerospace, SCM, aircraft, manufacturing; Case studies
Banta Streamlines Existing Production, Warehousing and Distribution of Print and Promotional Materials Into a Seamless, Total Supply Chain Management System for its Pharmaceutical Customer: Banta's customer is a division of a premier global healthcare products company with sales in excess of $13 billion and operations in more than 100 countries. A program was needed to streamline existing production, warehousing and distribution of print and promotional materials into a seamless, total supply chain management system....; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), warehousing, SCM, supply chain, IVR, health care, sales, Web; Case studies
Turning a Poultry Packaging Problem Into a Money Maker: This paper cites an issue related to problems faced in poultry packaging. The poultry processing industry has used waxed corrugated containers for many years to ship their products to market. However, the wax on the boxes proved to be a major issue because it prevented the retail supermarket industry from...; Tags: International Paper Co., poultry, barrier, supply chain, environment, industry; Case studies
Universal Forest Products: Wood Products Maker Streamlines Supply Chain, Forecasting Processes: The article describes about wood products. Universal Forest Products (UFP) is a leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of wood and wood alternative products for the do-it-yourself retail, site-built construction, manufactured housing, and industrial markets. In 2003, UFP unveiled a new business strategy to support continued growth, improved inventory turns, and...; Tags: Sales force management, Microsoft Corp., manufacturer, business strategy, forecasting, supply chain, manufacturing, sales; Case studies
Invensys Technologies and Services Make Drug Processing More Efficient - and More Profitable for the Supply Chain: Pharmaceutical and life science companies are undergoing a period of change; characterized by increasing global competition, increasing regulations, risk management, new technologies, volatile economic conditions and a wave of mergers and partnerships. This article illustrates how Invensys can optimize drug production process, lower costs, mitigate risks, and minimize the time...; Tags: Strategy, Invensys, life science, risk management, supply chain, merger, partnership; White papers
Denver-based Firm Needed to Expand: J.D. Edwards & Company develops, markets, and supports enterprise software and supply chain computing solutions that enable customers to translate ideas into practical realities quickly and efficiently, using the company's software. The company recently completed construction of a Denver business campus. The individual campus buildings are equipped with a Trane...; Tags: American Standard Inc., Trane, Denver, enterprise software, supply chain, software; Case studies
Food Processors Increase Demands on Packaging: This article focuses on how food companies are trying to take advantage of technology in packaging. New polymers and film combinations can offer improved functionality and shelf life. Radio frequency identification (RFID) offers the potential for heightened supply-chain efficiencies. New printing techniques can work in applications where top-notch graphics would...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Stagnito Communications, RFID, food, polymer, printing, radio, graphics, processor, software; White papers
Squeezing Out Supply Chain and Logistics Efficiency for Manufacturers: This webcast will explain how mobility is being used to make a positive impact in manufacturing organizations today, leveraging and maximizing mobility in support of critical manufacturing concerns and processes including supply chain and distribution operations and a leading manufacturer in Venezuela implementing mobility to streamline their operations.; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Symbol Technologies Inc., mobility, supply chain, manufacturing, manufacturer, logistics, Webcast; Webcasts
The Future of Smart Packaging: This article deals with labeling the packages "smart" or "intelligent" when they are able to do things for themselves like date themselves, tells where they are in the supply chain, shows the condition of their perishable contents, and even alter their permeability to provide better conditions for those perishables. The...; Tags: Stagnito Communications, microwave, supply chain; White papers
PeopleSoft Case Study: C.F. Sauer: C.F. Sauer's customer base includes national retailers as well as large food service organizations. C.F. Sauer wanted to establish consistent supply chain management practices integrated with financial processes. The challenge was to implement a manufacturing and planning solution that supports both make-to-order and make-to-stock environments at plants in Virginia, South...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., manufacturing, SCM, supply chain, food, customer service, financial, environment; Case studies
Midterm Supply Chain Planning Under Demand Uncertainty: Customer Demand Satisfaction and Inventory Management: This paper utilizes the framework of midterm, multisite supply chain planning under demand uncertainty to safeguard against inventory depletion at the production sites and excessive shortage at the customer. A three-site example supply chain is studied within the proposed framework for providing quantitative guidelines for setting customer satisfaction levels and...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Pennsylvania State University, Inventory Management, supply chain, customer satisfaction; White papers
Microsoft Business Solutions Webcast: Achieving Productivity, Cost and Competitiveness Gains in the Automotive Supply Chain (Level 100): Automotive suppliers are facing an array of supply chain challenges. OEMs and upper tier suppliers are requiring component suppliers to reduce costs, improve quality, and offer more flexible delivery schedules. At the same time, raw material and component costs are increasing, cycle times are decreasing, and design responsibility is shifting....; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Channel management, Microsoft Corp., supply chain, supplier, Webcast; Webcasts
Data Analysis Yields Rx for Process Improvements: A leading group purchasing organization (GPO) for hospitals and medical clinics, with more than $5 billion in annual purchases, wanted to upgrade its transactional supply chain to improve visibility and further enhance membership benefits. The organization hired UPS consulting to help it meet this challenge. Consequently, the company analyzed member...; Tags: United Parcel Service of America Inc., process improvement, data analysis, supply chain, supplier; Case studies
Drug Company Plans Ahead to Keep Supply Chain Healthy: A mid-sized, U.S. pharmaceutical company is rapidly emerging as a major player due to its innovative business model for the development and licensing of branded and generic drugs. The company brought in the experts from UPS Consulting to assess the long-term health of its supply chain as the company prepares...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Strategy, United Parcel Service of America Inc., supply chain, sourcing, health care; Case studies
Telef?nica Optimizes Its Network Lifecycle Management With an On Demand Supply Chain Solution: Telefonica asked IBM Business Consulting Services to develop an on demand supply chain solution that connected its enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with those of its network suppliers. For the pilot project, Telefonica chose to synchronize its systems with Alcatel, one of the company's major network suppliers. IBM Business Consulting...; Tags: Business services, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Telefonica, business consulting services, consulting service, ERP, supplier, IBM Corp., supply chain, network; Case studies