Improving supply chain performance while achieving meaningful bottom line results is a challenge supply chain leaders know all too well. Understanding how the supply chain performance compares with others in an industry and what best practices are the most effective can mean the difference between marketplace dominance and extinction. The...
Supply chain performance has never been as important as it is today. In an economy where supply chains, and not companies, battle one another, how a supply chain performs determines who will win the battle. To achieve maximum benefit from a supply chain, creating competitive advantage in the supply chain...
It is certainly true that supply chain performance depends as much on people and process as on technology, but without superior technology, excellence can never be achieved. Employees need IT infrastructure and application support to perform effectively; and key business processes must be automated and optimized, within and across enterprises,...
Previous research suggested that applying different Information Sharing Strategy ISS to the supply chain under different demand pattern may improve the supply chain performance. But the assumption was made in the scenario that only one kind of ISS was used throughout the entire supply chain when the end consumers' demand...
The article’s objective is to discuss what has been learned about the application of technologies to SCM. It looks at what has worked and what hasn’t. This examination will identify the major risks, methods to mitigate them, and the ways to accelerate a return on these efforts. It will also...
PHILADELPHIA -- With an eye toward performance and shelf appeal, Constar International (NASDAQ:CNST) has introduced a new line of PET wide mouth jars for hot fill foods. No matter what is thrown at them--the heat and pressure of the hot fill process, the inevitable bumps and bruises of the supply...
ATLANTA -- MedAssets, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDAS) announced today that MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a MedAssets company, and the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association AzHHA have entered into an agreement that marks AzHHA's first affiliation with a revenue cycle and spend management services provider, including its first group purchasing organization GPO...
Grocery distributor will use Lawson applications to support long-term growth plans ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Software (Nasdaq: LWSN) today announced that Central Grocers, Inc. licensed the Lawson M3 Enterprise Finance Management, Supply Chain Management, Customer Sales and Service, and Enterprise Performance Management Suites - along with Lawson...
Steel Manufacturer Builds Oracle-Powered Service-Oriented Architecture to Automate Processes With Distributed Network of Business Partners REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- Eaton Steel, a leading distributor and processor of engineered steel bars, is relying on the OracleR E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Oracle SOA Suite,...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Leaders from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the world in July, sharing insights regarding patient safety, efficient supply chain expenditures and pay-for-performance (P4P) based on Premier's Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration HQID project with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Premier President and...
NEW YORK -- With cost pressures steadily increasing, fleet managers are being challenged to get more productivity from their vehicles and drivers so that customer satisfaction is kept high and corporate goals are met. One option is to invest in new technology that can help optimize factors such as route...
TRUMBULL, Conn. -- General Dynamics Electric Boat GDEB has awarded Verify, Inc., a leading global provider of supply chain and technical support services, a supplier quality services contract. Electric Boat is supplementing their supplier quality organization with qualified specialists from Verify to perform source inspections and audits. In addition to...
Recognition for successful demand side management program implementation BURLINGTON, Mass. -- KEMA Services, Inc. has received an Arizona Public Service APS Supplier of the Year award for the utility and energy consulting firm's turnkey demand side management DSM services for the APS Solutions for Business programs. The award...
WILMINGTON, Del. -- A new benchmark report released by Aberdeen Group and co-sponsored by Supply Chain Consultants, details how the S&OP process is helping corporate executives accomplish their overall business strategy. The report, entitled "Sales and Operations Planning: Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Tactics," considered four broad strategies: product...
LOS ANGELES -- ABM Security Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded the United States Postal Service USPS 2007 Supplier Performance Award. The annual awards recognize leading companies that have demonstrated outstanding supply chain management performance and positive relationships with USPS. "We are...
HERNDON, Va. -- eKohs, Inc. was one of 10 Verizon suppliers recognized for excellent performance through Verizon's "2007 Supplier Excellence Awards SEA Program." Verizon's SEA program is a corporate-wide program. Nominees are sought from all lines of business within Verizon. "Verizon is focused on delivering the best customer experience so...
Aisin Sunroof Systems Among 'Best of the Best' PLYMOUTH, Mich., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Aisin World Corp. of America AWA, a Tier One, worldwide supplier of automotive components, today announced that it has received the General Motors 2007 Supplier of the Year award for its significant contributions...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The U.S. Display Consortium USDC, a public/private partnership chartered with developing the flat panel display and flexible electronics supply chain, today announced a cost-shared contract award with Applied Materials, Inc. to develop metal-oxide films for next-generation thin-film transistors TFTs. Oregon State University OSU, a pioneer in...
SEATTLE -- Alvarez & Marsal, a leading independent global professional services firm, announced that former Starbucks senior vice president of manufacturing and operations Rich Soderberg has joined the firm's business consulting practice as a senior director based in Seattle. Specializing in supply chain, operations management and business transformation,...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1edad5/printed_rfid_marke) has announced the addition of the "Printed RFID Markets" report to their offering. Radio frequency identification RFID promises a major new revolution in information technology. It can bring enhanced productivity to supply chain management, inventory control, package tracking and a host...
