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- Warehouse Management: System Technologies
- From the executive summary: ‘Experts suggest that the 21st century will usher in the next generation of warehousing technology and information requirements. The improvements of the 20th century have allowed the warehouse to work smarter, not harder. The next technological level will allow even extremely customized demands to be met....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Transportation: Stuck in the Slow Lane
- Manufacturers have implemented technology and new processes to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of distribution systems. But is the nation's infrastructure able to handle the load? While the U.S. has one of the finest transportation systems in the world, and its manufacturers are among the savviest users of it,...
- White papers
- Supply Chain Best Practices: Companies Must Define What Works for Them
- "Best practices" means understanding the operations and the costs thoroughly, getting the best return on investment, satisfying customers and understanding that one has never done with the job. It's critical to understand that when it comes to having the right building and the right systems on the right site in...
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- Operational Resiliency in Today's Economy
- Businesses are committed to growth. Yet, while growth brings opportunities, it also creates greater risks. Growth forces change throughout the organization?from production to sales to supply chain partners. A strategy for operational resiliency will help manage these risks by helping in understanding the potential vulnerabilities in an organization and enabling...
- White papers
- Can You See Me? Visibility in Your Supply Chain Minimizes Surprises
- Relationships with suppliers have to change so they can better serve the needs. By allowing the supply chain partners and suppliers visibility into the forecasts, orders, inventory levels, and manufacturing schedules one enables them to make better decisions about how they supply materials. True supply chain excellence requires everyone along...
- White papers
- The Transportation Optimization Opportunity
- Companies in every industry understand that transportation is too large a segment of the economy and their business to ignore. Corporate hierarchies are beginning to see how important the transportation role is and to understand that improvements in transportation operations are often very fast to implement and require little or...
- White papers
- Seven Practices You Need to Succeed: Supply Chain Execution Systems Implementations
- A common assumption about supply chain execution SCE systems implementations is that, while they have the potential to provide value, in the end, they are not worth the risk or hard work required. At worst, many fear that the organizational changes brought on by this kind of investment could ultimately...
- White papers
- 25 Ways to Lower Inventory Costs
- Inventory policies drive two types of costs-operating expenses and working capital requirements. This paper indicates that, while total logistics costs as a percent of sales are falling and most individual companies have succeeded in reducing inventory levels; total logistics costs per hundredweight are increasing, and inventory costs as a percent...
- White papers
- 12 Essential Elements You Need to Succeed: Planning a Successful WMS Implementation
- With today's emphasis on optimizing the supply chain, many warehouse management system WMS vendors have repositioned their packages as supply chain execution solutions. From an implementation perspective, adding "execution" to the product's name invokes a certain degree of irony. The success or failure of a WMS implementation can dramatically affect...
- White papers
- Packaging Line Controls: The Future Is Here Control Systems Evolve in Pharmaceutical Packaging
- Packaging line operations have come a long way. As pharmaceutical packaging lines evolve, the interfaces between operating personnel and the equipment are also changing because of the merger in process between conventional electrical controls and information systems. The concepts embodied in the latest stage of packaging line control systems integration...
- White papers 2005-02-04
- Beyond Compliance: RFID for the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Radio Frequency Identification RFID is hardly a new concept. Until recently its impact in supply chain management has been limited to niche roles due to cost barriers as well as a lack of accepted standards, technology challenges and performance limitations. According to many of its proponents, RFID promises to save...
- White papers
- A Risk-Based Approach to 21 CFR Part 11
- On February 20, 2003, the federal Food and Drug Administration FDA announced major changes in the policy of enforcement concerning 21 CFR Part 11: Electronic Records, Electronic Signatures. The compliance policy guide concerning this regulation was immediately inactivated along with all previously published guidance documents. The new guidance poses no...
- White papers 2003-05-06
- Seven Best Practices for Supply Chain Execution Implementations
- A common myth about supply chain execution SCE systems implementation is that while they have the potential to provide value, they are not worth the risk or hard work required. At worst, some fear that the organizational changes brought on by this kind of investment could ultimately damage relationships with...
- White papers
- Defining Core: On the Elevator
- The process of defining "Core" requires awareness of the four types of business functions within a company?primary core, secondary core, primary non-core, and secondary non-core. Primary core functions are the things that differentiate the company in the marketplace, and more importantly, they are the reason the customers come. Secondary core...
- White papers
- Supply Chain Metrics: A Strategic View
- The ongoing consolidation among grocery and other retail channels is concentrating more and more market share and power in fewer retail chains, increasing their leverage to dictate price, service and supply chain technology terms to their food and beverage suppliers. Competition at all levels is intense, driving most retailers to...
- White papers
- Take Advantage of Low Hanging Fruit
- Supply Chain Management SCM and logistics excellence have become critical competitive weapons for Food and Beverage companies to achieve profitability and market share objectives, unlocking value through both operating cost reduction and revenue growth. However, there are many options for process improvement and technology investment, and the path forward is...
- White papers
- Creating a Trans-Pacific Supply Chain Strategy
- Trans-Pacific trading, also seen as a low cost sourcing option or an impossible market to crack, is now an essential and major part of many companies' supply chains. As the demand for low cost products produced in this region continues to increase, trade with Asia has increasingly become the major...
- White papers 2003-03-19
- What Do You Really Know About Your New Supply Chain Ally?
- As companies continue to move toward extended supply chains and evolve into new ways of doing business, collaboration among supply chain partners is more important than ever before. As supply chain networks compete, a highly effective supply chain will outpace the competition through more efficient operations and increased market share....
- White papers
- Good, Better, Best: How to Assess Your Supply Chain Performance
- 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...
- White papers
- The Realities of Implementing a Warehouse Management System
- Whether one chooses to upgrade an existing system, add or activate a new module in the ERP system, or go with a best-in-class, stand-alone warehouse management system WMS, generally easy to justify and to realize if one does the project correctly. The key is full-time project management and support not...
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