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Positioning your business to win: Forecast and Demand Planning

whitepaper To correctly predict consumer demand, they need inventory strategies that rely on statistical forecasting models. This Forecast and Demand Planning eKit highlights case studies, best practices, and how IBM Express Advantage can help optimize...

Tags: back-office, executive, demand, assets

[14 Apr 2008]

Positioning your business to win: Forecast and Demand Planning

whitepaper To correctly predict consumer demand, they need inventory strategies that rely on statistical forecasting models. This Forecast and Demand Planning eKit highlights case studies, best practices, and how IBM Express Advantage can help optimize...

Tags: supply chain management, executive, demand, assets

[14 Apr 2008]

Increased Forecast Accuracy Using SAP APO Demand Planning for Leading FMCG Giant

whitepaper The client, India's leading manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of packaged Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), lacked an efficient forecasting system. A new system was needed to optimize demand planning.

Tags: infrastructure management

[27 Mar 2008]

Demand-Driven Supply Networks: Advancing Supply Chain Management

whitepaper Most consumer products companies realize that developing a Demand-Driven Supply Network (DDSN) could provide the pathway to true customer focus. These supply networks depart from the traditional systematic manufacturing "Push" of products to market...

Tags: warehouse inventory management, supply, supply chain, chain

[24 Mar 2008]

Why O2 isn't willing to share

News Every corporate is a customer in their spare time and the consumer side of that corporate absolutely is interested in the iPhone. He said: "There is interest but I think the interest is more as a consumer within the corporate space.

Tags: o2, 3g, iphone, coverage

[05 Feb 2008]

Microsoft still bullish about Windows Vista

News And looking into the near future, Haigh suggested the healthy consumer uptake of Vista will further drive businesses to migrate, as workers demand the operating system in the workplace as well. According to Haigh, 88 million Vista licences...

Tags: applications, vista, licences, migration

[29 Nov 2007]

Outsourcers warned 'go green or get dumped'

News Brown-Wilson claims the rise of environmental and green considerations is down to investor and consumer demand as well as new government regulations, with issues such as energy consumption, alternative energy sources and waste disposal...

Tags: india, china, offshoring, environment

[03 Sep 2007]

Demand-Driven Supply Networks: Advancing Supply Chain Management

whitepaper Most consumer products companies realize that developing a Demand-Driven Supply Network (DDSN) could provide the pathway to true customer focus. These supply networks depart from the traditional systematic manufacturing "Push" of products to market...

Tags: chain, demand, supply chain, supply

[26 Jul 2007]

mySAP Supply Chain Management at L'Oreal Germany

whitepaper GARNIER, a consumer products division of L'Oreal Germany, improved customer service by assuming responsibility for merchandise planning, demand forecasting, warehouse replenishment, and optimal allocation of logistics for distribution of its...

Tags: erp, inventory, supply chain management, customer service

[25 Jul 2007]

Canon Europe CCI Improves Forecast Accuracy by Over 20%

whitepaper Canon Europe CCI (Canon Consumer Imaging) is a subsidiary of Canon Inc.of Japan, a world-leading innovator and provider of imaging and information technology solutions. The company wanted to improve the management of supply and demand across 13...

Tags: erp, chain, supply chain, supply

[11 Jul 2007]

Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity

Comment Retail is by nature fast-moving and fluid, often forced to react to the whims of consumer demand. He says: "There is no more demand for one-function tin boxes. The 'big ticket' plays - things like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems - are done.

Tags: cio50, retail, cios

[02 Jul 2007]

Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity

CIO Analysis Retail is by nature fast-moving and fluid, often forced to react to the whims of consumer demand. He says: "There is no more demand for one-function tin boxes. The 'big ticket' plays - things like enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems - are done.

Tags: post office, ric francis, retail

[06 Jun 2007]

Corporations slash IT spending plans

News But manufacturers of consumer products are planning to cut their expenditure by 5.6 per cent. This would lead to IT departments focusing on "managing business demand better and improving operations internally", Rubin said.

Tags: spending, enterprise

[15 Dec 2006]

Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?

Can 'scam sweeps' clean up the internet?

News Click here to see a photo of Gerry Sutcliffe, DTI minister for consumer affairs, and John Fingleton, chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading, at the launch of Scam Awareness Month. In an attempt to fight back, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT...

Tags: online scam

[02 Feb 2006]

Consumer Goods: Harnessing the Benefits of RFID

whitepaper RFID is a powerful technology capable of delivering substantial business value to consumer goods companies. This webcast will discuss methods of obtaining and using RFID data effectively to increase supply chain visibility, improve tracking...

Tags: consumer, chain, demand, enable

[05 Jan 2006]

Kill off costly legacy systems in 2006, says Gartner

Kill off costly legacy systems in 2006, says Gartner

News Although none of the analyst's tips would come as rocket science for most CIOs - Gartner, for example, recommends building stronger relationships with CFOs and CEOs - it also said they should look at some of the new technologies including web...

Tags: gartner

[09 Dec 2005]

Time-Phased Inventory Planning: Focus on More Productive Use of Inventory to Reap Rewards

whitepaper Increased consumer expectations around selection, price, and service demand larger assortments and better in-stock positions, increasing the cost of revenue and putting pressure on margins. Retailing is more demanding than ever.

Tags: demanding, selection, pressure, stock

[28 Nov 2005]

UK customer data safe in India, says FSA

UK customer data safe in India, says FSA

News An investigation into the offshore operations of leading UK financial institutions claims consumer data is at no greater risk in India than in the UK. The report warns that offshoring can contribute a material risk to market confidence, financial...

Tags: india, fsa, outsourcing, offshoring

[05 May 2005]

Linux finds a friend in PalmSource

News PalmSource joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) this week, pushing ahead with its plans for a version of the Palm OS that runs on top of Linux. Executives at PalmSource have said the company will create a Linux-based version of its...

Tags: celf, consumer electronics linux forum, palmsource, linux

[11 Mar 2005]

PeopleSoft Case Study: Russ Berrie

whitepaper Russ Berrie is from the consumer product goods industry. This implementation benefited in increasing demand-planning coordination with suppliers, increased ability to perform collaborative forecasting with key customers, reduced inventory and...

Tags: erp, forecasting, consumer, consolidate

[04 Mar 2005]

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