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Woolworths slashes costs with supply chain tech
Case Study High street retailer Woolworths has streamlined its distribution with supply chain management (SCM) software from long established partner SAP. The retailer had some tough requirements with 820 UK stores of different sizes and delivery frequencies... [02 Jun 2008]
The Internet-Enabled Supply Chain: From the First Click to the Last Mile
White Paper How is the supply chain changing amidst the evolution of the information age - or, rather, the revolution in the new economy? The Web offers the supply chain enormous potential and entirely new methods for streamlined coordination between business... [24 Feb 2004]
Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning
White Paper Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company needed to take an enterprise-wide view of its strategic... [16 Mar 2007]
Measuring Supply Chain Costs Using ABC/M
White Paper How will Supply Chain manufacturers and distributors distinguish profitable customers from unprofitable ones? Information technology from the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendors is enabling all of the trading partners along the... [24 Feb 2004]
Informix and the ISP: Strategic Links in the Digital Value Chain
White Paper The digital value chain begins with establishing a presence on-line, extends to online sales transactions and includes after-sale and repeat-sale analyses. The real value in the chain is in the last step - in the analysis of customer data - and how... [24 Feb 2004]
How Companies Derive Cost Savings From Sound Supply Chain Management and Electronic Payment Systems
White Paper Until recently, financial flows and supply chain systems have developed independently. Because many current systems do not adequately address the financial flow, while placing primary focus on the flow of goods, unrealized savings exist in many... [11 Aug 2006]
RFID Security for the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Comes Into View
White Paper An RFID enterprise supplier that has its sights set on Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Security requires a substantial, solidly dependable and scalable core product offering of hardware and software. These products coupled with sound capabilities in... [19 Dec 2004]
The ISP: Strategic Link in the Digital Value Chain
White Paper The digital value chain begins with establishing a presence on-line, extends to online sales transactions and includes after-sale and repeat-sale analyses. The real value in the chain is in the last step in the analysis of customer data and how... [24 Feb 2004]
Knowledge Leadership: Michigan State University and IBM Construct a Center For On Demand Supply Chain Research
White Paper Michigan State University wanted to engineer a laboratory environment that enables students and faculty to simulate study and test key supply chain relationships to learn more about the dynamic flow of information and resulting interdependencies. [01 Mar 2004]
ChangingInc's Value Chain Solution Streamlines Business Forms Industry
White Paper ChangingInc, a specialty paper supplier, wanted to improve channel management capabilities to maximize revenue and strengthen relationships with value chain. The solution to this was gained by implementing WebSphere Commerce solution which... [16 Mar 2007]
Managing Supply Chain Risks With Derivatives
White Paper This paper explores the impact of derivatives on supply chain risks when consumer demand is uncertain. The analysis is based on a simple two-stage supply chain consisting of a single supplier and a single retailer. [12 Apr 2005]
Broadband Business Support Systems: What the Changing Value Chain Means for xSPs
White Paper This paper describes how Convergys believes the successful xSP at the top of the value chain will deliver these converged services to Dave and other high-end customers. Communications service providers representing three distinct markets wireless... [01 Mar 2004]
Fairchild Semiconductor Centralizes Supply Chain Management Planning
White Paper Fairchild Semiconductor, a leading global player in the multi-market semiconductor industry, is focusing on streamlining its supply chain planning and production processes. The company needed to take an enterprise-wide view of its strategic... [16 Mar 2007]
An Introduction to RFID in the Supply Chain
White Paper The RFID revolution has arrived and it is enabling the high-resolution supply chain of the future. A staple of hardware and software standards around RFID created by the Auto-ID Center and EPCglobal, and now expanded and put into practical use by... [04 Jul 2007]
Supply Chain Planning Benchmark Survey
White Paper This paper presents the Supply Chain Planning Benchmark Survey, an easy way to help readers assess their supply chain performance. s supply chain performance and systems to those of median and best-in-class companies, as well as information about... [03 Jul 2007]
