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Demand-Driven Supply Networks: Advancing Supply Chain Management
White Papers DDSN is the next step in the advancement of supply chain philosophy, which has included responsive replenishment; collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment; and others. These advances streamlined the supply chain to deliver greater...
[March 25, 2008, 8:09]
Straight Talking - On-Demand Supply Chain Management
White Papers Supply chain management is as old as trade itself - it has just got slicker over the centuries. Both have ended up using the supply chain itself as a warehouse, cutting down the need for expensive storage facilities.
[February 21, 2009, 0:24]
Supply Chain Management & Beyond
White Papers As a worldwide market leader in Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID), Philips is committed to an open standards approach to supply chain management. Optimized for all aspects of supply chain management, Philips ICs are already being used in...
[May 10, 2006, 0:00]
SAP improves software for service industries
News SAP will launch a new version of its supply chain management suite in June, the company announced at CeBIT in Hanover on Thursday. According to SAP, the new software, mySAP Supply Chain Management Version 5.0, is able to efficiently manage even low...
[March 13, 2006, 12:10]
Providing Value to Customers at Caterpillar Inc.
White Papers Using i2 Demand Chain Management, Caterpillar created an online dealer storefront that is accessible to both dealers and end customers, and the company has expanded its sales coverage, reduced the cost of sale, and increased productivity.
[June 25, 2007, 0:00]
Supply Chain Provider Saves $227,000 and 15,600 Labor Hours in Less Than a Year
White Papers Yobel Supply Chain Management, based in Lima, Peru, provides customers in Latin America and the United States with supply chain planning, sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics. With growing competition and increased demand for innovation in...
[February 27, 2009, 0:23]
Panasonic Logistics Optimizes Applications Management, Ensures High System Availability
White Papers The company was previously using a heavily customized patchwork of applications that often caused supply chain inefficiencies. Panasonic decided to replace its disparate systems with Oracle E-Business Suite and outsource the management of the...
[December 14, 2006, 0:00]
Growing Revenue From CPFR and VMI: Building the Demand-Driven Supply Chain
White Papers The remainder of the paper focuses on how to build a demand-driven supply chain around CPFR and VMI programs to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and have significant positive impacts on shareholder value.
[October 19, 2007, 1:00]
HarperCollins Publishers Use SQL Server to Reduce Costs and Improve Responsiveness
White Papers To accurately forecast demand, keep returns to a minimum, and effectively manage the supply chain, a publisher needs immediate access to point of sale information - units shipped, dollar cost to retailers, cost to produce, and how many units...
[December 2, 2008, 23:00]
Arnotts Expands and Transforms Its Business Through Smarter, More Profitable Decision Making
White Papers The company implemented Oracle Retail merchandising, supply chain, and stores solutions to automate all routine processes from purchase-to-pay through to supply chain management. The challenge was to reduce costs by streamlining ordering...
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
Atrium Medical Corporation Integrates Systems and Improves Inventory Visibility to Support Growth
White Papers The company implemented Oracle E-Business Suite applications for financial, supply chain, inventory, manufacturing, and human resources management to create an integrated and highly scalable IT environment that automates core functions and...
[November 3, 2007, 0:00]
The SAP Demand Planning Service Select Package Brings New Levels of Forecasting Accuracy and Efficiency to Global Company
White Papers The SAP Demand Planning Service Select package offers demand planning functionality found in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), a part of the mySAP Supply Chain Management solution. As part of a pilot project, it implemented demand...
[June 2, 2006, 0:00]
Canon Europe CCI Improves Forecast Accuracy by Over 20%
White Papers They also wanted to improve full supply chain visibility across the organization. The company created an Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) model integrated into Oracle E-Business Suite to plan 40,000 item-warehouse combinations across 16...
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
Smiths Manufacturing Lowers Administrative and Warehouse Costs While Managing Rapid Growth
White Papers In 1999, motivated to increase production profits, the company selected Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and began a modular deployment, first rolling out Financial Management, and later adding Sales and Distribution, and Manufacturing and Supply...
[December 7, 2006, 0:00]
Supply Chain and Demand Chain Integration: The Pathway to Profit and Competitive Advantage
White Papers This white paper from SAP and the Peppers and Rogers Group explains how companies can meet this challenge and achieve maximum return and competitive advantage by integrating their supply chain management (SCM) and customer relationship management...
[June 18, 2008, 10:50]
Fast Supply Chain Response Helps Pharmaceutical Giant Win Race to Market
White Papers The company knew it needed a responsive supply chain solution to help it win the race to market. Market demand was high for this less expensive, generic version of the drug. Customized, FDA-approved warehouse management systems allowed the team to...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
mySAP mySAP Supply Chain Management at Distell
White Papers This approach was supported by mySAP Supply Chain Management. Distell then redesigned its demand planning, production planning, and distribution processes. Individually, Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery (SFW) and Distillers Corporation were leaders in...
[August 3, 2006, 0:00]
Industries Chimiques du Senegal Streamlines Operations With Integrated Processes
White Papers The company implemented 11 modules from Oracle E-Business Suite, integrating the company's supply-chain, manufacturing, financials, and human resources processes across the organization. Originally founded to meet India's demand for phosphoric acid...
[May 30, 2007, 1:00]
Executives predict growth in IT spending
News Information technology budgets should grow by 2 percent in 2004, with programmes devoted to enterprise resource planning and supply chain management increasing their share of the software spending pie, a new report says.
[September 3, 2003, 8:30]
Wal-Mart plays catalyst to RFID uptake
News In the past, Wal-Mart has helped to promote other technologies that have helped to streamline inventory and supply-chain management. AMR's Abell estimates that Wal-Mart's costs associated with supply chain -- including storing, transporting and...
[June 6, 2003, 11:33]
