Companies can get the latest on supply chain management trends—from inventory management, forecasting, and sales and operations planning—at the annual APICS Conference and Expo’s seminars and presentations. A summary of the 2009 expo explains what you might have missed.
Nine Ways to Use ERP to Make the Manufacturing Supply Chain Lean Jakob Bjorklund
There are entire books and thorough training and certification processes devoted to lean supply chain practices. But within any manufacturing environment, there are a few relatively simple steps that will help any… Read Article…
An Analyst's View of Process Industry SMB Challenges TEC staff
Process manufacturing industries have distinct needs from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Here’s an overview of what process manufacturing requires from an ERP solution, including business intelligence… Read Article…
Transportation Management Systems: The Glue of the Supply Chain David Bourque
With manufacturing now a global industry, moving product throughout complex supply chains remains a challenge for most organizations. But transportation management systems are spearheading the way to help solve the… Read Article…
Why Is In-transit Visibility (ITV) in the Supply Chain Important? Khudsiya Quadri
ITV capabilities allows an organization to meet the challenges of rapidly increasing fuel prices, changes in regulatory requirements, and provides customers with premium services without increasing the total cost of… Read Article…
Using Demand to Modulate Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Networks Subramanyam Venkataraman
Traditionally, the consumer packaged goods supply has been driven to market mostly by upstream manufacturers. But progressive companies are realizing the enduring value of being driven by the market, and they are… Read Article…
Who Could Object to Faster, More Responsive Supply Chains? P.J. Jakovljevic
Today, global manufacturers have all but abandoned traditional vertical supply chain management to adopt the more flexible horizontal and virtual supply chain concepts. But in changing their business model, they have… Read Article…
Managing Lean Manufacturing Using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Dr. Scott Hamilton
A supply chain management system (SCM) is a critical success factor for implementing lean manufacturing. The SCM system helps define product structure, costing information, financial information and reports and is a… Read Article…
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