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Transportation and Warehousing - 2005
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The Exacting Needs of Metal Service Centers
P.J. Jakovljevic 11/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
General enterprise resource planning (ERP) providers that are viable companies with a solid product, typically do not meet the dimensional inventory, chemical, and physical properties requirements that are vital to the metal service industry and material converter businesses.
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Global Trade Management Software Vendors Under-Perform, But Were Predictions Overly Optimistic?
Michael Bittner 11/11/2005 12:00:00 AM
After 9/11, the analyst community optimistically predicted a sharp rise in the demand for global trade management (GTM) software. While initially vendor shares rose, pre- and post-9/11 barriers have prevented the profitability and ubiquity of GTM software.
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A New Model for Evaluating Third Party Logistics Providers: Enter Service Oriented Architecture
Michael Bittner 10/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Third-party logistic (3PL) providers are under pressure to keep costs low, expand services and capitalize on evolving supply chain management technology. As customers are becoming more discerning, 3PLs can leverage service oriented architecture to meet customer needs.
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Warehousing Management: Yard Management, Competitive Analysis, and Challenges
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
The business remains challenging to even the most established vendors, since an intensifying product architecture rejuvenation and functional enhancements cycle, the pressure from the ERP intruders, and continued market consolidation exert fiscal pressure across the sector.
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Who Needs Warehousing Management and How Much Thereof?
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/30/2005 12:00:00 AM
The warehouse is no longer merely a static storage facility. It now has to use virtually real-time data to closely match supply to demand, eliminate the need to hold excess inventory, and increase the flow of goods throughout the supply chain.
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Best Manufacturing Scheduling Systems
Ashfaque Ahmed 8/29/2005 12:00:00 AM
The market place is awash with many kinds of manufacturing scheduling systems. Due to the dynamic nature of the manufacturing shop floor, it is of utmost importance that a manufacturing scheduling system can take care of these dynamic conditions.
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Addressing Channels and the Low-End Market
P.J. Jakovljevic 8/24/2005 12:00:00 AM
Microsoft announced plans to increase resources and provide new tools and offerings for MBS independent software vendors (ISV) and value-added resellers (VAR). These efforts are designed to accelerate the MBS Group's partner-driven vertical strategy, providing stronger opportunities for partners to align their services and solutions with their customers' specific needs. Microsoft has to be in the small business market, which is a springboard or a feeding ground for more scalable products as these businesses grow over time.
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Do Chinese Enterprises Really Need MES and WMS?
Nelson M. Nones 7/23/2005 12:00:00 AM
Despite rapid industrialization in China and other developing countries, most manufacturing execution systems (MES) and warehouse management systems (WMS) are found in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. These systems have made extraordinary productivity gains possible in the West. However, Chinese manufacturers require a new generation of MES and WMS capabilities to boost their productivity.
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Unifying Global Trade Management: Challenges and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic 6/20/2005 12:00:00 AM
GTM software should be able to gather information and feed it back into the parent company, creating visibility into what remote divisions are doing and how they are doing it. Software providers must strike the right balance between global consistency and special local needs.
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Dealing with Global Trade Management Complexity
P.J. Jakovljevic 6/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
To optimally complete the global trade cycle, a business must automate, track, and provide visibility to the entire global trade management process to optimize its supply and distribution chains.
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