A Modern Tale of Long (Supply Chain) Tails -- Part II » The TEC ...

... Namely, all too often, the high “item/store” forecast error causes, besides stock-outs in the store, costly overstocks at regional DCs, which then ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/08/01/a-modern-tale-of-long-supply-chain-tails-part-ii/ - 42k - 2008-08-01

Best Manufacturing Scheduling Systems

by Ashfaque Ahmed ... While shortages of raw and WIP materials can be avoided through better materials management, service levels can be adjusted to keep a low stock outs. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/08/research_notes/TU_SC_XAA_08_29_05_1.asp - 16k Summary: 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.

Sales and Operations Planning Part Three: Game Plan Guidelines

by Dr. Scott Hamilton ... Metrics include reductions in stock-outs, delivery lead-time, missed shipments, partial shipments, expediting efforts, and improvements in customer service. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/12/research_notes/TU_ER_XSH_12_13_03_1.asp - 21k Summary: Effective game plans lead to improved firm performance and bottom line results. Metrics include reductions in stock-outs, delivery lead-time, missed shipments, partial shipments, expediting efforts, and improvements in customer service. This is an excerpt from the book Managing Your Supply Chain Using Mi

Method to the (Expansion) Madness: Some Common Threads

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The idea is to thereby reduce product shrinkage, reduce stock-outs, and reduce inventory costs within the supply chain, while concurrently improving product ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/11/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_11_15_06_1.asp - 17k Summary: Click Commerce has been impressively active in its expansion efforts, and now offers quite a few solutions outside its traditional realm. While each of its solutions has a unique focus, the vendor's target market often requires solutions from several categories.

The Pain and Gain of Integrated EDI Part Two: Automotive Suppliers ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... They should be able to reduce stock-outs, quality defects, and EDI costs, while gaining business process enhancements with their supply base. From BRAIN. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_22_05_1.asp - 24k Summary: The nature of the global automotive supply chain means that the suppliers must be tightly integrated into the trading partner’s enterprise, whose supply chain communications and management capabilities need to be able to manage that critical relationship.

Consumers Shop Everywhere: Understanding Multichannel Sales

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... But nothing has hurt the adoption of multichanneled shopping more than delayed or even cancelled orders because of stock-outs. Many ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2005/04/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_04_12_05_1.asp - 23k Summary: Multichannel retailers must be able to flawlessly execute a full range of services to engage, transact, and fulfill on Web placed orders. Hence, most successful multichannel retailers of today had to either build a complete set of the services in-house or outsource some or all of them.

A Modern Tale of Long (Supply Chain) Tails -- Part I » The TEC ...

... possibly lost in the long run). Most of these stock-outs are associated with a new product introduction (NPI) or promotional campaigns. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-modern-tale-of-long-supply-chain-tails-part-i/ - 48k - 2008-07-09

Poor Data Quality Means A Waste of Money

by Olin Thompson ... purchase orders, etc. 3 – 5% of all stock outs, resulting in a loss of sales, are due to data quality issues. Item catalog errors ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2003/09/research_notes/TU_EV_XOT_09_23_03_1.asp - 11k Summary: Data quality sounds like a motherhood and apple pie issue, of course we want our data to be right. However, very few enterprises get serious about it. Maybe that's because the cost of data quality is hidden. That cost can be huge.

Supply Chain Management 101 » The TEC Blog

... 1. Increase your top-line profit growth through supplier collaboration 2. Increase the quality of your customer service 3. Decrease stock-outs 4. Reduce your ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/11/26/supply-chain-management-101/ - 54k - 2007-11-26

Profitable-to-promise: A New Exciting Era

by Ashfaque Ahmed ... At the same time, optimal quantities of all finished products should be stocked so that there is neither stock-outs nor excess inventory at any distribution ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/11/research_notes/TU_SC_XAA_11_24_05_1.asp - 17k Summary: Any manufacturing business is faced with promising accurate delivery dates for customer orders. At the same time, the manufacturer has to ensure that every order taken, is profitable. This article focuses on the issues related to order delivery date promising in view of profitability of orders to the man