SMALL AND MID-SIZE COMPANIES
Date: September 10, 2007
Many small and mid-size companies may not have the resources in-house to effectively manage the challenges associated with logistics. Focused on their core business, they relegate supply chain management solutions to a back-room function, and fail to recognize the impact of their supply chain on revenue growth, operating expenses and capital utilization. Even if it is recognized and understood that improvements in the current supply chain will help reduce costs of goods sold, days in inventory and overall hidden operational expenses, there are many issues small and mid-size companies face that keep them from embarking on improved supply chain management and discovering its benefits on financial performance. For some companies, growth is the top priority; the cost of logistics is not identified and the potential for improvement is unknown. For others, the manual processes that slow down productivity also do not allow for time to focus on logistics functions. These companies may not have the technology to track information or the personnel to deal with all aspects of logistics.
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Are You Ready For the Project Economy?
Date: March 2, 2007
The newly-emerging Project Economy is making the business philosophies and systems of the past obsolete, forcing companies to choose more agile organizational structures, management styles, and business systems. Industrial outsourcing has reached a new plateau where transaction EDI data must be supplemented with concurrent design information like engineering change orders and facilitated collaboration.
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The Secret of Our LTL Bid Success
Date: December 13, 2006
MeadWestvaco, a global packaging company, needed to conduct a strategic bid for $20 million in annual LTL freight shipments that encompassed 140,000 shipments across all four of its operating divisions. By taking a more strategic approach to their LTL bid process, MeadWestvaco was able to optimize their carrier selection, consolidate carriers and improve efficiencies, ultimately reducing their annual LTL spend.
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Warehouse Management Solutions: Embedded or Best-of-Breed?
Date: August 15, 2006
As you begin to examine the various WMS offerings, the dilemma of whether a stand-alone WMS, integrated with an ERP solution or if an WMS module that is part of a broader ERP suite, is your best choice. This paper can help you identify and examine vital points of consideration when seeking the best WMS solution that will accomplish your goals and move your company to a more competitive position.
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The Case Against Modifying Your Enterprise Software
Date: June 15, 2006
An enterprise application suite should be easily customizable to cater to most business needs and tailor the user experience - without altering the underlying code or business logic. Many requested modifications turn out to be unnecessary and are simply duplicate features already inherent in a new enterprise suite.
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Total Cost of Ownership Secrets for Enterprise Applications
Date: June 15, 2006
Enterprise software should pay for itself in increased productivity and business efficiency, and some enterprise applications deliver more of these benefits than others. However, any enterprise suite will pay for itself faster if you work diligently to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO).
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Three Things Business Decision-Makers Need to Know about SOA
Date: June 15, 2006
Given the central role that Service Oriented Architecture is playing in information technology, it is important for professionals involved with specifying and purchasing enterprise applications to get beyond a buzzword level understanding of what SOA is and what it is not.
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