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Enterprise Resource Planning – What is it?
Payroll, January 23, 2010
The original use of this term referred to the planning within a large organisation to use its wide resources. Today, however, the term can relate to any company and the use of this planning is very comprehensive. A company’s software system will need to provide the organisation with functionality for at least two systems for it to be considered ERP.
Building a Supply Chain Organization from the Ground Up
Supply & Demand Chain, January 7, 2010
Commercial Metals Company started with a clean slate in creating a shared supply chain group, but in less than a year it already saw tens of millions of dollars of cost savings.
Supply Chain Visibility Drives Excellence
CNNMoney.com, January 7, 2010
The recession and credit crisis has thrust supply chain visibility -- and the need to gain greater visibility and control over inventory and landed costs within the global supply chain -- to the top of the corporate agenda, according to "Supply Chain Visibility Excellence: Reduce Pipeline Inventory and Landed Cost," the latest landmark research study by Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company.
Supply Chain Management in the Cloud
Supply Chain Management Review, January 5, 2010
Most of us have heard of the term "Cloud Computing" before, but what does it really mean? Here, Attorneys Richard Raysman and Edward A. Pisacreta, from the law firm Holland and Knight LLP, discuss the technical and legal issues involved.
Study: Leaders have better talent management skills
Supply Chain Management Review, December 22, 2009
Talent Management is the key to higher earnings, a more efficient company, and a smoother-running supply chain, according to research by the advisory firm The Hackett Group. The results show that companies with "mature talent management capabilities" have 18 percent higher earnings than typical Global 1,000 companies, along with "significantly" higher net profit margins and higher returns on equity and assets.
ACE - Supply Chain a Concern as Businesses Underestimate Risk
Businesswire, December 14, 2009
While businesses claim supply-chain risks merit a high priority at board level, many still underestimate the potential impact of these risks and face a challenge in terms of expertise in this critical area of risk management, according to a new study.
Procurement outsourcing market full of hype: Ovum
Computerworld HK, December 3, 2009
"The procurement outsourcing market has been described as being on the verge of major expansion a number of times in recent years, yet the promised boom has yet to happen," said Ed Thomas, analyst at Ovum and author of this report. "However, there remains a great deal of room for growth in the market and Ovum expects it to increase in size at a steady, if unspectacular, rate over the next five years."
New Aberdeen Report Identifies Improving Visibility as the Top Action Item Within Multi-Enterprise Supply Chains
Sys-Con Media, September 14, 2009
The Aberdeen report has released its August 2009 Benchmark report entitled "Multi-Enterprise Manufacturing: The Role of Visibility and Collaboration in Driving Responsiveness," which looks at the emphasis companies are placing on increasing network-wide supply chain responsiveness.
The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 for 2009
AMR Research, May 28, 2009
This annual Supply Chain Top 25 identifies those Fortune Global 500 companies that have best demonstrated leadership in applying ‘demand driven’ principle to drive business results. |
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