Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Sales and Operations Planning Maturity: What Does It Take to Get and Stay There?

Companies with mature S&OP processes testify to the predictability and transparency it brings to a business.

PDF • March 4th, 2011

Supply Chain Partnerships: How to Keep Love Alive

If winning an RFP is like getting married...and the start-up is like the honeymoon...what happens when the "seven year itch" sets in?

PDF • March 4th, 2011

Unilever Improves Short-Term Forecast Accuracy

With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and food products, Unilever is one of the world’s largest consumer products companies.

PDF • March 4th, 2011

How Organizations Can Realize Transparency, Control and Significant Cost Reduction

The pursuit of expense reduction has led many organizations to conclude that their traditionally effective strategies and tactics applied in the historically target-rich expense categories no longer seem to be enough.

PDF • March 1st, 2011

The Six Best Practices in Freight Audit & Payment

Like many other groups within the organization, transportation and logistics are feeling the pressure to get more done in an increasingly complicated environment, while simultaneously finding new ways to control expenses and manage the movement of...

PDF • March 1st, 2011

Join the Global Trade Management (GTM) Revolution

International trade is presently a 12.5 trillion dollar industry experiencing an automation revolution comparable to the revolution of the 1970s and 1980s that automated corporate financial functions using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

PDF • March 1st, 2011

Capital Improvements Bolster the East Coast's Intermodal Rail Network

Looking ahead, supply chain professionals anticipate that the East Coast ports will gain market share of the nation's container traffic, at the expense of the West Coast ports.

PDF • January 5th, 2011

Beating complexity, achieving operational excellence

See what key findings IDC Manufacturing Insights' latest global study discovered.

PDF • December 14th, 2010

eProcurement: In the Cloud or Licensed?

A Comparison of Software Platforms

PDF • December 10th, 2010

TradeCard: Enabling Smart Growth in 2010

Here's a look at how one major global clothing retailer works with one of the world’s largest shirt manufacturers and a small fabric provider, relying on a global trade platform that connects all parties to ensure visibility and mitigate...

PDF • September 22nd, 2010

Puridiom - Tightening Up the Ship

Puridiom's solution provides dramatic savings, ensures corporate policy compliance, and eases federal audits for VSE Corporation

PDF • September 22nd, 2010

Optricity - Profiling vs. Slotting

Thought-leader Dan Basmajian prompts a deeper look at the difference between two important, yet different, warehouse optimization tools

PDF • September 22nd, 2010