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Technology Investment Secures Success for Busy Distributor
End-to-end accounting, warehouse management and electronic communication solution allows company to grow revenues while decreasing staff.

New Cost/Price Dynamic Means Opportunity for Supply Chain Managers
Cost of manufacturing falling in many sectors, but wholesale prices not following same path, putting greater negotiating power in buyers' hands

Guest Column: 10 Ways to Improve Material Handling in the Distribution Center
If you think your DC could run more efficiently — and who doesn't? — here are 10 simple steps to ramping up your warehouse efficiency

BPO U-turn: Outsourced Procurement Seen Bucking Offshore Trend and Going Protectionist
IT and Business Execs Seen Proactively Collaborating to Minimize Impact of Downturn
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Functions

Demand Management Trends

Akzo Nobel Surfactants Smoothes Supply and Demand with S&OP
Leveraging a global solution as a platform for sales and operations planning to improve demand, inventory and supply planning
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Sourcing/Procurement Trends

New Cost/Price Dynamic Means Opportunity for Supply Chain Managers
Cost of manufacturing falling in many sectors, but wholesale prices not following same path, putting greater negotiating power in buyers' hands
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Fulfillment/Logistics Trends

Technology Investment Secures Success for Busy Distributor
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Integration/ERP Trends

The Anatomy of Supply Chain Technology
An informational guide to the basic technology for today's supply chains
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Payment Trends

Payments beyond Terms on the Rise as Credit Crunch Pinches, CMI Shows
NACM's August Credit Manager's Index still creeping toward neutral point; manufacturing slips as service sector gains in latest survey of credit conditions
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Customer Relationship Management Trends

Air Canada Chooses Servigistics for Service Parts Management
Air Canada seeks to optimize service parts inventory to improve operational availability at lower cost
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Decision Support Trends

Enabling GM's Global Supply Chain
An interview with Andi Karaboutis — process information officer at GM, running Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Information Systems
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Product Lifecycle Management Trends

Avoiding the Big Bang Backlash of MDM Implementations
Taking an evolutionary approach to deploying master data management ensures clear, incremental value, and spend analysis can be a perfect launching point
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Industry Trends

Auto/Aerospace Trends

New Cost/Price Dynamic Means Opportunity for Supply Chain Managers
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Consumer Trends

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Other Discrete Manufacturing Trends

New Cost/Price Dynamic Means Opportunity for Supply Chain Managers
Cost of manufacturing falling in many sectors, but wholesale prices not following same path, putting greater negotiating power in buyers' hands

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Process Manufacturing Trends

New Cost/Price Dynamic Means Opportunity for Supply Chain Managers
Cost of manufacturing falling in many sectors, but wholesale prices not following same path, putting greater negotiating power in buyers' hands

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Non-Manufacturing Trends

Risks to Global Growth Seen Increasing as U.S. Economy Stumbles, Key Countries Slow
Dollar decline, U.S. export growth seen continuing; China, India and Mexico likely to see slowdowns, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI projects

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Transportation/Logistics Trends

Russia Seen as a Logistical Desert Where Billions Are Lost Due to Inadequate Infrastructure
"If logistics is the engine of globalization, Russia is operating with at most one cylinder, " BrainNet expert on Russia says

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Distribution/Wholesale Trends

Guest Column: 10 Ways to Improve Material Handling in the Distribution Center
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Retail Trends

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