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Sourcing & Procurement

2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study Lucent Technologies/Agile Software

Profiles in Supply Chain Enablement: Lucent Technologies implements a product collaboration solution to enable a virtual supply network

Sourcing Solutions

Best Practices: Uncribbing the Tools at DePuy Orthopaedics

By deploying an automated point-of-use dispensing solution at its New Bedford plant, this medical devices company is driving down the cost of MRO

Dick Perry, manager of MRO strategic sourcing at DePuy Orthopaedics, contributed to the preparation of this article. Perry has held various materials management positions with Johnson & Johnson, and in addition to attending Bryant College, he attended the Operations Institute at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. An active APICS member, his involvement includes Chapter President and Regional Officer.

Sourcing & Procurement

Improving Service Levels, Reducing Inventories at Castrol and Repsol

Downstream processors using optimization solution from ToolsGroup to limit urgent production runs, operate leaner supply chains

Sourcing & Procurement

Independent Retailer Turns to Technology to Compete with Big Boxes

Inventory-control software makes sophisticated serialized product tracking available to mom-and-pop shop

Sourcing & Procurement

Taking Performance Management Outside the Four Walls

As competition in the marketplace evolves from company-vs.-company to supply chain-vs.-supply chain, enterprises seeking competitive advantage are extending performance management beyond their four walls to encompass their customers, suppliers and trading partners.

Sourcing & Procurement

Real-time Visibility for Unilever

Teams with Clarkston Consulting to streamline business processes from order-to-cash

Sourcing Solutions

Come on in, the Water's Fine

SCP Pool Corporation tests the e-waters with ADX (Advanced Data Exchange)and finds that it's not so scary in the deep end.

Software Solutions

Build It or Buy It?

It's one of the biggest decisions any company will make: design and build a custom IT system, or buy a package solution? Find out how to perform a complete cost-benefit analysis of your choices to ensure that you make the right decision for your company.

Sourcing & Procurement

Stemming the Paperwork Flood

By it's very name the Internet means speed and efficiency. But can that be incorporated into document and project management processes in order to stem the inevitable paperwork flood that mammoth construction projects generate?

A Model Brick and Click Emerges

United Parcel Service (UPS)

UPS has emerged as a rare example of a traditional company that suddenly morphs into a solid brick-and-click with a business model that works. So what's their secret?

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