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Building the case for technology to enable S&OP excellence

August 21, 2006

Building the case for technology to enable S&OP excellence

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L.I.N.K. | Why Fleet Safety Needs To Be the Core of Logistics

Hear from Leonard's Express on how the logistics business is able to drive safety and employee satisfaction by making safety a core of its strategy.

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The Current State of Logistics

In two years, the logistics industry has transformed. Find out where the industry is at today and what shippers are doing to combat the constant disruption.

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Top Supply Chain Projects: How Project Management Keeps Supply Chains Afloat Despite Disruptions

Let's meet the winners of this year's Top Supply Chain Projects award.

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Partner Roundtable: Procurement Trends

August 18, 2022

Discover how to plan for demand, overcome shortages, modernize payment structure and achieve resiliency for the future of the supply chain.

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How B2B Payments’ Digital Transformation Has Evolved Since the Onset of the Pandemic

In the B2B space, the need to adapt to remote work and other external challenges like the mail delays and an uncertain economy required suppliers and buyers to accelerate the digital transformation of their payments processes.

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Electronic Components Experience Shortened Lead Times, Stabilized Prices, Lower Demand

Less than half of all electronic component pricing dimensions for direct commodities in the third quarter will increase, down from 74% in the second quarter.

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Tackling Inflation and Rising Supply Chain Costs With Supply Chain Finance

Hand in hand with inflation rates, many supply chains are plagued with instability and availability issues related to goods and employees. These are primary contributing factors driving inflation of prices for raw materials and labor.

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Top Supply Chain Projects: The Power of Project Management

Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors detail how this year's Top Supply Chain Project winners partner with customers and clients to streamline processes, implement emerging technologies and deliver results that improve bottom lines.

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Why Supplier Diversity Must Be a Companywide Priority

Supplier diversity is a critical component of DEIB leadership, and that is why it should be more than a dedicated program within procurement, it should also be a companywide priority.

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As California Plans To Ban Propane and Diesel Forklifts, Expect a Faster Shift to Electric

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is planning to ban sales of all new forklifts that aren’t zero-emission by 2026. Its recent proposal to phase out non-zero-emission forklifts is still in development, and the legislation is not yet in effect.

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Santander, SAP Partner To Optimize Corporate Banking in Supply Chains

Santander CIB and SAP make an agreement to develop solutions to help companies navigate supply chain disruptions from a financial standpoint.

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Businesses Can Counter Inflation

It isn’t all bad news, according to Caravan's CEO in this expert column.

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Supply Chain Services Merger Creates Leading Systems Integrator

The combination provides a one-stop shop for all solutions, including life cycle from design, deployment, management and on-site and break fix services.

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How 3D-Based AR/VR Drives Today’s Automation, Robotics Technologies

The evolving business climate in 2022 resulting from the continued pandemic, as well as spinoff issues such as supply chain, labor and inflationary challenges is forcing many businesses and manufacturing executives to implement automation and robotics.

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Why a Multimodal Modal Strategy Delivers More When Capacity Is King

A multimodal logistics approach expands capacity, which is why the strategy becomes more important as those demands increase.

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Appropriate Documentation and Labeling: The Golden Ticket to Global Trade Efficiency

The global supply chain has never been easy to navigate. Unfortunately, the complexities continue to loom thanks to difficulties experienced around the world over the last 18 months.

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Identifying Critical Manufacturing Assets

How manufacturers can assess and identify their assets’ relative criticality to improve equipment reliability and minimize wasted capital.

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Don’t Let Your Supply Chain Problems Ruin a Couple’s ‘Big Day’

As celebrations for couples who’ve been engaged anywhere from three days to three years collide with supply chain backlogs, labor shortages and inflation pressures, businesses that service wedding vendors are left in a very difficult situation.

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Top 1,000 Companies Have Nearly $1.7T in Excess Working Capital

Top performers by industry now convert cash more than three times faster than typical companies.

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Enterprise-Wide Materials Intelligence Platform to Overcome Data Disparity, Reduce Risk Across the Supply Chain

The platform provides inventory visibility and actionable insights across the entire global enterprise in less than 90 days.

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5 Key Factor To Consider for Best-of-Breed

To be successful, organizations need an agreed plan as to how new software is identified, selected, and implemented.

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How to Optimize the Buyer’s Journey in B2B E-Commerce

It’s more critical than ever for manufacturers to assess each step along the buyers’ journeys to ensure that customers have a clean, straightforward, enjoyable digital experience.

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Winning the Supply Chain Disruption Battle with Technology

As stakeholders found ways to overcome challenges, they learned that solutions had one thing in common: Technology is the key to greater efficiency and collaboration.

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Overcoming Logistics Woes: Lessons for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Around the world, e-commerce companies and their logistics providers face three uniquely challenging problems.

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Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions in 2022

Factory fires ranked as the No. 1 disruption for the first half of the year with the number of fires up 131% YoY. This year is on track to have the most factory fires ever reported, a trend driven by gaps in regulatory and process execution.

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Australia’s E-Commerce Boom: Is Agile Automation the Answer?

Today’s customer wants hyper convenience, flexibility and faster delivery times, putting unprecedented pressure on retailers. Read about the increasing role of agile automation in responding to the changing needs of the consumer.

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Reinvigorate Lean Practices to Combat Supply Chain, Labor Shortage Challenges

Over the past few decades, lean practices increasingly have gained a foothold in American manufacturing. As lean thinking builds momentum within a facility, managers and employees tend to recognize the potential.