Supply & Demand Chain Executive back issues from October 2005:
Short of cost-saving ideas ... or short of purchasing skills?
Oct 01, 2005 ... The challenge Skills shortages can seriously affect a purchasing organization's ability to meet its goals and ambitions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The challenge for multi-location global companies is to be able to accurately and quickly identify which skills ...
Getting to world-class by getting a seat at the table.(Executive Memo)
Oct 01, 2005; ... What makes a supply organization world-class? The Hackett Group, a business process advisory firm, has been regularly exploring that question in its Book of Numbers series, which offers benchmarking research showing where and how top-performing organizations are gaining more value from ...
RFID: price cuts seen speeding RFID adoption.(Running the Numbers)
Oct 01, 2005; ... A new report from consultancy ABI Research shows that Alien has cut the price of its straps to 12.9 cents, while Avery Dennison is offering inlays at 7.9 cents. Even that sub-eight-cent price is still well above the five cent point that some industry analysts earlier touted as the price ...
Sourcing & procurement: supply management takes a strategic step up.(Running the Numbers)
Oct 01, 2005; ... CEOs now expect their supply management organizations to deliver value beyond traditional cost cutting. To find out what kinds of value and how the organizations expect to deliver it, A.T. Kearney surveyed supply management executives from 275 companies in Europe, North America, Asia ...
Compliance: Sarbox drives finance cost rise.(Running the Numbers)
Oct 01, 2005; ... Finance costs at typical companies rose by 18 percent over the past two years, in part due to increased compliance-related costs, according to 2005 Book of Numbers research from The Hackett Group, a business process advisory firm. Typical companies now spend 1.26 percent of revenue on the ...
Global supply chain: U.S. businesses expect foreign sales to increase; More than one-third still lack effective global network.(Running the Numbers)
Oct 01, 2005; ... U.S. businesses expect sales revenue generated outside the United States to grow to an average of 42 percent of their total revenue over the next three years, up from 35 percent today and 26 percent three years ago, according to a study released this week by Accenture. Despite ...
SciQuest Inc.(CORPORATE PROFILE)
Oct 01, 2005 ... ABOUT SCIQUEST SciQuest provides supplier management and procurement automation solutions that help organizations gain greater spend visibility and control. SciQuest aggregates detailed supplier content and enables supplier connectivity, driving user adoption and contract ...
Taking business process automation by the horns: when propane company Blue Rhino says it's serious about automating inventory procurement and ordering processes, that's not just a lot of hot air.(Best Practices)(Company Profile)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Blue Rhino, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based division of Ferrellgas, is a top national provider of branded propane cylinder exchange and propane-fueled products to consumers. The company distributes its cylinders to more than 27,000 retail locations in 48 states plus Puerto Rico through a ...
Global enabled supply & demand chain directory.(Directory)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Order/Demand Capture Demand Management Inc. 165 N. Meramec, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63105 www.demandsolutions.com Scalable, flexible and affordable, more global supply chains depend on Demand Solutions than any other system for ...
The art of supply chain optimization: a logistics team is called upon to craft supply chain processes that update logistics and inventory management at the growing retail chain Michaels Stores Inc.(Best Practices)
Oct 01, 2005 ... For Dallas-based Michaels Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer of arts and crafts, a supply chain must do more than get the right product to the right store on time. It also needs to squeeze new levels of productivity upstream from its vendors to the downstream in-store operations to ...
New and notable solutions for the supply chain.(Net Best Thing)
Oct 01, 2005 ... Order/Demand Capture: Channel Commerce Management Edge Dynamics (Redwood City, Calif.) provides channel commerce management solutions intended to enable manufacturers to optimize their order stream processing for addressing critical business challenges in the areas ...
The analyst corner: payment; Electronic invoice presentment and payment failed to meet its initial predictions. However, recent studies have uncovered a renaissance of interest in web invoicing & electronic payments solutions as organizations shift their emphasis toward cost containment and productivity enhancement.
Oct 01, 2005; ... People have dreamed of a paperless workplace for decades. In the 1960s, for example, futurists predicted that organizations in the new millennium would exchange information in a fully electronic manner. This sounds quaint from our current vantage point, but who knew that getting rid of ...
Capture competitive advantage through Response Management.(Response Management)(Advertisement)
Oct 01, 2005; ... Many organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to position themselves for market success because market situations are changing faster than strategies can be developed. New competitors appear with unique approaches, product life cycles continue to get shorter, and customers ...
How to thrive in the face of low-cost offshore competition.(Response Management)(Advertisement)
Oct 01, 2005; ... You're losing market share and risk being overtaken by high-volume/low-cost offshore competitors. You're doing everything you can to reverse declining sales and eroding margins, but it appears to be only a matter of time before you'll be out of business--and you're not sure what to do ....
Rising to the challenge of the outsourced supply chain: five success factors for outsourcing your supply chain.(Cover Story)
Oct 01, 2005; ... Back in mid-2003, SafeView, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based start-up, didn't have any production facilities and hadn't shipped a single unit of its next-generation security portals, which use a patented noninvasive "active millimeter wave scanning" technology to detect non-conventional ...
Supplier compliance: the responsibility lies with you; SAS audits can help ensure that your supply base doesn't trip up your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.(final thoughts)
Oct 01, 2005; ... As everyone who has not been hiding in a cave the last four years knows, Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) stipulates that public companies must demonstrate proper controls over financial transactions and internal processes. Every internal system and process is subject to ...
The logistics & supply chain forum: the premier logistics event for new business development.
Oct 01, 2005 ... This is a unique 2 day opportunity that pre-schedules approximately 34 face-to-face business meetings with senior logistics professionals who are specifically interested in your solutions. Space is Limited. Robert Brescia VP Logistics -- Michelin North America ...
Running the Numbers
Oct 01, 2005; ... The latest facts, figures and benchmarking data RFID Price Cuts seen Speeding RFID Adoption Anew report from consultancy ABI Research shows that Alien has cut the price of its straps to 12.9 cents, while Avery Dennison is offering inlays at 7.9 cents. Even that ...
Getting to World-class by Getting a Seat at the Table
Oct 01, 2005; ... What makes a supply organization worldclass? The Hackett Group, a business process advisory firm, has been regularly exploring that question in its Book of Numbers series, which offers benchmarking research showing where and how top-performing organizations are gaming more value from their ...
New and notable solutions for the supply chain
Oct 01, 2005; ... Order/Demand Capture: Channel Commerce Management Edge Dynamics (Redwood City, Calif.) provides channel commerce management solutions intended to enable manufacturers to optimize their order stream processing for addressing critical business challenges in the areas of channel control, ...
Taking Business Process Automation by the Horns
Oct 01, 2005; ... When propane company Blue Rhino says it's serious about automating inventory procurement and ordering processes, that's not just a lot of hot air. Blue Rhino, a Wmston-Salem, N.C.-based division of Ferrellgas, is a top national provider of branded propane cylinder exchange and ...
The Art of Supply Chain Optimization
Oct 01, 2005; ... A logistics team is called upon to craft supply chain processes that update logistics and inventory management at the growing retail chain Michaels Stores Inc. For Dallas-based Michaels Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer of arts and crafts, a supply chain must do more than get the ...
CAPTURE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH RESPONSE MANAGEMENT
Oct 01, 2005; ... Response Management Many organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to position themselves for market success because market situations are changing faster than strategies can be developed. New competitors appear with unique approaches, product life cycles continue to get ...
HOW TO THRIVE IN THE FACE OF LOW-COST OFFSHORE COMPETITION
Oct 01, 2005; ... Response Management You're losing market share and risk being overtaken by high-volume/low-cost offshore competitors. You're doing everything you can to reverse declining sales and eroding margins, but it appears to be only a matter of time before you'll be out of business-and you're not ...
The Analyst Corner: Paymnet
Oct 01, 2005; ... Electronic invoice presentment and payment failed to meet its initial predictions. However, recent studies have uncovered a renaissance of interest in Web Invoicing & Electronic Payments solutions as organizations shift their emphasis toward cost containment and productivity ...
RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF THE OUTSOURCED SUPPLY CHAIN
Oct 01, 2005; ... Five success factors for outsourcing your supply chain Back in mid-2003, Safe View, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based start-up, didn't have any production facilities and hadn't shipped a single unit of its next-generation security portals, which use a patented noninvasive "active millimeter ...
Supplier Compliance: The Responsibility Lies with You
Oct 01, 2005; ... SAS audits can help ensure that your supply base doesn't trip up your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance As everyone who has not been hiding in a cave the last four years knows, Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sarbox) stipulates that public companies must demonstrate proper controls over ...