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Visibility With PLM
In an article on the Apparel site, Chuck Cimalore looks at how Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology can support the need for greater visibility across the supply chain.
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How Lean Should We Be?
Being 'lean' is usually very desireable. However, it can be a target that may not be in your best interest to achieve.
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Holiday Delivery Issue Analysis
If you're one of the many on-line retail customers still steamed about a late delivery of holiday presents, you want to blame somebody. But who deserves your scorn? The store? UPS? FedEx?
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Metrics to Drive Supply Chain Improvement
Talking metrics is one thing that excites the Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere. In a recent article on her site, she interview Mattell's Global Supply Chain's EVP on the topic and shares the results with us.
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AS2 Best Practices
"Traditional" EDI, using ANSI standards and transporting messages to and from a VAN, is just one of many options available for B2B electronic documents.
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Performance Review Time!
It's that time of year: your performance review is coming up! If that's not enough to drive some indigestion and poor sleep, nothing is. You should tell your manager that BusinessWeek says they're really not effective.
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Procurement's Role in 3PL Selection
A lot of factors are in play when evaluating and selecting a 3PL. Procurement often isn't seated at the table, but that may be a mistake. They have expertise and process knowledge that may prove to be invaluable.
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Tesco Makes its Bets
Although mega-corporations usually aren't known for their flexibility, they're often leaders in innovation because they have the resources available to devote to problems. Tesco, a British retailer, is one of the world's largest supply chains and a leader in several key technologies.
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Metadata Drives Innovation
The variety of data involved in the Big Data arena makes metadata, or data about data, increasingly important. It's absolutely essential to drive usability, which of course is a critical factor in making Big Data successful.
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Will This Be the Year?
If there's one hope for 2014 that will make our readers happy, it's that it'll be the year when supply chain becomes a better integrated, more strategic part of the business.
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