Supply chain planning - Articles - Page 88

Too Many SKUs? How Clorox Avoids Supply-Chain Chaos

November 4, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Life in the laundry room used to be so simple.

Management Methods for Supply Chains That Continue to Grow in Complexity

November 1, 2013

ThomasNet

Traditional management approaches must be replaced or at least altered to reflect the evolving business market, said Kim Doyle, a senior manager at Plante Moran, a consulting firm.

POOL4TOOL Forms EDI Unit for Supplier Connections

October 31, 2013

POOL4TOOL

POOL4TOOL has created a subsidiary to connect customers with their suppliers through electronic data interchange (EDI). The unit is known as POOL4TOOL EDI powered by GDP (Global Digit Post).

How the Cloud Is Driving Supply-Chain Collaboration

October 31, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

The cloud is more than an alternative means of delivering software, according to Eyal Rosenberg, chief executive officer of Nipendo. It's key to improving collaboration between buyers and suppliers.

Why Supply Chain and Logistics Need To Be In the Cloud

October 28, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Martin Hubert, chief executive officer with Freightgate, outlines the benefits of cloud technology for supply-chain managers and logistics providers. He suggests a road map to a "collaborative, inter-connected cloud."

SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

October 28, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

Global Supply-Chain Planning: It's Getting Tougher

October 24, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Glen Margolis, chief executive officer of Steelwedge, describes the planning challenges that companies are facing as they cope with increasingly complex demand and supply networks.

Companies With Strong 'Business Partnering' Between CFO, Supply Chain Leaders See Better Results, Study Finds

October 24, 2013

EY

A global survey of CFOs and supply chain leaders by professional services organization EY finds that companies with evidence of strong "business partnering" between the CFO and the supply chain leaders report better results than those with a more traditional finance model in place.

Software AG Launches webMethods 9.5; Tool for Portfolio Management

October 23, 2013

Software AG

Software AG has launched a new version of its webMethods platform. Version 9.5 combines cloud, mobile and social technologies with automated business processes.