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Point of Service-The Next Supply Chain Strategy                        

July 1, 2006

SeeControl is pleased to offer a complimentary download of Aberdeen Group's Enterprise Strategies Report, "Point of Service-The Next Supply Chain Strategy". This paper highlights on how leading companies such as ABB and Network Appliance are engineering their post-sale supply chains starting right at the customer site, for competitive advantage. The next wave of supply chain approaches will connect suppliers directly to customer inventories in real-time and this paper outlines how consignment, vendor managed inventory and service contract inventories-when managed properly-can deliver the following breakthrough benefits:
 
• Rapid new service revenues in the millions of dollars
• Reductions in transport costs of 80% for key enterprise accounts
• Reductions in inventory levels of 25% or greater
• Improvement in reverse logistics visibility and velocity of 100%

Companies highlighted are Network Appliance and ABB.

Click here to download the full report.