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Supply Chain Management

ALSO CALLED: Supply-Chain Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Supply Chain Planning, SCM, Managing Supply Chain, and Supply Chain Logistics
DEFINITION: Supply chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply chain management involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies. It is said  … 
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Is JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Right for Your Business?
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a comprehensive and highly integrated suite of core business applications including things like financials, manufacturing, distribution, supply chain management, human capital management and so forth.
Posted: 07 Jan 2009 | Published: 07 Jan 2009
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Implementing a Data Quality Strategy
sponsored by DataFlux Corporation
WEBCAST: In this program Gartner Research Vice President Ted Fredman and DataFlux President and CEO Tony Fisher discuss the data quality issues facing business today as well as the solutions that can solve these problems.
Posted: 06 Jan 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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EnterpriseIQ
sponsored by IQMS
TRIAL SOFTWARE: As a single source solution, EnterpriseIQ, eliminates IT headaches that come with multiple databases and maintenance. All modules are designed and developed as one cohesive and powerful system.
Posted: 05 Jan 2009 | Published: 05 Jan 2009
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Warehouse Management Solution Helps Maple Leaf Get Their Ducks in a Row
sponsored by VAI, Vormittag Associates, Inc.
CASE STUDY: Maple Leaf business model required a comprehensive WMS package to track inventory levels, Maple Leaf looked to IBM for assistance , IBM referred the firm to VAI, VAI then analyzed business operations in detail and design S2K for WMS.
Posted: 30 Dec 2008 | Published: 30 Dec 2008
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How Successful ERP Selections Are Made: The Top Things to Look for, Look at, and Look beyond When Evaluating an ERP Purchase
sponsored by IQMS
WHITE PAPER: ERP selection is not just about wants and want-nots from the various people in an organization but it is about getting what you need for now and the future.
Posted: 24 Dec 2008 | Published: 24 Dec 2008
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Current trends in RFID: Improving Supply Chains by Exchanging RFID Data using EPCIS
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
WEBCAST: In this Expert Webcast, explore real world use cases for RFID today, discover how companies can achieve total supply chain visibility with EPCIS, and learn about the future of RFID.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Best Practices for Managing XML data
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides principles and guidelines for using DB2 pureXML™ to solve business problems effectively and to achieve high performance when managing XML data in enterprise applications.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Published: 19 Dec 2008
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The future of RFID: What's in store for the next generation of RFID
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
PODCAST: In this Expert Podcast, explore real world use cases for RFID today, discover how companies can achieve total supply chain visibility with EPCIS, and learn about the future of RFID.
Posted: 22 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 22 Dec 2008
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Oracle Revs up Battle for Mid-market Applications Customers
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Oracle has announced a number of initiatives that highlight its mid-market ambitions, its application integration strategy and -- most of all -- its growing passion for partners.
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Is Your Organization Really Ready for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)?
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
PODCAST: In this Podcast, explore an overview of RFID technology, best practices for successfully launching RFID in your company and learn how to avoid common deployment mistakes.
Posted: 16 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 15 Dec 2008
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Expert Advice for Creating a RFID Roadmap
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
WEBCAST: In this Webcast explore an overview of RFID technology, best practices for successfully launching RFID in your company and learn how to avoid common deployment mistakes.
Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Podcast: Discover How to Increase Supply Chain Capabilities with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
PODCAST: Listen to this Podcast to learn why the new transformation of JD Edwards applications can integrate your manufacturing strategies to improve your competitiveness and overall performance.
Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 10 Dec 2008
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The Lean Paradox: Flexible Supply Chain Management and Outsourced Manufacturing
sponsored by E2open
WEBCAST: LSI Corporation deployed lean supply chain management practices to significantly cut costs and cycle times. Don't miss your chance to learn how they did it.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Case Study: Enabling Celestica's Supply Chain Strategy
sponsored by E2open
VIDEOCAST: In this videocast Celestica's VP Harvinder Sembhi, and E2open's Senior VP, Lornzo Martinelli, discuss Celestica's Integrated global supply chain at the June 2007 Managing automation Progressive Manufacturing Summit.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 09 Dec 2008
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E2open Delivers the Goods in Value Chain Collaboration
sponsored by E2open
WHITE PAPER: E2open has helped high-tech leaders achieve some amazing results, this article tells the story of how high-tech companies use E2open supply chain applications to achieve this.
Posted: 05 Dec 2008 | Published: 05 Dec 2008
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Midsize Manufacturer Improves Supply Chain Transparency, Automates Business Processes
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
CASE STUDY: Building ebox using Microsoft technologies helped Prowell to deliver its new enterprise-ready solution in only six months-and at one-tenth of the cost of another well-known portal and integration platform.
Posted: 01 Dec 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Finding the ROI of RFID: Exploring Compelling Use Cases for RFID in Manufacturing
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
WEBCAST: View this Expert Webcast to explore common RFID use cases and learn how calculate a clear ROI of RFID for your organization.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Is RFID Worth the Time, Cost and Effort?
sponsored by Zebra Technologies
PODCAST: This Expert Podcast explores how to assess whether your manufacturing organization will benefit from an investment in RFID.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Premiered: 24 Nov 2008
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Convex Plastics - Future-Proof Platform Is Helping Convex Plastics Deliver on Its Vision of Strong Growth
sponsored by Microsoft
CASE STUDY: Learn how Convex Plastics adopted Microsoft Dynamics AX to meet Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) needs. This integrated business solution has exceeded the company's expectations.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Microsoft Dynamics Business Management Solutions for Chemical Manufacturing
sponsored by Microsoft
BROCHURE: Read this white paper to learn how chemical manufacturers can gain a competitive advantage by using Microsoft Dynamics business management solutions.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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MDM Journey: The Right and Wrong Master Data Management Strategies to Start Small and Grow Big
sponsored by Siperian, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: No master data management journey is the same. Read this paper to learn from the successes and failures of MDM early adopters, how to select a technology that doesn't limit MDM's evolution and to compare approaches based on industry-specific examples.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Business Buy-In the Art of Project Justification
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: This document explains how to build a solid internal business case for your projects, examines what is important to the executive, and connects storage solutions to strategic business requirements and initiatives.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Business Process Automation in Retail
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
WHITE PAPER: BPA solutions provide the tools, technologies, and infrastructure to automate complex business processes end to end in order to help increase competitive advantage and deliver tremendous value and visibility to business.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Discover How to Increase Supply Chain Capabilities with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WEBCAST: View this Webcast and complimentary Podcast to learn why the new transformation of JD Edwards applications can integrate your manufacturing strategies to improve your competitiveness and overall performance.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Engineering Consulting Firm Employs Exact ERP in Manufacturing Environment
sponsored by Exact Software
CASE STUDY: Systel required an ERP system to manage growing demands of back-office transaction and production data. Exact provided a scalable ERP solution that helped Systel transition from a small service-based consulting firm to a growing product-based business.
Posted: 31 Oct 2008 | Published: 31 Oct 2008
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT DEFINITION (continued): …  that the ultimate goal of any effective supply chain management system is to reduce inventory (with the assumption that products are available when needed). As a solution for successful supply chain management, sophisticated software systems with Web interfaces are competing with Web-based application service providers (ASP) who promise to provide part or all of the SCM service for companies who rent their service.

Supply chain management flows can be divided into three main flows:



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