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Building
Bridges: Relationship Management is the
New
Core Competency
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Robert R Auray, Jr
The
growth of logistics outsourcing continues, with some estimates
putting the total outsourcing logistics market at 10% of
the total $898 bn spent on logistics-related activities
in the United States. The largest logistics service providers
currently enjoy annual revenue growth rates of more than
20%, as shippers continue to focus on their core businesses
while engaging outside experts to achieve competitive advantage
via improved supply chain management.
©
2000 USCO Logistics (www.usco.com). Reprinted with permission.
The
Digital Content Supply Chain
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Ashish Chawla
By
2005, mankind will play with more than 100 billion gigabytes
of content in the form of images, text, audio, video, graphics
or a combination of all these. The task of managing this
content and making sure it reaches the right customers at
the right time will be a great challenge. This paper looks
at this issue of Digital Content Asset Management from a
supply chain perspective. It tries to apply some of the
commonly used supply chain practices like Inventory Management
to the content assets created by Media and Entertainment
companies. If content assets are treated as SKUs (Stock
Keeping Units) in supply chain parlance, and technology
applications like Digital Assets Management are applied
from an Inventory Optimization perspective, Media content
managers will be able to handle the digital onslaught better.
©
2002, Wipro Technologies. Reprinted with permission.
Electronic
Supply Chain Management
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K Suryanarayana
The
ability to respond quickly to customers' needs and reduce
operating costs has become a necessity in today's increasingly
competitive business environment. Companies need to work
closer than ever with their business partners to help ensure
timely delivery and optimal use of resources. Many companies
are using electronic tools like E-Commerce and Information
Systems to manage their supply chains efficiently. This
article highlights several initiatives, principles, measurements
and models that exist in the development of an efficient
supply chain management strategy.
© IUP. All Rights Reserved.
The
Human Risks in Managing Supply Chains
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Sangam VK
It
is the people who drive supply chains. Without the right
people at the right place, supply chains are bound to falter,
despite the use of much advanced technology by them. This
article focuses on the people issues of the supply chains.
©
Sangam VK. Reprinted with permission.
Driving Value in the CPG/Retail Industry through
Data Synchronization: The Basis for Trading Partner Collaboration
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Sean O'Neill and Scott Williams
Integrated,
collaborative trading relationships are the key to success
in global, hyper-competitive marketplace. Leading companies
have recognized the importance of working more closely by
sharing data with their partners for achieving greater efficiency
through collaborative supply chain. In order to exploit
the benefits of it, industry participants must have a common
understanding on the data synchronization model to be chosen
and they should follow the steps in implementing it. In
the near future, data synchronization will become a widespread
industry practice that requires all industry players to
share clean, standards-based data electronically with their
partners.
©
2003 IBM Corporation (www.ibm.com). Reprinted with permission.
Strategic
Supply Chain Planning: The
Combined Value of Network Design and Inventory Optimization
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An Optiant and Insight White Paper
Flexible
and efficient supply chains are required to meet the challenges
of competitive and changing market place. It is wrong to
assume that building flexible and efficient supply chain
only means using advanced technology solutions. It also
needs correct supply chain design and inventory optimization.
©
Optiant Inc. (www.optiant.com). Reprinted with permission.
Case
Study : Sears
Logistics Management Practices
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Vivek Gupta and P Mohan Chandran
The
increasing complexity of business has made companies to
focus on what they do best and rely on partnerships for
everything else to reduce time to market, implementation
and scale. Partnering across the value chain enables a company
to deliver collaborative customer solutions that substantially
differentiate it from the competition, while providing result-oriented,
cost-effective solutions to customers. This paper discusses
the advantages that companies can have in leveraging Digital
Loyalty Network and also provides certain insights for implementing
it.
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ICMR.All Rights
Reserved.
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