Enabling its field sales managers to collaborate on forecasts allowed Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated to slash inventories in half while absorbing 150 new products.
Straightline Source is defying the e-business odds and growing legs as a virtual distributor of carbon and flat-rolled steel. Technology enabling order efficiency and waste reduction is part of the reason.
Customization is the centerpiece of a strategy that wakes up the big golf supplier and propels it ahead of the competition in terms of agility and innovation.
The second annual list of leading-edge supply chain vendors is characterized by those that can offer fast payback, quick implementation and financial stability.
As manufacturers and retailers outsource more and more of their business processes, they will need sourcing solutions that provide real-time information to all parties.
The breadth and depth of web-based applications for managing procurement and sourcing is expanding to the point that it touches on just about every important business process a company performs.
Today's supply-chain marketplace has little room for generalists. It's specialists that are in demand, with buyers of both software and services looking for industry-specific solutions and deep domain expertise.
Serving the nation's largest cooperative of independent hardware stores, struggling True Value aims to secure member loyalty through a world-class supply chain.