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Consumer Goods Manufacturing Focuses on S&OP

Challenge: A company needed to leverage supply chain and sales and operation planning (S&OP) processes to increase efficiency across its expanding product portfolio — and become a top supplier to its customers.

America's Biggest Grocery Chain Is Bracing for a Recession

America’s biggest supermarket chain is seeing signs that U.S. shoppers are getting nervous about the future.

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Q&A | IBM's Journey to 'The Cognitive Enterprise'

Here's how the company has embraced the notion of a "cognitive enterprise" — and how it has transformed business processes across the organization.

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Government Shutdown Leaves Agricultural Industry Scrambling for ‘Critical Data’

As the U.S. government shutdown postpones the release of monthly agriculture data, forecasting firms are trying to plug the gap with their own crop estimates.

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Q&A | How Ace Hardware Ensures Supplier Excellence

Ace Hardware manages a supplier base numbering in the thousands. Here's how the company ensures consistent supplier performance in a constrained supply-chain world.

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Apple Cuts Sales Outlook to New Low, Citing Supply Chain Struggle

For the first time in almost two decades, Apple has lowered its revenue outlook — citing weakness in China’s economy and supply constraints.

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U.K. Manufacturers Step Up Stockpiling — Again — Entering Brexit Year

U.K. manufacturers are intensifying their stockpiling efforts as they brace for a potentially disruptive Brexit.

Tracking Metrics That Matter in Project Manufacturing

Generating the right resource forecasting, labor-hour scheduling or resource allocation information can be a challenge for project-oriented manufacturers.

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Coffee Farmers Gain Grounds to Raise Prices in 2019

It’s been a big year for the companies that sell coffee, but not so much for the growers that supply them. That could start to change in 2019.

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Amazon Is Short on Echo Speakers Days Before Christmas

Shoppers hoping to get their hands on one of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers before Christmas may come away disappointed.

Here's Why You Should Pay Attention to Your Expedite Process

The expediting of raw materials, parts, systems and subsystems in inbound logistics is a common but necessary evil for many companies.

Supermarkets Need to Maximize Stockpiles Before Brexit, U.K. Officials Warn

Theresa May’s government has told supermarkets to keep as much stock as possible in warehouses around the country in case of a no-deal Brexit.

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