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Forecasting No Easy Trick in This Economy

Zoho Creates Single Sign-On Support for Its CRM Software Application

Optiant Updates PowerChain Software for Supply-Chain Optimization

VerticalResponse Joins With Advantage to Aid Small-Business Marketing

Resiliency in Supply Chain Is Key to Long-Term Business Continuity

To improve supply chain resiliency, companies need to include risk considerations in their supply chain network design efforts, sales and operations planning, and inventory planning; on the execution side, they need to improve logistics and transportation management, secure alternative supply chain partners, and ensure proactive alerting process and response management for disruptions.

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The Cornerstone of a Demand-Driven Enterprise

Sales and operations planning is the cornerstone of being demand-driven and a foundational process to propel growth strategies. As companies drive growth-growth in the innovation of new products, growth through expansion into new geographies, and growth in core markets-they must align functions through S&OP.

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Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Strategies

The S&OP process should be complemented by a strong root cause analysis and execution framework that ensures that the S&OP plan is continuously tracked with respect to the financial goals set forth by the company. In other words, the S&OP lifecycle should precede the financial reporting lifecycle of a company and should be in lock-step.

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Asset-Lite Manufacturing Brings New Supply Chain Challenges

High-tech organizations have evolved their supply chains that specialized in flow of materials into supply-demand networks where information flow is more critical to manage. This has resulted in high-tech supply chains to be asset lite and information heavy. There is a need to cash this information into tangible business value through the creation of a flexible and responsive supply chain.

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Strategies for Being Demand-Driven in a Globalized Economy

Supply chain executives in the process industry sector are primarily concerned with being able to drive volumes in accordance with previously established plans, as well as with maximizing utilization of assets. Asset-intensive manufacturing operations are a key common theme across process industries.

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HighJump Fashions In-Store Fulfillment Tool for Retail Customers

Insight Issues Planning Tool for Marketing and Supply-Chain Strategy

S&OP Change Management: How To Get Out of the Starting Gates

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