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Rebalance Supply & Demand to Prepare for Recovery

2009 is certainly shaping up to be a difficult year for manufacturers. Tight credit markets, poor consumer confidence and retail sales, along with low manufacturing activity, suggests that overall supply chain investment activity will be reduced and cost-savings activities will be prioritized.

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Mastering Significant Global Uncertainty

As the financial crisis ripples through the global economy, supply chains will need to re-invent themselves and deal with uncertainty at all levels: economic, financial and regulatory. The need to balance short-term needs with long-term investments in global supply chains will add significant uncertainty to global supply chain operations.

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The Green and Smart Supply Chains of the Future

The green imperative is expanding into virtually all walks of life and all facets of the economy. Demonstrating green credentials is increasingly a minimal stakeholder expectation and business risk management factor, and is shifting from an order-winning to an order-qualifying attribute. Swallow that carbon pill! A whole swath of additional environmental expectations may well be just around the corner, as well as a whole new way of looking at "green" and the environment.

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BPM, A Great Lean Solution for Tough Economic Times

Business process management will continue to be a topic of interest to supply chain companies in 2009. Because process change can be implemented without significant cash investments, BPM will stay fashionable in lean economic times. Adoption will be compartmental for a number of reasons: the economy, organizational politics and the lack of any vendor solution that completely meets business requirements.

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Customers Increase Focus on Cost Reduction in Face of Soft Economy

In these tough economic times with revenues likely coming up short of expectations, logistics service providers will increasingly be pressured to help lower costs for customers, but not just by squeezing existing rates. Customers need help with lowering network inventories and reducing the total cost to serve by executing demand-driven strategies, enhancing trading partner collaboration, and revisiting the network flows for optimal configuration.

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Extending the Supply Chain Through the Right Providers

Today's Best-in-Class logistics executives are looking to third-party logistics providers as a value-add extension of their organization that can help deliver value to the customer at lower costs.

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Financial Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting in Uncertain Times

Five Trends That Will Shape Business Technology in 2009

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Breathing Room: Ten Ideas for Squeezing More Working Capital From Your Supply Chain

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Fluensee Issues AssetTrack 4.0 With Real-Time Asset Inventory Feature

Aras Builds Advanced Search Capability Into PLM Software Suite

Schenker Expands Temperature-Controlled Services With Envirotainer

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