- Supply Chain Conference Session: New-Generation Supply Chain Planning
In this conference session, Infineon Technologies discussed its experiences with adopting a supply chain business-process platform. The company has replaced three different legacy order-management systems for planning and execution with new-generation supply chain solutions that encompass real-time planning, visibility, monitoring, reconfiguration, and execution. Speakers included Michael McGrath, CEO of i2 ......
- Application's market share grows
Oracle's Supply Chain Management application ranks second among software vendors, capturing more market share, as companies benefit from its broad supply chain planning and execution functionality, according to a report. The Supply Chain Management Applications Report, 2003–08, conducted by independent analysis firm AMR Research, Inc., states, "Oracle has built out ......
- LIFETIME MISSION: An Interview with Don Bowersox
For close to 50 years, Dr. Donald J. Bowersox has been in the forefront of our profession. In the early 1960s, he was advocating advanced transportation and logistics practices as an executive for the Railway Express Agency and E.F. MacDonald Company. He was there at the beginning of the National ......
- Resources
How to Manage a Supply Chain Project Supply Chain Project Management: A Structured Collaborative and Measurable Approach James B. Ayers St. Lucie Press, 2004 ISBN: 1-57444-350-X 363 pages, $59.95 To order: visit www.crcpress.com or most major booksellers Every supply chain manager would benefit from possessing a strong project management skill ......
- Supply Chain Management Review • Thought Leadership Series
REAL Supply Chain Questions: REAL Supply Chain Answers Supply chain management has become a prime source of competitive advantage and the new driver of business value. Simply stated, the companies that do the best job of executing across the supply chain and working with their supply chain partners are the ......
- How supply chain management got that way
Given the poor growth performance of supply chain planning (SCP) vendors the last few years—and the much better performance of supply chain execution (SCE) vendors—one could wonder whether planning's day has passed, eclipsed by a more nimble approach to intractable supply chain problems. But according to analysts, users, and vendors, ......
- Supply chain information systems.
This seminar gives you the technology review you need to make the most of your supply chain. Review the different kinds of supply chain software and the strategies for planning and implementing systems and technologies to support your processes. Learn how to link your organization, customer, and supplier operations. Learn ......