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Eight essential elements of Supply Chain Control Tower (SCCT) enabling advanced visibility and standardized, real-time analytics from a single source.

Here’s what analysts, supply chain pros, and a recent SCMR survey say customers want and expect from the leaders in the supply chain software space.

In today’s highly global — and highly competitive — marketplace, most businesses have realized the value of investing in supply chain improvement. Of course, whenever investments are made, there must be an analysis of their returns. For that reason, most businesses have also created metrics that document real-world supply chain performance and track changes over time.

JDA Software: Setting New Industry Standards for Performance, Flexibility and Interoperability while Lowering Total Cost of Ownership. Organizations are building the foundation to address complex, global business challenges and align common business goals.

Next generation ERP is a far cry from traditional ERP solutions of the past. New technology platforms allow users to engage with ERP in new and different ways with intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces, which don't rely on intimate knowledge of how the system or the data is structured. This opens doors to a whole new level of executive involvement.

The future of gamification will likely blur virtual personas and reality – where much of what we do is tracked, measured, and linked to personal and professional rewards. How will disagreements be resolved, and how will game dynamics evolve over time? But then again, how does it really differ today?

Your company is growing with new subsidiaries, new acquisitions and new global markets. You need to run these new entities efficiently and get real-time visibility into their performance—but can you afford a year-long implementation and multimillion-dollar price tag to standardize global operations on your on-premise ERP system?

In a fast-moving marketplace, QSCC wanted to gain more supply chain purchasing visibility on a daily basis in order to ensure continuous, on-time supply and reduce costs.

This whitepaper is the third in a three-part series describing how supply chain organizations can achieve greater savings through effective, technology-enabled collaboration between Purchasing and Logistics.

Companies across vertical markets, including Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Retail, and Food & Beverage, are increasingly investing in Labor Management Systems (LMS). As a result, these companies are benefitting from year-over-year productivity throughput gains of 10–30 percent, with corresponding distribution cost reductions.

This Market Spotlight combines past research with current thinking about the challenges that continue to face manufacturers. It also discusses how visibility defined, and then enabled through cloud-based collaborative networks, can be a powerful tool in both solving existing business problems and anticipating new ones.

If the last few years have shown us anything it is that the supply chain is being exposed to more and more risk. Some of this risk can be managed through better supply chain design; assessing where supply “choke points” are and building in supply and logistical redundancy. Other risk, however, must be managed through better response capabilities.

How could such a simple notion of connecting Purchasing and Logistics silos drive results of this magnitude? If the opportunity is so large, why did this approach not emerge as standard supply chain strategy years ago? And finally, how can it be that these savings are not captured by current Transportation Management System (TMS) solutions? This whitepaper will answer these questions and clarify this unique approach, using a real-world example.

This whitepaper is the first in a three part series that will describe an achievable strategy for inbound logistics organizations to elevate freight savings by 20-30%, through a collaborative, technology-enabled approach to Logistics and Purchasing planning.

Performance improvement through effective labor management is critical to the success of any labor-driven operation and effectively managing your labor expense is often the single biggest opportunity for performance improvement and cost reduction in your distribution center, manufacturing plant, retail store and/or delivery operation.

Logistics organizations are expected to make additional contributions to the bottom line by continually eliminating costs and increasing workforce productivity.

This white paper compares the pros and cons of using a temporary staffing firm, employing a managed services/insouring vendor, or outsourcing to a third party logistics company. Find out the cost, risks and benefit of each approach…and which strategy best fits your current workforce performance level.

Modeling technology can uncover millions of dollars in supply chain savings just by optimizing existing assets and processes. Oftentimes, simply visualizing existing supply chain structure and flows can reveal hidden inefficiencies and present opportunities for further analysis and optimization.

Linking ERP with an automated wireless parts replenishment solution gives the concept of continuous improvement real meaning.

The roadmap in addition to our statement of production also re-affirms our commitment to continue to invest in the product for at least the next five years.