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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.

We are already seeing the impact as customers make the transformation, and Microsoft is committed to delivering modern business solutions, built using the broad portfolio of Microsoft technology, with intentional simplicity as a core design element.

The report presents two big data application examples and shows how each would be implemented using 1) data warehouse technology and 2) Hadoop. It then calculates the five-year TCOD for each solution.

“By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be created to support big data, generating 1.9 million IT jobs in the United States,” said Peter Sondergaard, senior vice president at Gartner and global head of Research.

Learn how to gain business insight using MapReduce and Apache Hadoop with SQL-based analytics.

This Analyst Insight will illustrate Best-in-Class strategies for delivering software that provides the organization with high Return on Investment (ROI) while managing the triangle of quality, cost, and time.

In making a strong business case for supply chain software, it pays to focus on three categories of benefits: efficiency, asset utilization, and customer response.

Our preliminary analyses suggest that the biggest gain could come from initiatives to build trust among the team members. Managers should also make an effort to nurture this trusting environment over time.

As host to the largest Microsoft Dynamics customer base in North America, and the leading provider of Dynamics ERP in the cloud, Tribridge created this guide to help decision makers choose the right deployment model for their accounting and ERP solution, including key considerations and steps specific to cloud ERP.