Product Lifecycle Management

As supply chain risks grow more complex, it is critical for organizations to adopt a comprehensive, real-time risk management solution that is scalable, flexible, and provides accurate visibility.

Attaining superior supply chain planning and optimization capabilities has become a necessity for survival in today's highly competitive global manufacturing environment.

Companies should consider applying planned obsolescence to their supply chain capabilities, in order to stay ahead in a durable goods market.

Today’s manufacturers face seemingly competing challenges to meet customer expectations for fresh inventory offered via multiple platforms while relying on increasingly global supplier networks.

After decades of improving their engineering and production functions, the world's leading industrial manufacturers now are working to improve the performance of their supply chains, which are among some of the most complex in the world.

As the retail industry is basking in what’s predicted to be a profitable holiday shopping season, we look to the year ahead, working to stay ahead of consumer trends, emerging technologies, and disruptive changes.

This ebook reveals the findings of a survey of 250 retailers focusing on the state of global sourcing and supply chain management, it reveals how retailers still have a long way to go to better streamline communication and simplify their operations.

Technology research firm Gartner, Inc. recently noted a new trend towards supply chain “protectionism,” presumably due to the extraordinary combination of external forces proving capable of disrupting once-optimized processes and, therefore, destroying once-healthy profit margins.

This whitepaper shares best methods on how to forecast demand accuracy.

Consumer goods retailers moving into the private brand arena need to work on a common platform with the entire supply chain to provide visibility into product information.

To address these complexities and unlock additional value, global companies have realized the importance of connecting product information with manufacturing and supply chain processes.

Today, retailers sourcing from low-cost countries need to implement technology to help manage the entire product lifecycle and global supply chain, thus ensuring their continued success.

Product traceability has become a critical aspect of supply chains and global trade; with definitions that run the gamut depending on the industry or phase in the product lifecycle.

Leading organizations are striving to bring new products to market faster, streamline supplier processes and improve supply chain efficiencies.

Today’s new production introduction (NPI) landscape is dynamic and fast-paced, and many manufacturers are struggling to keep up.