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Home > Enterprise Applications > Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of the supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements as efficiently as possible. Supply chain management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. The term supply chain management was coined by strategy consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in 1982. Results 1 - 25 of 90 matches Sort Results By : Published Date | Title | Company name Effective VMI: Enabling your Suppliers By : Supply Chain Connect Published Date: Jan 15, 2008 Today, as more and more organizations strive to improve productivity and profitability by dedicating the bulk of their resources to their core competencies, many of them are looking for efficient and cost-effective ways to outsource ancillary and support activities. Nowhere is this trend more prominent than among supply chain-centric organizations such as retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers. Download Now Ensuring Successful Manufacturing Execution in the Fabless Semiconductor Model By : SAP Published Date: Jan 04, 2008 Find out how semiconductor companies are adopting a fabless manufacturing model by operating with a variety of partners through an outsourced supply chain. Doing so helps them save money and be more competitive. SAP solutions support this model to help overcome the inherent challenges. Download Now Enabling Profitable Growth Through Procurement: Transforming the Sourcing & Procurement Organization By : SAP Published Date: Sep 17, 2007 Explore the findings of an SAP/ASUG study on procurement and supplier relationship management that shows why cutting-edge companies are focusing on sourcing and procurement. Lean how they are transforming procurement into a strategic function that positively affects the bottom line. Download Now How General Cable Reduces Over 50% of Time and Costs Associated with Purchasing By : Supply Chain Connect Published Date: Jan 14, 2008 General Cable operates 28 manufacturing locations in 8 countries and is a leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products. Their products are widely used in communications, energy, industrial and speciality markets. General Cable has nearly 300 suppliers of raw material for their US operations. Download Now 11 Criteria For Selecting The Best ERP System Replacement By : Epicor Published Date: Apr 19, 2006 An ERP system is your information backbone and reaches into all areas of your business and value-chain. Replacing it can open unlimited business opportunities. In this white paper are the 11 criteria that will allow you to identify and select the ERP system replacement solution that will meet these expectations. Download Now 5 Ways ERP Can Help You Implement Lean By : Epicor Published Date: Apr 19, 2006 Why is Lean so popular? Because it delivers what manufacturing companies truly need in today's highly competitive world: shorter lead times, improved quality, reduced cost, increased profit, improved productivity and enhanced customer service. Download Now Optimizing the Supply Chain: Best Practices for Becoming a Best-Run Government Organization By : SAP Published Date: Sep 01, 2007 Take an in-depth look at how federal agencies are improving supply chain efficiency as a way to meet their missions -- and to respond to OMB mandates for increased transparency, reduced costs, and unified work efforts. This Insight explores best practices in supply chain management. Download Now Optimizing Performance Across Your Supply Chain By : Information Builders Published Date: Dec 05, 2007 A firm's supply chain is the essence of how it delivers value to its customers. Deploying a supply chain performance management solution is a challenging process. This paper outlines critical steps and key factors in optimizing performance management for your entire supply chain. Download Now Strategies To Run a Lean Supply Chain By : Epicor Published Date: Apr 20, 2008 In the last several years, the manufacturing sector has moved from vertically organized structures to horizontal organizations; that is, a single company no longer controls its product from, let’s say, the mine to the store shelf. Instead, today’s companies control only pieces of the supply chain, and the companies and divisions controlling those various components may be located just about anywhere in the world. Download Now Talent Supply Chain Management By : SAP Published Date: Jul 16, 2007 These survey findings will identify the industry-reshaping challenges that are compelling innovative professional services firms to improve the return on their investments in talent with a holistic, end-to-end, optimized process. From a recent independent survey of over 250 professional services firms this report highlights the outdated, internal processes professional services firms must modernize to make the most of their talent resources and grow their profits. Download Now Technology and the Lean Enterprise By : SAP Published Date: Jan 18, 2008 Manufacturers agree that technology is the key enabler of continuous improvement and eliminating waste. But how do you build an IT infrastructure that drives value to your customers? This SAP white paper presents six brief case studies of manufacturing companies that have used technology to build a foundation to deliver continuous value to their customers. Download Now The Value of Industry Best Practices: The High-Tech and Consumer Product Supply Chain Challenge By : SAP Published Date: Jan 23, 2008 Read how adoption of industry best practices can fuel excellence in the supply chain operations of consumer and high-tech OEMs. SAP benchmarking studies measure the performance gap enjoyed by the industry leaders and reveal their secrets. Download Now The Visible Supply Chain: Ensuring End-to-End Optimization By : Epicor Published Date: Apr 20, 2007 Today’s supply chain is, of course, the primary processing mechanism of every manufacturing company. But it’s more than that: Its multifaceted, multicompany, multinational structure makes it the most complex management challenge found in any enterprise. Supply chain management no longer means just making sure that the right resources and the right materials move to the right place at the right time. Download Now Tuning ERP and the Supply Chain for Profitable Growth By : Epicor Published Date: May 21, 2007 Ventana Research defines a lean supply chain as a set of organizations and processes that are linked in a continuous flow of products and services, finances and information, and that interact collaboratively to reduce cost and waste. Most people in manufacturing are familiar with the idea of “lean” manufacturing. Download Now Warehouse Management Today: Balancing Financial Pressures and Growing Demand By : SAP Published Date: Aug 26, 2007 Traditional linear supply chains with sequential processes are evolving into complex global ecosystems that are highly responsive to customer requirements. This SAP white paper describes how an adaptive supply chain network allows all the stakeholders in the supply chain – both internal and external to the enterprise – to share knowledge, make collaborative decisions and immediately respond to changing conditions. Trading partners can avoid costly supply chain problems. Moreover, firms can enhance their financial position and improve their supply chain economics. Download Now White Paper: Are You Pushing Too Much Paper? By : Supply Chain Connect Published Date: Apr 24, 2008 Whether you are an electrical supplies wholesaler or a manufacturer of oilfield equipment, the challenge is the same: Are you maximizing your margins by keeping your administrative processes as streamlined as possible? Or, are you wasting time and money by supporting paper-intensive processes to handle quotes, orders, ship notices, receipt documents and invoices? Download Now Aberdeen Group: For Mid-Size Manufacturers the Issue is Visible By : IBM Published Date: Aug 08, 2006 As manufacturing goes global, initiatives to standardize processes and key performance measurements across the enterprise to unite the greater supply chain are emerging. The main catalyst? Driving down costs in response to customer and market pressures. However, mid-size companies in particular are driving performance improvements with a more proactive, strategic vision for improving performance than reactively responding to cost pressure. Download Now Achieving Compliant Manufacturing Excellence through Real-time Performance Management By : SAP Published Date: Sep 24, 2007 Consider how life sciences manufacturers can deal effectively with dynamic market needs, increased compliance requirements, more distributed manufacturing operations, and rapid product innovation. Addressing compliance management, integration, and data utilization will help improve responsiveness and performance. Download Now Creating Competitive Advantage in Demanding Retail Environments By : CommercialWare Published Date: Jan 09, 2007 This paper explores what cross-channel transparency looks like through the consumer's eyes, the costs retailers incur by maintaining the status quo, and key steps retailers need to consider as they undertake cross-channel initiatives. Download Now Corning Cable Systems: Collaborating with Supply Chain Partners By : Supply Chain Connect Published Date: Jan 14, 2008 Corning Cable Systems offers the broadest range of end-to-end fibre optic and copper product solutions for telecommunications networks. Corning wanted to improve their supply chain to reduce inventory levels (thereby adding to bottom line savings) and reduce overall administrative costs- all without expensive or time-consuming investments. Download Now Chase & Sons Gain an Asset By : Supply Chain Connect Published Date: Jan 14, 2008 Chase & Sons has been delivering innovative engineered products and processes to the wire and cable industry for over 50 years. They supply General Cable with specialty tapes. In the past, Chase & Sons would allocate resources for 'emergency handling' of orders which took time away from planning and other more strategic functions. Download Now Compete More Effectively by Acting as Your Own Supply Chain By : IBM Published Date: Jan 27, 2004 We’ve heard it over and again: mid-sized manufacturers need to increase efficiencies while protecting their existing infrastructure and boosting profits. IBM can help, with tailored solutions. Click for the complimentary report, "Ten Insights for Success in an On Demand World". Download Now Leveraging the Talent Supply Chain for a Competitive Advantage By : SAP Published Date: May 11, 2007 Discover how managing the talent supply chain can help professional services providers realize a competitive advantage. Explore the market trends driving the need for talent management and the business practices that support the talent supply chain. Download Now The Impact of Lean on Consumer Product Manufacturers By : SAP Published Date: Feb 01, 2007 Dedication to Lean requires a focus on change, the identification of areas of improvement across the enterprise and a commitment to monitor continuously. The real challenge to Lean, however, requires this first change, a shift in the culture. Consumer products manufacturers are early on in their Lean journey compared to companies across industry, with 56% less than a year to 3 years into it. Download Now The Lean Advantage for Complex Equipment Manufacturers By : SAP Published Date: Jun 04, 2007 Increasingly, complex equipment manufacturers are implementing lean initiatives to create competitive advantage. What specifically are these initiatives? Can they really achieve on-time delivery, improve operational excellence, shorten order-cycle times, and reduce costs, to name a few? On the road to initiating these lean processes, what obstacles and challenges are complex equipment manufacturers facing today? 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