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The Chief Supply Chain Officer Report 2010
by SCM World & Aberdeen GroupThe Chief Supply Chain Officer Report 2010 is a collaboration between SCM World and Aberdeen Group. From a survey of almost 400 global executives, this report draws critical insights on how companies are re-defining the role of the supply chain leader, and in turn how those executives are positioning their organizations to remain competitive in an increasingly globalized and complex operating environment.
Demand Management: Enabling Sell Side Collaboration
by Aberdeen GroupIn these times of economic uncertainty and the global credit crunch, companies are actively seeking best practices for improving their demand network. Companies need to balance demand planning with short term responsive strategies to manage high levels of demand volatility. Aberdeen surveyed over 135 companies about their demand management practices and have highlighted specific approaches that companies with different types of supply chain — build to order, build to stock and engineer to order — have adopted with respect to demand management.
Sales and Operations Planning: Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Tactics
by Aberdeen GroupAberdeen recently published a new report entitled Sales and Operations Planning: Aligning Business Goals with Supply Chain Tactics. Because Kinaxis™ was a sponsor of this report, we're able to offer a complimentary copy of the report. The report had over 300 respondents across a variety of industries and company sizes. The goal of this year's report was to identify how the S&OP process helps corporate executives accomplish their overall business strategy, with the four broad strategies being: product differentiation, customer service differentiation, cost reduction and profitability.
On the Road and in the Supply Chain, Rapid Response a Core Requirement for Rescue Vehicles by AMR Research
Manufacturers of highly complex and customized products continue to implement a combination of homegrown and best-of-breed applications to supplement their ERP systems. This case study of a rescue vehicle manufacturer illustrates this fact, with specific references to its implementation of tools to facilitate rapid response and decision making throughout the process, from quoting to supplier alerts…
Response Management: Next Wave of Supply Chain Innovation?
By AMR Research
Stephen Hochman, Research Director, Supply Chain, AMR Research In his report on Response Management, Steve Hochman of AMR Research says "amongst demand-driven leaders, the pursuit of perfectly optimized forecasts and supply plans can no longer be the end game. In high-volatility, supply-constrained businesses, the new basis of competition is the ability to peer faster than your competitors into the black box of multiple planning and execution processes, running offline scenarios that give collective, rapid visibility to financial and service impact of a short list of viable decision alternatives."
Research Alert: Kinaxis
by AMR Research
Bruce Richardson, Chief Research Officer, AMR Research Bruce has spent most of his 20 year career analyzing the software industry with a distinct emphasis on ERP and supply chain. He spearheads new market research and contributes to AMR Research's analysis of leading market trends in areas such as: ERP, supply chain management (SCM), service-oriented architectures, and software-as-a-service.
