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Jan 11, 2011

How Do You Do Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

A firm’s SCM efforts start with the development and execution of a long-term supply chain strategy. Among other things, this strategy should: Identify what supply chains the firm wants to…

Jan 11, 2011

What Do You Need to Know about Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

The first thing one needs to understand is that SCM doesn’t replace what we’ve learned about management over the last 50 years; it builds upon it. The analogy that a…

Jan 11, 2011

Why Do You Need To Know About Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

Supply chain management is as much a philosophical approach as it is a body of tools and techniques, and typically requires a great deal of interaction and trust between companies…

Jun 7, 2008

A Brief History of China:  Democracy or Communist Bureaucracy?

Just recently, the Wall Street Journal published an article stating the incredible growth in automotive component manufacturing in China, as well as other industries. Many people are mystified by the…

Aug 30, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Supplier Perspectives – Part 3

The supplier responses to P2P problems by and large provide significant insights into the problems and complexities associated with improving the P2P cycle from a suppliers’ perspective.  Unfortunately, these issues…

Aug 30, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Improve Forecasting for Maintenance and Planning for Emergencies – Part 7

The need to improve forecasting processes is a critical element in ensuring that maintenance needs are met in the P2P cycle.  While maintenance is often an emergency, there are many…

Aug 30, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Develop a Robust Technology with a Portal to Minimize Touch – Part 6

A number of SME’s described the need to eliminate the manual intervention of multiple untrained individuals in entering information into systems such as SAP.  Many ERP systems have modules for…

Aug 30, 2006

Procure to Pay Cycle Best Pratices: Introduction Part 1

A qualitative study of the Procure to Pay (P2P) process was undertaken by our research team to determine the symptoms, root causes, and recommended approaches to identifying and solving the…

Jul 5, 2006

A Brief History of the Highway Transportation System in the U.S.

Related site link: The Transportation Crunch The highway infrastructure as we know it today began expanding rapidly after President Dwight Eisenhower, 50 years ago this month, signed the Federal Aid…

Jul 5, 2006

The Transportation Crunch

Related site link: A Brief History of the Highway Transportation System in the U.S. The transportation infrastructure is exploding. This was the subject of debate at the Consumer Healthcare Products…