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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. Consolidated net sales were $1.07 billion compared with $1.22 billion for the third quarter of 1998. Net
income for the third quarter was $87.6 million, or $ 0 (...)
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On October 25, Hershey Foods Corporation announced a sharp decline in revenue and earnings for its third fiscal quarter ended
September 30, 1999. ...
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1999-11-01
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The US Labor Department reported an increase in jobs in June and July ... but the manufacturing industry cut jobs for a third
month in a row. We are moving from a manufacturing economy to a supply chain economy. This article gives the big picture. (...)
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The US Labor Department reported an increase in jobs in June and July ... but the manufacturing industry cut jobs for a third
month in a row. We...
Published:
2005-09-06
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Rethinking the Supply Chain: Meeting the Complexity Challenge.Solutions and Other Documents to Characterize Your Buy, In Relation
To Rethinking the Supply Chain. The requirements of operating in a global, just-in-time (JIT) market have made supply chains
much more complex than they were 10 years ago. Much (...)
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Rethinking the Supply Chain: Meeting the Complexity Challenge.Solutions and Other Documents to Characterize Your Buy, In Relation
To Rethinking the...
Published:
2010-03-11
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising fuel costs and increased international trade, supply chain management software can help ETO organizations
get—and stay—ahead of the competition. (...)
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising f...
Published:
2008-07-18
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Supply chain planning vendors have moved beyond enterprise planning to solutions that encompass the whole supply chain. Companies
like Kinaxis are using enterprise response management to manage events and responses as they occur and align results at the
point-of-action. (...)
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Supply chain planning vendors have moved beyond enterprise planning to solutions that encompass the whole supply chain. Companies
like Kinaxis are...
Published:
2005-12-09
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries. (...)
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries.
Published:
2004-10-20
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Paragon Management Systems, now Adexa, is the latest niche supply chain management vendor to re-christen itself in the last
seven months. Since July, four small vendors have assumed new names and personas to better differentiate their offerings in
the marketplace. (...)
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Paragon Management Systems, now Adexa, is the latest niche supply chain management vendor to re-christen itself in the last
seven months. Since Ju...
Published:
2000-02-09
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The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment. (...)
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The supply chain planning market will top $2.5 billion in 2000, driven in large part by the needs of Internet customer fulfillment.
Published:
2000-04-04
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This article summarizes the findings from a study of why customers failed to attain the full value potential of their SCM
projects. Most SCM projects continue to focus much of their energy on technology implementations and simply pay lip service
to end-user training and executive alignment. Learn the (...)
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This article summarizes the findings from a study of why customers failed to attain the full value potential of their SCM
projects. Most SCM proj...
Published:
2004-07-31
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This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision hierarchy, and highlights the dramatic value proposition available to companies that deploy advanced service
strategies and decision-support tools to address th (...)
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This article describes the unique challenges of the service supply chain, provides a framework for understanding the service
management decision h...
Published:
2004-06-22
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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A vendor compliance database can range from a complex system built within the retailer's existing architecture to a smaller,
stand-alone desktop database application. Find out what's Andersen's take on vendor compliance programs. (...)
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A vendor compliance database can range from a complex system built within the retailer's existing architecture to a smaller,
stand-alone desktop d...
Published:
2001-12-08
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries. (...)
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Thoughts on global trade, outsourcing, and your pay--how we can stop the downward pressure on wages and salaries.
Published:
2004-10-20
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SynQuest, Inc. with help from IBM makes good on its promise to deliver an AS/400-based version of its manufacturing software. (...)
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SynQuest, Inc. with help from IBM makes good on its promise to deliver an AS/400-based version of its manufacturing software.
Published:
2000-04-18
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Among its promising initiatives, IBS offers flexible rescheduling tools that integrate with existing manufacturing resource
planning systems. Its warehousing solution also promises better use of space, and automates reception put-away, etc. However,
the vendor still must navigate through some rough compe (...)
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Among its promising initiatives, IBS offers flexible rescheduling tools that integrate with existing manufacturing resource
planning systems. Its ...
Published:
2005-09-09
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Supply chain planning tools deliver potentially tremendous savings when well implemented, and wreak havoc when they fail.
A company considering an outsourcing strategy for their supply chain planning processes should first address some key aspects
of these tools. (...)
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... In the complex, global supply chains of today's world ...
SCP applications defies such "cookie-cutter" implementations. ... are specific
to each supply chain, and this ...
Published:
2006-04-11
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does have to face up to a variety of challenges, some of which are of its own making. (...)
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Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide
industries, it does...
Published:
2006-11-16
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ITV capabilities allows an organization to meet the challenges of rapidly increasing fuel prices, changes in regulatory requirements,
and provides customers with premium services without increasing the total cost of operations. Find out more in this article! (...)
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ITV capabilities allows an organization to meet the challenges of rapidly increasing fuel prices, changes in regulatory requirements,
and provides...
Published:
2009-08-31
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Quick Response Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Whatever the reasons for pursuing a lead-time reduction strategy, time compression across all company processes
is critical to growth, and in some cases means surviv (...)
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for a Quick Response Manufacturing. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant
and Time-Bound. Whatev...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
The arrival of the new economy has brought significant changes to the existing business landscape. In particular, the retail
industry is quickly learning the value of developing strategic working relationships with vendor partners to improve supply
chain efficiency. (...)
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The arrival of the new economy has brought significant changes to the existing business landscape. In particular, the retail
industry is quickly l...
Published:
2001-12-02