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This Evaluation Centre provides information on supply chain software and manufacturing software:
1. Click on Strategy for an up-to-date overview of the supply chain software and manufacturing software market plus briefings from industry experts.
2. Click on Supplier Evaluation for supply chain software and manufacturing software Evaluation Reports which have been independently audited and checked for accuracy.
3. Click on Implementation for information about the remainder of the software lifecycle including articles by top consultancy firms.
4. Click on Service Centre if you need any other support or information on supply chain software and manufacturing software. The Evaluation Centre is here to help.
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News from Computer Weekly |
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| SAP's controversial decision to roll out Enterprise Support to all customers dominated the general sessions of the SAP UK & Ireland User Group 2008 conference in London. Computer Weekly’s Warwick Ashford spoke to Forrester Research enterprise applications and strategies vice president Ray Wang about this issue and others.
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| The benefits of converged voice and data networks have been on the horizon for some time, but it is only now that they have become a viable option for the majority of firms.
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JPMorgan is the latest bank to slash IT contractor rates, reducing wages by 15% from 1 November.
Banks that have cut rates include BarCap, Deutsche...
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| McKinnon's extradition now unavoidable; the inside track on Specsavers deal for flexible IT procurement with Fujitsu Siemens; the outsourcing dilemma facing today's CIOs - outsourcing to cut costs, or to improve business innovation. All this and more in this week's IT news round-up from ComputerWeekly.com.
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| IT security specialists are calling on suppliers to provide what users want - not what suppliers want to sell. The call came at a roundtable discussion...
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| Tony Collins discusses Labour's poor record on government IT projects and, separately, the current landmark BSkyB / EDS legal dispute with Warwick Ashford in this week's IT news round-up for the week ending 26 September.
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Shell has assembled a team to define standards for its outsourcing...
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| HP has completed its acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation, creating a company that will offer private and public sector IT...
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| Boom in products offering voice, data, and video functions into a single device at SMBs
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Top Business Issues |
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Never-ending supply
Evaluation Centre's overview of the supply chain software and manufacturing software market...Supply chain management refers to the supervision of all business processes and inputs that are used by companies to produce the goods or services that they sell. The better an organisation is at managing its entire supply chain, the more efficiently its operations will run and the more cost-effectively it can produce and market its products. So the drivers for getting it right are compelling.
The theory behind optimising your supply chain is not new but the real problem is how best to implement the theory and deliver true business benefit.
The challenges are not diminishing: companies are now faced with managing the extended supply chain to include suppliers, partners and customers; getting an accurate picture of demand so this can be mapped into their operations; and responding to the increasingly pressing environmental challenge. view in full >> |
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New Strategic Briefings |
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A new dimension?
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| Customer-driven supply (CDS) is a new approach to supply chain management. Tim Lawrence of PA Consulting Group wonders whether it is a real commercial competitive edge or just talk.
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The ultimate supply chain integration
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| Could integrated business planning be the breakthrough in business and supply chain management that we've been waiting for? Dave Manning of Oliver Wight certainly thinks so.
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BRIC building
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| Multinationals from the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China – are threatening the current business landscape, reports Nick Gill of Capgemini, as he reveals how Western manufacturers can stay ahead of this new competition.
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