Cover story
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Short Product Life Cycles Demand Innovation Throughout the Business
by Pallab Chatterjee
To compete today, consumer goods manufacturers must focus not only on innovations in product development but also on meaningful changes in four key areas of the business—technology, process, partnerships and market strategy.
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Features
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There’s Power in POS Data—Not Just for Retailers, But for Suppliers Too
by Mohan Balachandran and Jim Morganstern
Retailers’ new emphasis on inventory at the shelf level adds a new level of customer service. Essentially, it’s vendor-managed inventory—though not at the distribution center.
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Managing Supply Chains in High-Growth Environments
by Gaurang Pandya and Venky Nayar
Five key areas must be specifically addressed for such markets: organization, supply chain design, planning, demand shaping and managing transitions.
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The “Lean” Challenge in Demand-Driven Value Chains
by Aamer Rehman and Kelly Thomas
In the extended enterprise, the material-control techniques using the traditional manual/visual methods are no longer sufficient to synchronize material flow.
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Case studies
Cooper Tire Rolls Out New Systems for Better Demand Fulfillment
by Lauren Bossers Download
Customer-Centric Approach Drives Global Growth for Tata Steel
by Elizabeth Greer Download
Columns
Cycle-Time Optimization: From Concept to Cash Register Faster—and More Profitably
by Gurdip Singh and Chuck Kramer Download
Order Fulfillment: Using Order Management to Get Closer to Your Customers
by Rajat Bhargav Download
Risk Management: New Technologies Help Identify and Mitigate Risks
by Darren Ward and Anand Iyer Download
Departments
Perspective: Innovation Through People, Process and Technology
by Sanjiv Sidhu Download
Interview: Inside Supply Chain Globalization at GM, with GM’s global process information officer for purchasing and supply chain, Adriana Karaboutis
by Victoria Cooper Download
Opinion: What Are the Top Priorities in Supply Chain Management for Your Business? Interviews with Tony Quartararo of Burt’s Bees, Mike Griswold of AMR Research, Thomas Dadmun of ADTRAN and John Cummings of i2 Technologies
by Michael Cohen Download
Focus: Protecting Revenue Through Supply Chain Risk Management
by Ravi Vancheeswaran of ON Semiconductor Download
Viewpoint: Changing the Way You Work and Think About Your Business, an interview with James Champy
by Victoria Cooper Download
Inside i2: Winners of the 2007 Global Ken Sharma Award for Excellence
by Tom Smithyman Download
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