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Modernising Your Supply Chain Legacy Systems to Gain Global Growth Profitably

Thoughtful investment in modern supply chain technology will assist retailers in streamlining activity across new channels and new geographies to better match supply and demand. With a highly agile supply chain, retailers can meet the challenges posed by global retailing and respond quickly to changes in the marketplace—but can they do this and ensure long-term profitability with their existing IT systems?

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The Aberdeen Group reports on voice trends in the warehouse separator

In November and December of 2011, Aberdeen surveyed 134 warehousing professionals for a benchmark report (Fulfillment Excellence and Dynamic Event Warehousing Come of Age) that explores the pressures these companies are facing and what plans they have for the coming months. This Sector Insight focuses on one specific segment of warehouse professionals - voice users. To learn more from this segment in December 2011 we sent out a detailed follow-on survey to obtain a larger sample of current voice users so we could compare them with their peers.

Reduce Insurance Claims & Premiums Let the technology do the talking... separator

At present it is so important for you to explore new systems and technologies; the kind that manage to optimise your processes whilst improving the productivity of your people. You can De - Risk your business by engaging your employees, improving communication and data capture whilst maintaining levels of compliance within your organisation. By reading the white paper "De - Risking" you will learn how you can potentially reduce insurance premiums, reduce insurance claims and improve claims defence ability.

RedPrairie SaaS WMS RFP Template separator

Cloud WMS is a new approach to Enterprise computing. It will enable companies to move away from excel, custom databases and legacy WMS technologies to create better working relationships between supplier and customer. The decision to manage inventory in the cloud can be strategic initiative for your company’s future supply chain success. The 2012 WMS RFP Template is an important tool that empowers you to objectively determine requirements and can help you select a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) WMS vendor. This RFP template includes detailed best practices from companies and logistic professionals who have implemented both Tier I and SaaS WMS.

Are Spreadsheets Sabotaging Your Profits? separator

Based on a broad study of U.S. corporations, Sanders & Manrodt (2002) determined that almost 90 percent of businesses rely on spreadsheets for their forecasting software. This study also concluded that using commercial software packages for forecasting produced better performance than spreadsheets.

Guide to Improving Forecast Accuracy separator

Improving forecast accuracy is never easy, but is an essential step to lowering inventory levels and the associated carrying costs and scrap. Better forecasts also ensure that the right product is in the right place at the right time, delivering improved customer service levels and reducing the need for fire-fighting and expediting. In these days of complex and extended supply chains, increasing forecast accuracy is a competitive necessity to achieve top-line growth as well as bottom-line profitability.