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We aim to create and share knowledge that helps you address your business opportunities and challenges. This section contains thought-leadership pieces, white papers, and other publications to help you respond to the emerging issues in your field.

Finding the Hidden Values Remaining in the Oil And Gas Supply Chain

We explore a contemporary approach to a fairly well known and stable business practice, which is the packaging, loading, storing and transferring of goods across an extended supply chain, and to determine if there are values that have not been found.

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2010 Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress Eighth Annual Survey
Supply Chain as a Strategic Weapon in the Food and Beverage Industry It is in these turbulent and volatile economic times that bold moves toward integrated value chains can really pay off.
Forecasting, Planning and Inventory Management as Enterprise Solutions Simply put, better forecasting means better planning and increased sales on fewer inventories with less risk. Taken together, these direct benefits can quickly drive 200 to 500 basis points of incremental net profit to the bottom line. With the proper focus and attention on the forecasting process, these gains can be achieved relatively quickly — usually within six months.
Finding New Values Through Strategic Sourcing Navigating Through Troubled Waters
Finding Hidden Values in the Extended Business Network A survival technique for demanding times.
Applying Lean Concepts to Eliminate Non-Values Across the Supply Chain Network Lean Supply Chain as a Modern Improvement Technique
Inventory Productivity Improvement Rightsizing Your Working Capital Invesment
Inventory Productivity Improvement: Right Sizing Your Working Capital Invesment To be profitable in these economic times, you must maintain an optimal balance between your inventory investment, customer service and operating costs. We offer a comprehensive solution.

Annual Survey Reports

2009 Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress The Seventh Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress
2008 Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress - Executive Summary 2008 Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress, Executive Summary
Calibrating Supply Chain Management: Full Report A recent survey of 142 organizations reveals that a few 'leaders' have mastered collaboration, internal process improvement, and digital commerce to stake positions of dominance in their industries. The survey's results show, however, that many firms still have great strides to make before they have fully optimized their supply chains. Full Report.
Calibrating Supply Chain Management: Executive Summary A recent survey of 142 organizations reveals that a few 'leaders' have mastered collaboration, internal process improvement, and digital commerce to stake positions of dominance in their industries. The survey's results show, however, that many firms still have great strides to make before they have fully optimized their supply chains. Executive Summary.

White Papers and Supply Chain Insights

Risk Management Is a Contemporary Business Issue: Leaders Have Contingency Plans Most companies are not prepared to manage risks, but risks can be anticipated and mitigated.
Applying Lean Concepts to Eliminate Non-Values Across the Supply Chain Network Lean Supply Chain as a Modern Improvement Technique
Partnering Diagnostic Lab: A Technique for Finding New Values in Your Extended Network Partnering Diagnostics to Find New Solutions
Transportation and Warehousing: Savings You Overlooked Leadership Techniques Point the Way Through Hard Times
Green Supply Chain Study Green Supply Chain Study
In Search of the Glass Pipe: Transforming Track and Trace Through RFID This CSC white paper examines the impact of mature track and trace technologies on supply chain management and explains how RFID,coupled with business process change, can create significant competitive advantage.
Contemporary Logistics, from Manufacturing to Acceptable Delivery Contemporary Logistics, from Manufacturing to Acceptable Delivery
Business Process Management Applied –Creating the Value Managed Enterprise: Business Process Management Applied –Creating the Value Managed Enterprise
The Wall Street Diet Like dieters, what businesses need is a complete, integrated approach. The Wall Street Diet uses a diet metaphor to show what every business must to do to become a lean, healthy enterprise. Like a truly effective weight loss program, it is a plan for achieving sustained benefits—following the Wall Street Diet will add five to eight points of potential new profit to the bottom line.
The Wall Street Diet:Making Your Business Lean and Healthy Manhattan Associates webcast, with Chuck Poirier Topics include lean supply chain techniques and coverage of the most recent supply chain survey.

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