Mars Petcare had been in search of an IT solution to improve management of its sales and operations data, but a discussion with Oliver Wight has led to a different approach
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AMR Research has just revealed its Top 25 supply chains and, for the third year running, Apple has come top.
We can all point to some of the initiatives that companies are looking at to make their supply chains more environmentally-friendly.
Information technology is all too often the elephant in the room, but retail market specialist Penelope Ody thinks it might be time to think small.
Retailers are facing challenges and opportunities, both in the way they serve their customers and how they interface with suppliers. Nick Allen asks, what are the winning scenarios?
Perhaps one of the greatest lessons to come out of the recession has been that flexibility and frequent updates to the planning process are critical to the commercial success of the enterprise. Sales and operations planning holds the key.
Lee Iacocca, the man who saved Chrysler back in the 1980s, wrote one of corporate America’s most gripping autobiographies, and in a particularly telling passage describes how, upon his arrival, he discovered thousands and thousands of cars rusting in
As every successful business knows, providing the customer with what they want, when they want it and at a competitive price, is a winning formula. The problem is getting the business to do just that – focus on the customer.
Some of the most sophisticated supply chain thinking has been developed in the hi-tech industries so it should be no surprise that the last two overall winners of European Supply Chain Excellence Awards have come from the Hi Tech, Communications &
The healthcare supply chain has some very distinctive characteristics – decisions can sometimes literally mean the difference between life and death. But what does it take to make a truly successful supply chain in this sector.
