February 21, 2015
What is Supplier Relationship Management
In today’s competitive marketplace, companies focus scarce resources on the strategies most likely to yield success to their organization. Supplier…
Category: Principles of SCM
February 11, 2015
Picking The Right Metrics In SCM
To answer the question, “How are we doing?” most companies look inward and apply any number of functionally oriented measures.…
February 11, 2015
Importance of Technology Strategy In SCM
To sustain reengineered business processes (that at last abandon the functional orientation of the past), many progressive companies have been…
February 11, 2015
Partnering With Suppliers in SCM
Determined to pay as low a price as possible for materials, manufacturers have not traditionally cultivated warm relationships with suppliers.…
February 11, 2015
Importance of Sales and Operations Planning In SCM
Forecasting has historically been an isolated activity, with multiple departments’ independently creating forecasts for the same products—all using their own…
February 11, 2015
Customizing The Logistics Network in SCM
Companies have traditionally taken a monolithic approach to logistics network design in organizing their inventory, warehouse, and transportation activities to…
February 11, 2015
Benefits of Segmenting Customers in SCM
Segmentation has traditionally grouped customers by industry, product, or trade channel and then taken a one-size fits-all approach to serving…