The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Discuss the latest trends and solutions across the supply chain management landscape.
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- Moving from product delivery to managed services - two supply chain caveats to ponder over
- What it takes to build a robust S&OP model?
- Negotiating one of the key skills for procurement professionals
- Do you really want the Paper Receipt …?
- Smarter planet through smarter asset management – Pulse 2010
- Automating Accounts Payable for Facility Management Firms
- Removing Cost from your Supply Chain - Push it OUT not DOWN
- Work Bench for improving Supply Chain Effectiveness
- Are Demand Planners stressed out these days?
- Technical Architecture and the silos thereof....
- Augmented Reality and Multi Channel Retail- Unifying the Customer Touchpoints
- How do you protect yourself from small supplier’s BIG issues?
- Supply Chain Predictions for 2010 - how far are we from our end-state vision?
- The Imperative for Retailers to Assess Multi-Channel Operations Capabilities as a Prelude to Multi-Channel Commerce
- Chasing the right Q or "Cue" on your CFRs
- Retail Customer Order Management Blog Series: Part 2 – The Retail Order
- Y2010 & Ahead – value chain trends in emerging economy – Part 2 (Technology Trends)
- Y2010 & Ahead – value chain trends in emerging economy – Part 1
- Et Tu Toyota …
- Dilemma of Supply Chain Planning in an Allotment scenario - 4
- My sale wants to grow up and become an order
- Retail Customer Order Management Blog Series: Part 1 - An Introduction
- Multi Channel Order Management Go Live: How early should you plan Cutover/Rollout?
- Leveraging SRM techniques to build business teams
- SCOR -S Certification; a boon for students
- Automotive manufacturers of 2009: Numbers convey their Supply Chain behavior
- Multi Channel Commerce & Mobile Apps - Wishlist 2010
- ...SAP SRM 7.0 is here to stay, available to Leverage your SRM footprint: “The Implementation: What's the sandwich filling? ” – Part 4
- The Pit Stop - An Agile Supply Chain
- Decide where you integrate: MCO does not equal MCC!
- Profiling Paradigm Shift in the Package World
- Checking Horizon: The confluence of ATP and Planning
- Being Lean in Supply chain
- 2010s - OMSs and WMSs About you, and me, and them, and...
- Supplier and Customer Collaboration
- Order Management Hubs: Reigning in Complexity
- Demand Planning in the CPG industry- The decade that was
- Tesco to Less CO: Can Tesco save the world?
- Instant Gratification - Walmart Style!
- Applying Warehouse Operations in a Store
- Part one – Strategic Cost Reduction: What is strategic about cost reduction?
- The Kiosk conundrum
- Is the new found focus on Marketplace, the end of the road for core Order Management?
- Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) – How to manage multiple supply chain dilemmas
- Dilemma of Supply Chain Planning in an Allotment scenario - 3
- Part 3 -Is Supplier Relationship management a “technology need” or a “strategic business capability” for your organization?
- Get those Channels Integrated…
- Dilemma of Supply Chain Planning in an Allotment scenario - 2
- Dilemma of Supply Chain Planning in an Allotment scenario - 1
- Supply Chain Traceability in the Automotive Sector: Need for “back-to-basic” solutions
- SCM cross pollination: Ikea and the Indian bi-cycle manufacturers
- Enterprise Asset Sustainability
- Leveraging Value from IT Asset Management – Insights from Gartner ITAM Summit
- Buffett’s bet on railroads- basically, a bet on America?
- Part Two: SRM is Real
- The Death of DRP- an eyewitness’ account
- Customer benefits in Centralized Purchasing: A Case Study
- Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and the Procurement Function: Let Us View Compliance as an Opportunity
- Nostradamus, 2012 and Cloud Computing!!!
- Demand sensing- is it a solution to capacity planning or near term deployment planning problem?
- A big fat geek wedding- JDA weds i2
- Supply Chain 007
- Impact on Warehouse Management systems in context of gATP implementation
- Being Unique with MCC: Can Something Buried Under The Hood Be A Differentiator?
- S&OP Process – Do whatever suits you best!!!
- Developing a Multichannel Reverse Logistics Solution - 2
- Evolving Models in Customer Order Servicing – Supply Chain Implications
- My 6 cents on S&OP best practices
- Part One: Do we really understand SRM ( Supplier Relationship Mgmt) ?
- So is SCM Transformation an Oxymoron or a Holy Grail to aspire to?
- Why do sourcing professionals overlook factors other than cost despite enormous consequences of potential failures in supply chain?
- Resolving the Constant Debate of Build vs. Buy of IT Applications Addressing Supply Chain Needs
- Thoughts on CSCMP 2009
- Leveraging Centralized Purchasing for Customer Benefits
- Office politics and forecasting...
- The Forgotten Channel in Cross-Channel Retailing
- ...SAP SRM 7.0 is here to stay, available to Leverage your SRM footprint: “Roadmap -> SRM Journey Kick-off” – Part 3
- “Bye Bye CPFR; Welcome CFT-R”…..say the Supply Chain managed organizations
- Getting to the heart of Supply Chains : CSCMP Conference 2009
- China’s Supply Chain: The currency factor
- Perfect Order Execution
- Supply Chain Security Risk
- Critical Assets: Manage them Right for Customer Delight
- Developing a Multichannel Reverse Logistics Solution - 1
- Carton Allocation During Warehouse Outbound Process
- Solution definition..or Requirements Refining..or Both?
- Travel and Expense Spend and Recessionary times…
- Visualization: What is in store for service providers?
- ...SAP SRM 7.0 is here to stay, available to Leverage your SRM footprint: “Sign-off the SAP SRM 7.0 Road mapping exercise for an Enterprise” – Part 2
- Video:Accurate fulfillment or A Smooth Checkout Experience? Now you don’t really have to choose...
- What drives China’s Supply Chain – Quality, Cost, Time or Flexibility
- Keep it simple and Stick to basics
- The unentertaining game of Chinese Whispers in the world of consumer products supply chain- Part 2: Measures to effectively channel demand variability
- Contract Manufacturing - A New Kind of 3-Way Match
- Outsource your processes, not your customer!
- Tapping Collective Maintenance Wisdom - An EAM Route?
- Decalogue of Physical Asset Management
- The unentertaining game of Chinese Whispers in the world of consumer products supply chain
- ...SAP SRM 7.0 is here to stay, available to Leverage your SRM footprint: Is your On-boarding business case ready for the Roadmap exercise? – Part 1
- Supply Chain “Proverbs-to-ponder”
- SRM Implementations: Designing business solution for “predictable target performance”
- Do you have the right strategy for global ecommerce platform deployment?
- Is Software Really A prerequisite in running a supply chain – Part 2
- Poll on type of delivery model adoption for implementing TMS application in your organization
- Is Software Really A prerequisite in running a supply chain – Part 1?
- Is the decision maker VP-Supply Chain or VP- Marketing?
- Let's Negotiate...
- How risky is present Supply Chain risk assessment?
- A Multi-Channel Journey - I - Proteins or Carbs
- Are your customers reaching out to you for repairs?
- Consumers’ Demand Retail Cross-Channel Capabilities
- Mistakes Companies Make While Choosing a WMS
- Big brands doing online war-dances mean more SCM components to fix
- Handling Business Process Transformational Change during the lifecycle of an SRM upgrade – Part 2 (“Early stakeholder involvement and Supplier On-boarding” )
- Periodic Assessment of your planning systems
- Is “Supply Chain function” a critical function to business?
- The Perfect Order – The Danger of Aggregate Metrics
- Life Technologies Ecommerce Transformation speaker session at Sterling Connection 2009
- Beware! Do not mix Procurement and Marketing
- Part I: Winning over this "Tsunami" called Global Recession
- Video: Common Challenges and best practices in Contract Life cycle Management
- Video: Common Challenges faced by most enterprises in the area of Strategic Sourcing
- Smarter Planet makes Smarter SIs too, especially if it's EAM
- Key themes at Customer Connection 2009 - “Connect & Collaborate”, designing applications for the 3G/4G mobile handsets, On-demand & multi-tenancy…
- Road ahead for Sterling MCS & MCF Product Suite - An insight from Sterling Customer Connection 2009
- “Help! I urgently need to improve my supply chain performance and I have no money!"
- Congratulations, Procurement professionals…
- Buyers & Suppliers - Time for redefined win:win practices
- eCommerce order fulfillment must use consumer patience in sourcing and fulfillment to optimize cost of shipping to the customer
- How do they do it? Strategies for staying in the AMR Top 25
- Video - Sticking to your basics in warehouse management for enhanced profitability
- WMS-The new pain points
- Poll on next generation of requirements from Supply Chain tools?
- Amazon for Cloud Computing is as Starbucks for Coffee??
- Fearing supplier bankruptcy? Take the steady steps for procurement collaboration with your competition
- Handling Business Process Transformational Change during the lifecycle of an SRM upgrade – Part 1
- Resolving the puzzle of achieving Higher Service Levels and Lower Inventory Levels through Faster Demand Sensing!!
- Is Supply Chain Planning still the top most priority of investment during uncertain times?
- Case for Return Lifecycle Management Platform
- Alignment in Supply Chain – is it really possible?
- Is your Supply Chain catching a Flu?
- Notes from Ariba Live - 2
- Sterling Commerce Customer Connection - TMS in an on-demand world
- An Approach to Effective APO Demand Planning Design
- Reporting from Sterling Commerce Customer Connection
- Notes from Ariba Live - Part 1
- How can manufacturers cope with bankruptcy risk of their suppliers
- Warehouses of the future - What it takes to reach there? Part II
- Agile SCM Cloud - How to implement one?
- DNA Therapy for Strategic Cost Reduction in Supply Chains
- Planning in Recessionary times
- Reduce your TCO with migration to SRM MDM Catalog
- What’s the right forecasting approach in the current business environment?
- Does the Procurement Boardroom wilt under supplier pressure in a downturn economy?
- Designing optimal customer order allocation by taking into account of inventory fluctuations can be quite complex....
- Poll on key sustainability initiatives embarked on by your organization across supply chain function
- Supplier Consolidation Vs Sourcing
- Supply Risk – Increasing importance in a weak economy
- Multi-Tenancy in WMS
- Intellectual Property Infringement – One of the Top Supply Chain Risk
- Supplier Bankruptcy – A Real Risk during Recession
- What every "Supply Chain" boardroom should be thinking...
- This Pharma major is doing the right thing by “talking” to its suppliers
- Warehouses of the future - What it takes to reach there? Part I
- Adopt Network WMS -- Use events to minimize disruptions and control IT expenses
- Is IT really a primary driver for making your supply chain ‘World-class’?
- Has widespread adoption of advanced supply chain solutions reduced the ability to differentiate?
- Is there confusion with SAP SRM suite positioning after acquisition of Frictionless commerce (now rebranded SAP E-Sourcing)? – Part 2
- Is there confusion with SAP SRM suite positioning after acquisition of Frictionless commerce (now rebranded SAP E-Sourcing)? – Part 1
- Poll on the type of delivery model you plan to adopt for your Supply Chain applications
- Supply Chain - A strategic lever in a weak economy
- Supply & Demand Forces behind Food Commodity prices: During boom and bust
- Power Supply and the Supply Chain - Part 2
- From Customer-Facing to Customer-Serving: Keeping the Supply Chain investment focus
- How can WMS consolidation make your warehouse profitable?
- Get the Sourcing process in order first …
- How do I forecast during Recession?
- AGILE SCM CLOUD – Why do we need one?
- Managing organizational issues is the key for a successful S&OP
- Adding a new dimension to customer experience in returns
- What a 3PL Warehouse contract needs to include
- Supplier Enablement continues to be one of the top priorities as well as challenges
- What IT hooks do 3PLs hang their business coats on?
- Sell through comparison across stores and DCs
- Poll on key Supply Chain investments areas in your organization
- Multi-Level Vendor planning in APO: Your means to control the extended supplier network
- Nextgen requirements from Supply Chain tools
- Rising Energy consumption – do we have a fitting response in Asset Management?
- AGILE SCM CLOUD – What could it mean?
- Contribute - 3rd of the 3C's of Sustenance
- Hypermiling your supply chain
- Capturing Warehouse Costs and Margins - Part II
- Will there be impact of economic downturn on eCommerce platform investments?
- Ownership of forecasting function
- Attribution Analysis in Supply Chain
- What is selling in my stores?
- Outsourcing in supply chain – a unique way to deploy global supply chain programs
- ....Customer demands "Where is the tangible translation of my Compliance to revenue you promised from my SRM solution, show me? "
- Capturing Warehouse Costs and Margins
- The Other Side of Supply Chain
- Automate, Integrate, Extend….err Exploit
- Where do I start Supply Chain Risk Management in my supply chain?
- Good and bad news in Supply Chain improvement programs
- Five 'I's' of Supply Chain Visibility
- SCM in a time of downturn
- I can’t see you but I want to be nice to you.
- Managing risk for sustainability
- Are Green Supply Chains here to stay?
- Aligning to the best practices for combating challenges faced in contract management
- Leveraging contract management in the “R” period
- Have we funneled out everything in the SRM space, or is there any more oil left in the lamp
- End2End SCM can go deeper than the just functions
- The Closed-loop Supply Chain Strategy
- Black and White of Green Procurement – role of procurement professionals
- Procure - O - Marketing
- How distributed is DOM?
- Globalization trends in Supply Chain … Its just getting riskier! Are we seeing a turn-around in supply chain thinking?
- Do the Supply Chain improvement projects justify the investment?
- Channels to Leverage Warehouse Revenue
- What is your Available to Sell Strategy?
- Hasn’t it always been about sustainability
- Hurricane Preparedness: Pre and Post activities
- CIO's view of Integration of Supply Chain Applications
- Warehouse consolidation: managing effectiveness
- The Right Level for measuring the Right Forecast Errors
- Where is this bit from?
- Criteria in choosing the holistic Forecasting System
- Safety using Asset Management System
- Energy Sector and the Supply Chain
- How to sell nothing?
- Caveats in a Forecasting System implementation project
- The advent of "on-demand" SCM
- The oft repeated problem: spend visibility
- Multi Channel Sales - All Green, Cross Channel Experience - Blinking Red !!
- Overcome procurement challenges resulting through business expansion (M&A) - Part 1
- Effectiveness of Planning
- SaaS aka Hosted : I think, thats where everyone's heading, how apprehensive do consultants feel?
- Considering Warehouse as Profit Center
- Supply Chain Risk Management
- Robust E-Marketplace Exchanges – A quick check
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