Thursday, December 10th, 2009
More is not always better.
Indeed, in the world of distribution, a condition of either too much or too little is equally undesirable. Best of all? Just enough.
It’s extraordinary now to conceive of a time when wholesale distribution software was not as prevalent as it has become. Imagine the world when it was populated by order-counting drones who spent the better part of their days chasing and accounting for things. Orders were lost, invoices were miserably delayed, salespeople were too caught up with data entry to sell much, employees spilled coffee on their daybooks. Awful.
Thank heaven someone brilliant came up with the idea of automating the whole affair. (more…)
Tags: distribution software system, wholesale distribution software
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
The secret has been out so long it’s no longer one.
An effective supply-chain strategy is key to corporate success.
But what’s up with this ancient concept, a staple of business organization since the industrial revolution swept into town (although the term “supply chain management” was first coined by an American industry consultant two decades ago)? And how to exploit its evolving magic to its greatest advantage?
Here’s how. (more…)
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
With credit in increasingly short supply, and the fine ribbon of profit stripping itself ever thinner in the cooling breeze, the time is right for a company to improve the efficiency of its supply chain.
Tight economic times, after all, turn the screws on the imperative for a business to enhance all elements of its operational processes, and to do so while resisting the temptation to pile on yet more disparate technology, thus manufacturing an even more tangled chain of supply.
The complexity of integrating many different e-business products to achieve a seamless portal environment can seem intimidating. But there are lots of reasons why overhauling a supply-chain strategy into a simple, lean system is clever. Here are six of them. (more…)
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