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Is the Future of Business Commerce in Social Media? by Ariba, Inc. December 22, 2011 - (Free Research) In this paper, explore a compilation of articles addressing supply chain management, social media in a business environment, and how to leverage the cloud to boost sales and drive customer satisfaction.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

3 Questions to Ensure You’re Collaborating Effectively Across Your Supply Chain by SAP America, Inc. September 30, 2009 - (Free Research) To drive market share, sales, product adoption and greater efficiency, many businesses are strategically partnering with suppliers and other supply chain participants to collaborate and share information. In this white paper, find answers to three of the top concerns for organizations developing these collaborative supply chain networks.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Intelligent Response Management Strategies for Managing Demand-Supply Networks by SAP America, Inc. July 31, 2011 - (Free Research) Read this Aberdeen Group report to discover the intelligent response management strategies used by top companies to effectively manage their increasingly complex, global demand-supply networks in 2011's uncertain economic times.  (ANALYST BRIEF) READ ABSTRACT |

Become a More Demand-Driven Organization by SAP America, Inc. September 30, 2011 - (Free Research) Today’s global supply chains are marked by lack of visibility and long decision-making times that make it difficult to plan and execute with the speed and precision required by today's volatile markets. This paper explains how to establish a highly collaborative, demand-driven planning process that will help you overcome these modern challenges.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Strategies for Improving Supply Chain Visibility with Technology by IQMS August 19, 2011 - (Free Research) Read this presentation transcript for an explanation of today's extended supply chain, and explores technologies and strategies for improving visibility for better collaboration.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Looking to the Cloud for an Effective Supply Chain by Plex Systems July 20, 2010 - (Free Research) The manufacturing enterprise is driven by tight profit margins; a tough economy; escalating energy, material, labor, and operations costs. This paper describes the next wave of supply chain solutions. Read on to learn how technology plays a key role in a company’s ability to build and manage an effective supply chain.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Neutraceutical Supplements Uptime with Dell Compellent SAN by Dell Compellent May 06, 2011 - (Free Research) Nutraceutical’s previous storage area network (SAN) lacked the flexibility and high availability necessary to keep production running at the manufacturing facility without sacrificing the IT team’s nights and weekends. Read on to learn more.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Supply Chain Visibility Excellence by SAP America, Inc. March 31, 2011 - (Free Research) As global supply chains become even more complex, gaining end-to-end visibility has become essential for successful management. Use the expert recommendations in this Aberdeen Group report to gain the visibility that can help you control costs and inventory and better manage today's complex, global supply chains.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Driving Sustained Improvements with Supply Chain Metrics and Analytics by SAP America, Inc. January 30, 2012 - (Free Research) Managing today's complex, volatile, global supply chains requires the right set of performance metrics as well as the insight into risks and opportunities that analytics provides. Read this paper to learn how to use the widely-accepted SCOR framework to assess and improve your organization's supply chain performance management.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Tips for managing sustainable supply chains by IBM January 31, 2012 - (Free Research) Many organizations are eager to jump on the supply chain sustainability bandwagon without fully comprehending what such a program means to the organization. In this tip guide, you will gain expert insights into maintaining consistency and other governance elements to maintain a sustainable supply chain program with broad executive support.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Onboarding suppliers to sustainable supply chain by IBM January 31, 2012 - (Free Research) It is essential to convey sustainability in a meaningful way to manufacturers and clear manner for suppliers. In this tip guide, you will learn best practices for green manufacturing policies, tips for overcoming resistance to green supply chain management and expert insights to identify and manage performance metrics.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Inventory Optimization: A Technique for Improving Operational Inventory Targets by SAP America, Inc. December 11, 2009 - (Free Research) This paper examines how the stochastic multistage, multi-inventory model supports inventory optimization. It also looks at how the SAP® Enterprise Inventory Optimization application by SmartOps uses the model to help supply planners execute more effectively in a highly collaborative enterprise environment.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SearchManufacturingERP.com eBook: Improving effectiveness and adoption in ERP procurement to drive increased savings by Ariba, Inc. December 29, 2011 - (Free Research) This e-book provides tips on how to increase the value of your ERP – and your supply chain – with tools for more effective collaboration.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

SAP Supports Applications on VMware Platform: An Industry Milestone by VMware, Inc. October 2008 - (Free Research) The partnership with SAP gives VMware the opportunity to address an additional large segment of the enterprise market, and enables SAP to sell its products on the industry-leading virtualization platform.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

eGuide: Best practices for managing sustainable supply chains by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Many organizations, from large corporations to small not-for-profits, are eager to jump on the supply chain sustainability bandwagon without fully understanding what such a program means to the organization and its supply chain. In this e-guide, find best practices for managing sustainable supply chains and onboarding suppliers.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Rethink Lean Technology and Enable Effective Supply Chain Management Visibility by Plex Systems November 2010 - (Free Research) Read this E-Guide and discover how lean software can boost your supply chain visibility. Uncover the importance of effective supply chain management visibility as well as 3 basic tasks that that aid in completing successful IT initiatives.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

BI for the CPG Industry - Supply Chain Visibility Drives Performance by SAP America, Inc. January 2011 - (Free Research) CPG companies are discovering that high product volume sales come at the expense of extreme data complexity. Companies struggle to maintain open lines of communication with retail customers and distributors trying to manage the flow of product. Learn how CPG companies deliver BI to business managers to better manage fluctuating product demand.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Beyond EDI: How a Smart Invoice Network Reorders P2P to Drive Global e-Invoicing and Collaboration with All Suppliers by Ariba, Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) In this white paper, learn best practices for automating workflow and AP to increase accuracy, overall business efficiency, and decrease costs to improve your AP operations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Taking Control:Improved Inventory Visibility Leads to Lean Success by Plex Systems February 2012 - (Free Research) Read this paper for a comprehensive look into inventory inside the manufacturing plant - everything from inventory, to receipt of material, to finished products. Learn how to  take control of your inventory and supply chain to achieve lean manufacturing and increased efficiency and profitability.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Real-time Shop Floor Integration, Simplified: The Right ERP System Can Make It Happen by IQMS December 2008 - (Free Research) The key to achieving cost-effective savings in the supply chain is to exchange information accurately and quickly in real-time.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Executive Brief Smarter Commerce is redefining value chain visibility by IBM November 2011 - (Free Research) Putting the customer at the center of your operations is not a new idea, but truly operationalizing this strategy can be challenging. Read this paper to find out how to improve collaboration and visibility for your customers and partners and deliver consistent and predictable outcomes by synchronizing your entire value chain.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Quocirca Report: Utilising SOA in defence logistics by ComputerWeekly.com August 2010 - (Free Research) The logistics function within the defence arena presents distinct and complex challenges which can be mitigated through the adoption of a SOA architecture.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Seven Types of Power Problems by APC by Schneider Electric February 2009 - (Free Research) This white paper will describe the most common types of power disturbances, what can cause them, what they can do to your critical equipment, and how to safeguard your equipment, using the IEEE standards for describing power quality problems  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Achieve Low Cost, Secure and Reliable Email with SaaS-based Unified Email Management by Mimecast April 2011 - (Free Research) This Case Study assesses the deployment of Mimecast SaaS-based Unified Email Management (UEM) solution at Basic Energy Services, a renowned publicly traded oilfield services Company. IDC examines the effectiveness of the Mimecast solution and its services in meeting Basic Energy Services' needs and the reasons why the Mimecast solution was chosen.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Sell. Smarter. Thriving in the age of the empowered customer by IBM January 2012 - (Free Research) Read this brief white paper and learn about some smarter commerce technologies available from IBM, including cross-channel selling, distributed order management, customer integration and collaboration and much more! You also will gain insight into different supply chain management platforms that IBM has to offer.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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