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. 

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. 

EaglePicher management turned to Plex Systems of Auburn Hills, MI to help initiate a manufacturing-based ERP system for its manufacturing facilities. Its new lean manufacturing abilities have enabled it to accurately determine cost and profitability by part, allowing it to become increasingly competitive, especially against offshore competitors. 

This benchmark study from American Shipper covers U.S. export operations and compliance of more than 300 U.S. based exporters. 

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. 

The key to achieving cost-effective savings in the supply chain is to exchange information accurately and quickly in real-time. 

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. 

This report will reveal five secrets you should know before you purchase a WMS. They will help guide your evaluation and selection processes in a way that best benefits your business, your customers and your long-term success and competitive advantage. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

This paper takes a look at enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and the requirements of collaboration as it relates to customer focus, innovation, and supply chain excellence. 

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.