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Topic of the week : Effective Forecasting Methods To Improve Supply Chain Planning Go to Topic

If one wants to be successfull in the business front which is requires...

Seven Principles of Supply Chain Management

The seven Principles of Supply Chain Management are as follows : Principle 1: Segment customers based on the service needs of distinct groups and adapt the supply chain to serve these segments profitably. Principle 2: Customize the logistics network to the service requirements and profitability of customer segments. Principle 3: Listen to market signals and align demand planning accordingly across the supply chain, ensuring consistent forecasts and optimal resource allocation. Principle 4: Diff

Essentials of supply chain intelligence


	1 Demand Intelligence
	0 Inventory profile of a Supply chain
	0 Value Chain Analytics

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Why there is a total mis-match interms of Products & its Ads?

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	Argument added by Swapnil Rajput, Direct Marketing Executive, RSL Tech \| 1 year ago
	Yes. As a customer, I get confused by the ads due to which i think about such ads more more . It is all about Confusing the customer making millions.... or billions....

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Indian govt. doles out Rs.55 Crore for researchers

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	Referred by Sanjay Suvarna, Software Developer, VML \| 2 years ago
	In a recent news, Indian government has declared to set up a corpus of Rs.55 crore to help young reserchers and scientists who are struggling to muster funds to establish their startups to convert their prototypes to tangible commercial products....

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Essentials of supply chain intelligence

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	Idea added by Tushar G. , Spare Parts Manager \| Topic: Effective Forecasting Methods To Improve Supply Chain Planning \| 2 years ago
	Storage Quality : How many times, you see goods lying without proper storage, bining. Adequate and proper binning with product display will improve the chances sales and will lead to long life. Responsibility : Now , Just In Time Inventories as...

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Challenges facing Logistics Effficiency in India

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	Referred by Asif Shaikh, Business Consultant, e-Emphasys Infotech \| 2 years ago
	Total Logistics Cost of India is estimated around 13 % of GDP. The Goal of Logistics Management is not merely Cost Minimization, but instead, Cost Minimization at a Desired Service Level. What according to you are the biggest hurdles in the path of...

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What faults do you see in Organized Retail sector ?

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	Argument added by Dr. Siddharth Varma, Professor, Institute of Management Education \| Topic: The key criteria for attaining supply chain efficiency \| 2 years ago
	I agree with Shailena that retail sector can become more cost effective if it manages its supply chain properly. With the ongoing recession savings in cost have become vital for any business organization, not only the retail sector. There are a number...

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Prioritize Consumers' Basic Requirements for the Shopping Experience

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	Referred by Mihir Jhaveri, PMP, CSCM, Oracle Supply Chain Management Head, Bristlecone India \| 2 years ago
	Consumers' Basic Requirements for the Shopping Experience in various retail sector. Note: There may be a specific needs for each segement (office supply, books, music, video, discounts, grocery, warehouse, department, drug, clothing, home...

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Information replaces inventory

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	Referred by Maneesh Chouksey, Sales/BD Manager, Royal Philips Electronics \| 3 years ago
	In today's e-world - there is a strong theory that information replaces inventory. May I call for responses and experience among our community members on this topic.

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Biggest Challenges Of Integrating IT & Business

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	Argument added by Radhakrishna Marar, Business Analyst, Oracle \| 3 years ago
	The business has an inflated view of the technology's lifecycle. Price performance continues to improve over time, but the unit cost of most technology doesn't decline nearly as fast. Vendors add power, capability and features to their products to...

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Opensource Business Process Development

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	Referred by Shirish Chitte, CMD, MiSTiC Solutions Private Limited \| 3 years ago
	We all are aware of the open source software development which has changed the way software is developed. Can we take this to the next level... open source business process development. Using modeling tools or any custom tools can we all really add...

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Issues to be considered when organization selects SCM software solutions

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	Referred by Vipin Tripathi, Sales/BD Manager, Target \| 3 years ago
	The answer to the above question is, "it depends." It depends on your current and future needs, the capabilities of your people, your current and future operations and systems environment, the capabilities of the software companies, and, of course,...

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Disney Workshop (Gurgaon Chennai, Bangalore , Hyderabad & Mumbai)

Introducing a Unique 2-Day Workshop on “The Disney keys to Excellence” . This workshop will be led by Disney facilitators from USA. They are Disney veterans from diverse backgrounds with rich experience and have been educated in top colleges and universities . Having trained millions of leaders from more than 35 countries and over 40 industries for over 20 years, Disney Institute is a leader of Professional Development Programs in the areas of Leadership, Loyalty, Management, Service and Creati

Disney Institute Workshop in Mumbai 28th & 29th April ITC Grand Central

We are pleased to announce that Saviance Technologies is introducing a Unique 2-Day Workshop on "The Disney keys to Excellence" covering Leadership Excellence, Quality Service on Day 1 and Team Creativity on Day 2. This workshop will be led by Disney facilitators from USA.They are Disney veterans from diverse backgrounds with rich experience and have been educated in top colleges and universities. Having trained millions of leaders from more than 35 countries and over 40 industries for over 20

The key criteria for attaining supply chain efficiency Go to Topic

Impact of E-Commerce technology on Supply Chain Management

Cost efficiency: E-commerce allows transportation companies of all sizes to exchange cargo documents electronically over the Internet. E-commerce enables shippers, freight forwarders and trucking firms to streamline document handling without the monetary and time investment required by the traditional document delivery systems. Changes in the distribution system: E-commerce will give businesses more flexibility in managing the increasingly complex movement of products and information between bu

Process audits increase operational efficiency & cut costs in Retail operation

Dedicated Process audit team enhances retail operations

Dedicated Process audit team is a overhead on retail operations

Software Development Methodologies Go to Topic

Story of programmer

1.Two Recursive functions calling each other Mujhe kuchh kehna hein mujhe bhi kuchh kehna hein pehle tum, pehle tum 2. The debugger Jab koi baat bigad jaye Jab koi mushkil pad jaye Tum dena saath mera hamnawaz 3. From VC++ to VB Yeh haseen vaadiyan Yeh khula asmaan Aa gaye hum kahan 4. Untrackable bug -- aye ajnabi, tu bhi kabhi, awaaz de kahin se 5. Unexpected bug (esp. during presentation to client) Ye kya hua, Kaise hua, Kab hua, Kyon hua 6. And then to the client

Software sales & marketing costs

Periodically I ll find a post in the blogosphere lamenting the amount of money that enterprise software vendors pour into sales marketing. In most companies, sales marketing expenses are 2-3X those applied to product development. While there are countless articles, books, methodologies and consultants available to increase the efficiency of product development, the cupboard is comparatively bare when it comes to efficiency in sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expenses are, in the abstract

Information technology for SCM Go to Topic

Supply Chain Management using Information technology

It is must for any service oriented company to keep its supply chain management in the right direction and SCM is all about orders, inventories, sales trends, etc. The concept of supply chain management is of great use as it enables you see how you can manage the supply chain to optimize revenues, cash flow, and customer satisfaction. There are great number of processes within SCM which can guide you towards better integration of activities keeping core business function as important. Well co

SAP Is Worldwide Market Share Leader for CRM, ERP and SCM

SAP Is Worldwide Market Share Leader for CRM, ERP and SCM SAP AG announced that Gartner Research, the renowned independent research firm, has recognized SAP as the worldwide 2006 market share leader for the enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) markets. The three SAP business applications SAP CRM, SAP ERP and SAP SCM are all valuable solutions within the SAP Business Suite. The Gartner report detailing worldwide CRM market s

Tackle issues of collaboration in the supply chain to become a partner of choice Go to Topic

Coordination and collaboration in supply chain management

Organizations that once focused primarily on distribution networks, profit differentiation and improved marketing for their success have now embraced integrated supply chain management as a pivotal strategy component for growth and profitability in the global economy. But the process of getting the right product to the right place at the right time at the right price -- the traditional touchstones of supply chain success -- remains a challenging and often-times elusive goal. Collaboration and c

What are advantages of Supply chain collaboration?

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Hi, Everything said above is true and these have been driving factors for long. Just to add, a new driving factor for collaboration in SC is the concept of green SC. Presure is increasing constantly on the companies to be more energy efficient....

The role and importance of IT in the supply chain Go to Topic

RFID- transforming the supply chain in retail

The globalization of the supply chain and emerging sensory technologies (such as RFID) are transforming the supply chain. The results of recent research by IBM shows that organisations are increasingly moving away from ‘static’ supply chains to dynamic and responsive, ‘on demand’ ones. Following are the reasons for the same; Customers becoming ever more demanding. Product lifecycles shrinking dramatically Supply chains becoming increasingly more global and complex Companies dramatically increas

what is business forcasting? and what is importanat role in oparation?

soaring the commodity prices Go to Topic

if the inflation touches to nearly zero mark still why prices of commodities are rising ?

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To create a hypothetical demand in the open market, the traders / wholesellers deliberately create an air of scarcity for the products in question. This invariably leads to the retaillers, using the scarcity as a reason, making spurious buyers...

Which way would price index Move???

upwards

downwards

Supply Chain Concept: Why Should Supply Chain Industry need to Understand Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)? Go to Topic

Supply Chain Concept: Why Should Supply Chain Industry need to Understand Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)?

Hi There three key sections in SOX which has implication on Supply chain. Have listed them down: 1. Section 404 – Internal Controls - SOX section 404 specifically requires that companies create and maintain viable controls. a. Inventory Inventory write offs b. Material Transfers c. After the facts Purchase Orders d. Segregation of Duties 2. Section 401 (a) – Off Balance Sheet Obligations a. Vendor Managed Inventories where we have a financial obligation to pay for cancellation or other penaltie

Project Management 2.0 Go to Topic

Why Indian IT Companies Want To Follow PMBOK Methodology For Project Management But Not PRINCE2?

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Focus on getting things done with Project Management 2.0

Let’s have a look at a typical project manager’s day. In the morning, he comes to his office and checks his e-mail for messages with project updates. He then spends hours calling his team members, e-mailing them or meeting them in person to collect all the information he needs and to make sure that everything is well and on track. After that, the manager has to merge these updates into the project plan. The updates also need to be communicated to the upper management. So the project manager ha

Best Practices by HR Go to Topic

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Innovation in HR

Is it possible to be innovative in HR? I think the jury is still out on the ultimate answer to that question. My personal opinion is that innovation within the HR function often follows the "Kaizen" model of taking good ideas and working very hard to make incremental improvements on them to make them better. I rarely see a true Sunburst idea in HR that will light up the sky. One trend I have been noticing of late is the concept of sharing or swapping employees. Today I noticed several reports o

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Discussions about the role of supply chain managemenet in IT solutions. The new practices and chnages.

supply chain management, scm, IT solutions, practices.