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- Negative reinforcement: Charging for non-compliance
- WalMart has developed a reputation as quite the corporate bully for its poor labor and development practices. And if you're a retail competitor, you can't hope to compete with the mega chain's low prices that some say were achieved through intimidation of suppliers. So you'd think that...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Supplier, Pallet, RFID, Channel Management, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Marketing, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Automotive Parts Supplier Gears for Growth With Lean Manufacturing
- Haldex develops and manufactures specialized automotive parts for commercial and consumer vehicles. As the effects of globalization intensified in the late 1990s, Haldex needed to cut costs to compete with companies abroad and to improve responsiveness to match domestic competitors. To meet these challenges and to keep up with rapidly...
- Tags: Lean Manufacturing, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Haldex, Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, It Operations
- Case studies
- Equilon Lubricants Boosts Business by Deploying Microsoft Supplier Enablement Solution in Less Than 45 Days to Automate Trade
- Equilon Lubricants is a major supplier of motor oils, coolants, and other petroleum-based products to both retail outlet and major industrial customers. The company recognized a need to create an online B2B trading system that would increase customer satisfaction- and potential profits-through enhanced sell-side capabilities while reducing operational costs significantly...
- Tags: Capgemini, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Equilon Lubricants, Internet, Business Structures, B2B, Finance, E-business/E-Commerce
- Case studies
- Zebra and R4 Global Solutions Make EPC Compliance Labeling Fast and Simple for Victory Land Group
- As a Wal-Mart supplier, the Schaumburg, Illinois-based furniture importer, Victory Land Group, knew that in the following years it would have to begin labeling shipments with Electronic Product Code EPC Radio Frequency IDentification RFID smart labels. VLG also was planning expansion. But with no RFID experience and no pressing need...
- Tags: Supplier, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- Case studies
- Energy Supplier Makes Savings Through Standardised Software Licence Agreement
- The Nordic region's leading IT company, Ementor, provides customers with a broad range of system integration and business solutions. After a period of organizational changes, Ementor wanted to use standardized processes and the company's knowledge-based culture to develop a more integrated, consistent portfolio of services. Certifying company software engineers and...
- Tags: Information Technology, Region, Supplier, Agreement, Strategy, Management
- Case studies
- HP Frees Italy's Civil Service From Supplier Anarchy
- The Italian Civil Service has for some time been in the throes of a technological evolution aimed at improving both direct and indirect levels of service to the public. When Italy's civil service embarked on a technological revolution aimed at improving its service to the public, the National Institute of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Italy, Italian Civil Service, Channel Management, Productivity, Marketing
- Case studies
- Family-Owned Arts and Crafts Supplier Puts Stamp of Approval on Supply Chain Technology
- Originally a small catalog retailer, Stampin' Up! is a leading supplier of rubber stamps and specialty arts and crafts materials. The company has grown rapidly in conjunction with the scrapbooking market, but the organization's technology infrastructure had trouble keeping pace with the growth. Accurately inputting orders, effectively managing inventory, and...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Microsoft SQL Server, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Channel Management, Sales Force Management, Databases, Servers, Sales, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Terex Set to Save 12% of Its US$4 Billion Annual Spend With Global Purchasing Warehouse
- A recognized global player in the manufacture of capital equipment, Terex equipment is marketed by over 50 brand names for the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, mining, shipping, transportation, and refining industries. The challenge was to gain a single, integrated, view of spend data from the 17,000 suppliers who sell 750,000 different...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Supplier, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Transportation, Channel Management, Branding, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Gains Rapid Returns With Pre-Approved Financial and Purchasing Solutions
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust provides healthcare services to more than 200,000 people in southwest England. The company wanted to implement best-practice, integrated, automated, managed financial and purchasing management applications from a supplier approved by the NHS National Service Framework. The challenge was to select a solution already used by other...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Health Care, Supplier, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing
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- Building Supplier Gains Competitive Advantage With Fast Time-to-Market
- Wisenbaker Builder Services wanted to make it faster and easier to calculate project costs for customers and to show them how design choices affect a home's look. Wisenbaker and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Catapult Systems visited a Microsoft Technology Center MTC to evaluate new technologies for development. Knowledge gained from...
- Tags: Competitive Advantage, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Strategy, Marketing, Management
- Case studies
- China Telecom Selects Cisco as Primary Supplier for ChinaNet 2006 Expansion
- As a global leader and China's largest IP service network, ChinaNet is a public communication platform supporting China Telecom's Internet value-added service development. The rapid growth of the broadband customer base, along with constantly expanding high-bandwidth Internet applications, including video phones, online games and Video on Demand VoD, continue to...
- Tags: China Telecom, Network, Supplier, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies
- Project Management: Managing the Integration and Creation of a Supplier Extranet
- MDI's client is a large division of a Fortune 100 corporation, posting revenues of over $20 billion in 2002 and is one of the world's leading suppliers to the energy industry, providing a comprehensive range of solutions for oil and gas, power generation and energy management. The client has made...
- Tags: Client, Supplier, Integration, MDI, Channel Management, Project Management, Marketing, It Operations, It service Management
- Case studies
- Automotive Supplier Minimizes IT Costs, Saves Labor With Software Distribution Solution
- TI Automotive is the world's leading supplier of fluid storage, transfer, and delivery systems. Years ago, the company recognized the benefits of using Microsoft software to reduce costs and help employees work more effectively. For example, in 2001, TI Automotive deployed Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0, which helped IT...
- Tags: Software, Information Technology, Supplier, Texas Instruments Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Systems Management Server, IT Cost, TI Automotive, Strategy, Management
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- Leading Heating and Plumbing Supplier Underpins Its Expansion by Selecting Microsoft Great Plains
- Established in 1984 and privately owned, Arcon has 35 employees and distributes over 7,000 products to mechanical contractors and the heating and plumbing trade in general from its Dublin premises. Arcon decided to replace its business and management systems. The biggest problem with Arcon's legacy system was its lack of...
- Tags: Microsoft Great Plains, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Hardware Upgrade, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing
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- Microsoft Improves Distribution Accuracy for Industrial Packaging Supplier Winson Group
- Winson Group prides itself on its responsiveness to customers. The industrial packaging supplies manufacturer was under constant pressure to produce and deliver goods faster, more accurately and at lower prices. The company needed real-time visibility of shop floor operations, increased accuracy of order placement and the ability to integrate with...
- Tags: Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Winson Group, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Best Practice Procurement Cuts Costs for Cheshire
- Cheshire County Council provides environmental, community and children's services to 672,000 people in Cheshire. It is the 14th-largest local authority in England and Wales. The council wanted to capture and analyze purchasing data to gain insight into spends and identify best-value suppliers and best-value products. The challenges were to drive...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Supplier, Best Practice, Cheshire County Council, Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies
- Sun Case Study: NerveWire, Inc.
- NerveWire's Supplier Collaboration Solution improves efficiencies across the extended supply chain by connecting a manufacturing company to its trading partners, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and logistic service providers through online,real-time collaboration, information sharing, and e-business transactions. To maintain its market leadership, the client wanted to improve the efficiency of its supply...
- Tags: Supply Chain, NerveWire, Sun Microsystems Inc., Supplier, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Finance
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- Residential Flooring Supplier Enhances Customer Service and Shortens Sales Cycle
- With nearly 30 years' experience in supplying floor coverings and countertops for Portland, Oregon, residents, Classique Floors knows a lot about helping customers choose the right flooring for their remodeling projects. With the help of Microsoft Small Business Specialist Mt. Hood Computer Services, Classique Floors is enhancing its customer service...
- Tags: Customer Service, Virus Protection, Network, Network Security, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Flooring Supplier, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Improve your operating efficiency with data, pricing, and collaboration
- Today’s successful retailers are dramatically improving their operating efficiency. To do so, they need to consider three important tactics: 1) Leveraging customer demand data to make fact-based decisions. 2) Revamping their pricing strategies based on customer demand data. 3) Improving supplier collaboration with regard to promotions, product development and supply...
- Tags: Collaboration, Supplier, Pricing Strategy, IBM Corp., Pricing, Product Development, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Groupware, Marketing Research, Marketing, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers
- Groupe Castel Integrates Purchasing and Suppliers Via 100% Web-Based Interactive Management Solution
- The Groupe Castel, founded in Bordeaux, France, in 1949 by the Castel brothers, is structured around four major product lines - wine, water, beer, and sparkling drinks under licence. The company wanted to streamline and improve control over purchasing processes and centralize purchasing of dry materials, such as bottles, stoppers,...
- Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., Supplier, Procurement, Groupe Castel, Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Software
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