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- Gruppo Iper Secures Market Leadership by Ensuring Data Integrity and Accessibility Across the Enterprise
- Gruppo Iper is one of Italy's largest and most dynamic supermarket chains, with 300,000 square meters of indoor store space. Gruppo Iper wanted to ensure quality of data to drive informed decisions and support the group's commercial and logistics policies and enable it to effectively monitor trends from a single...
- Tags: Leadership, Oracle Corp., Logistics, Gruppo Iper, Supply Chain, Business Operations
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Koehler Enhances Supply Chain Operations With HP Integrity Servers Powered by Intel Itanium 2 Processors
- The Koehler Group is one of the world's most innovative, successful manufacturers of high-quality, specialty paper. Headquartered in Oberkirch, Germany, near the French border, the company was founded in 1807 by Otto Koehler and has remained in the hands of the Koehler family. To improve productivity, streamline business processes and...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Supply Chain, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Server, Intel Corp., Koehler, Koehler Group, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies
- Italian Steel Manufacturer Integrates IT Environment, Improves Efficiency
- The CO.GE.ME. Group completed the final phase of its reorganization of the company and its IT system. Having abandoned its old UNIX environment, the company created an infrastructure based entirely on Microsoft software. Beginning with the automatic management system for production equipment developed on the Microsoft .NET Framework, the new...
- Tags: IT Environment, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain, Databases, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Business Operations, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management
- Case studies
- mySAP Supply Chain Management: Supply Chain Event Management with mySAP SCM
- Dependable plan fulfillment and the highest possible process transparency are crucial for your business success. Therefore SAP Event Manager has been developed as an interface and mediator between planning and implementation.
- Tags: Supply Chain, mySAP, SAP AG, mySAP SCM, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software
- Webcasts
- mySAP ERP Operations Helps Atomic Austria Move Towards Integrated, Paperless Information Flow
- The client is ATOMIC Austria from Sports equipment manufacturing industry. The key challenges were handle supply chain data more effectively, create integrated, paperless information flow and expedite stock turnover. The solution and services offered were mySAP ERP Operations, SAP RFID technology for warehouse management. The key benefits derived were improved...
- Tags: mySAP ERP, Supply Chain, mySAP, Client, SAP AG, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software
- Case studies
- Adaptive Supply Chain Network: The Vision Is Now Reality
- This webcast outlines what is fueling the need for demand-driven supply chain networks, the context of adaptive supply chain networks as a pillar of adaptive business networks, and the information and supply chain process implications of this transformation. The webcast also helps one learn about the capabilities and benefits of...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Network, Vision, mySAP SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Logistics Giant Boosts Competitive Edge Using Operating System Imbued With Microsoft .NET
- When Keppel Logistics Pte Ltd. upgraded to Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the company gained an extensible platform to quickly build and deploy solutions using XML Web services that will connect staff, customers and partners for a more efficient way of doing business. Meanwhile, the company's new server operating system is...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Operating System, Logistics, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain, Network Administration, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Networking, Operating Systems, Servers, Business Operations, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Oracle Case Study: Bazuca.com
- Bazuca.com is the largest online store in Chile to deliver videos to customers' living rooms. Bazuca.com wanted to acquire a system that efficiently manages and supports the online video sales and rentals. They wanted to ensure appropriate logistics so orders can reach their destination in less than an hour. The...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Bazuca.com, Sales Strategy, Supply Chain, Sales Force Management, Sales, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Sprint Calls the Shots With Supply Chain Analytics
- Sprint is at the forefront of integrating wireline and wireless communications services. For Sprint gaining a greater understanding of purchasing spend-leading to a leaner supply chain-was a top priority. An enterprise performance management (EPM) system providing visibility into the flow of goods would help the company meet these goals. A...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Enterprise Performance Management, Sprint Communications, SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. Tackles Complex Supply Chain With Integration
- Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., a Sunnyvale, California-based semiconductor company that produces technology for communications, networking, and storage products, found that smart management, the right product mix, and sheer grit trumped the tech downturn that began in 2001. Most pressing for Marvel was accurately tracking WIP inventory at any of a dozen...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Integration, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Application Servers, Storage, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Leverages RFID to Generate Electronic Pedigree for Schedule II Drugs
- H.D.Smith is a privately-held, full-service wholesale distributor that offers a complete line of branded and generic pharmaceuticals. In a continuing effort to improve product safety, inventory efficiencies and supply chain integrity, H.D. Smith wanted to leverage RFID technology to track Schedule II drugs across their distribution channels. To transform its...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Pharmaceutical Company, GlobeRanger, H.D.Smith, Supply Chain Management (SCM), RFID, Enterprise Software, Software, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- Case studies
- Services Arm Relationship Success Story: QLogic Corporation
- QLogic, an enterprise storage solution vendor, was experiencing rapid worldwide growth in product sales. In addition to other distant customer support issues, a large number of service calls they received by telephone or e-mail were in local non-English languages. QLogic was looking for a long-term global services partner who could...
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., QLogic Corp., Supply Chain, Product Marketing, Business Structures, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Storage Management, It Services, Storage, Business Operations, Marketing, Finance, Sales, Online Communications, Hardware
- Case studies
- Transportation Broker Speeds Delivery of Voice Service by 50 Percent Using New Tools
- The transportation business in the United States is tough, with four times more truck loads than there are drivers. That's why Landstar, the global third-party capacity and logistics service provider, does everything it can to add value to the services that it offers independent capacity providers and agents. Landstar wanted...
- Tags: Voice Service, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Transportation, Supply Chain, Business Operations
- Case studies
- MSDN Webcast: Accelerate Your Supply Chain With a Hybrid Approach to Business-to-Business Integration (Level 200)
- The presenter of this webcast explains how a hybrid approach to Business-to-Business (B2B) integration can fit easily into the IT environment, help to reduce the cost of operations, improve customer service, and increase the business results.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Supply Chain, Webcast, B2B Integration, B2B, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
- Webcasts
- Top Fresh Produce Supplier Takes a New Look at Servers and Goes for Integrity
- Mack, the UK's largest fresh produce supplier, relies heavily on ERP and database applications to manage the complex logistics of its business. They required a powerful and reliable hardware platform. Mack replaced its five Sun servers with two HP Integrity servers running the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system. They run...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Supply Chain, Channel Management, Storage, Databases, Servers, Business Operations, Marketing, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Raising Service Levels and Productivity, Distributor Competes Successfully
- A leading regional distributor of office products, The Phillips Group competes with larger, brand-name competitors. The company strives to build its business and retain customers by using outstanding service and efficient processes. The Phillips Group used a technology upgrade to improve the productivity of customer relationships and to drive operational...
- Tags: Business Management, Productivity, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- Case Study: Swiss Colony seeks more efficient customer communications
- Swiss Colony wanted to eliminate the ongoing costs of maintaining their fax hardware while accommodating their customers who prefer using fax. Prior to implementation, nearly 200 Swiss Colony employees were using a standalone fax server built in-house nearly a decade ago. Documents consisted of customer orders, customer service letters, logistics...
- Tags: Esker S.A., Fax, Supply Chain, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Flexible Planning Module Improves Forecasting and Enhances Supply-Chain Processes
- LSI Logic Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of communication and storage semiconductors for applications that access, interconnect, and store data, voice, and video. LSI Logic decided to replace its custom-developed legacy system with SAP. LSI Logic contracted EMC Documentum Consulting to set up the flexible planning module according...
- Tags: LSI Logic Corp., Supply Chain, EMC Corp., Forecasting, Planning Module, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies
- Integration for Logistics: RFID, EDI, XML, and Beyond
- Thanks to compliance initiatives by Wal-Mart, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and others, RFID has become one of the hottest topics in the integration industry today. Regardless of where you sit in the supply chain - manufacturing, logistics, distribution or retail -IT departments need to focus...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Logistics, XML, RFID, Integration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), EDI, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts
- Auto Industry Supplier ArvinMeritor Gains Flexibility by Synchronizing Orders, Supply Chain, and Production
- Fierce global competition keeps pushing ArvinMeritor to find better ways to build its products. They had an aging applications infrastructure that was customized and costly to replace, even if they stayed with the same vendor. Also, the mainframe applications weren't fully linked together, making it hard to achieve real-time enterprise...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Global Competition, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Mainframes, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
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