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- Price-Guru (exe)
- The program Price-Guru is intended for the increase of efficiency of work at treatment, monitoring, and analysis of price sheets. Using the program Price-Guru you save time: By one click of the mouse you will be able to expose a new assortment or changed prices in the price sheets of...
- Tags: Supplier, Sheet, codeLocker Lab, Channel Management, Mice, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-07
- 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
- International Supplier Uses Integrated Supply Chain to Deepen Customer Relationships
- Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002 is enabling international screw supplier Wurth to process orders from customers in real time via an integrated, automatic supply chain. A subsidiary, Wurth Austria, is running a pilot project to allow a key customer to view an electronic stock list containing 80,000 product lines with up-to-the-minute...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- Case studies
- 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
- Opening the Door for Suppliers and Vendors
- Most retailers exchange sales figures with their key vendors, and recently they have started to share forecasts and promotional plans to improve their stock positions and generate more sales for both parties. Experience shows that sharing data, coupled with its proactive use by both parties, can improve in-stock service levels...
- Tags: Supplier, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- White papers
- Auto-ID Center Working to Drive Down Retail Costs
- Radio Frequency IDentification RFID has been used in tracking and access applications since the 1980s. Today retailers, manufacturers, technology companies, standards organizations, and academia are working with the Auto-ID Center - a nonprofit global research organization created by MIT, UCC/EAN, Gillette, and Procter & Gamble in response to MIT's vision...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Supplier, Auto-ID Center, RFID, Channel Management, Quality, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Marketing, Business Operations
- White papers
- Release of EPC Standards Jump-Starts Auto-ID Development
- More than 2,000 people are expected in Chicago on September 15 for the opening of the Auto-ID Center's EPC Executive Symposium. Excitement has been building in the retail industry, because the symposium will formally launch the first platform of the Electronic Product Code EPC network developed by the Auto-ID Center....
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Supplier, Auto-ID Center, Standards, Excitement, RFID, Channel Management, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Marketing
- White papers
- Advancing the Retail Supply Chain Infrastructure
- With Wal-Mart requiring all of its supplier shipments to incorporate RFID tags by January 1, 2005, all retailers and suppliers need to accelerate implementation plans for upgrading their retail supply chain infrastructure by using Electronic Product Codes EPC. The MIT Auto-ID Center - along with Sun Microsystems, Procter & Gamble,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Sun Microsystems Inc., Supplier, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- White papers
- PT Comunicacoes Uses SAP APO to Create a Closer Connection With Suppliers and Reduce Costs
- PT Comunicacoes S.A. is a member of the Portugal Telecom Group, one of the largest telecommunications company in Portugal. PT Comunicacoes S.A., which offers voice, data, and Internet services to a wide range of customers, implemented SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization to help it continue its mission of offering excellent...
- Tags: SAP AG, Supplier, Channel Management, Internet, Business Structures, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Finance
- Case studies
- mySAP Supply Chain Management Brings Process-Industry Focus to the Telecommunications Industry
- Driven by difficult market conditions, wireline operator Telefonica de Espana embarked on a program of cost reductions, efficiency, and productivity improvements. The company selected the SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization SAP APO component of mySAP Supply Chain Management to enhance collaboration with its suppliers. With SAP APO in place, Telefonica...
- Tags: mySAP, SAP AG, Supplier, Telecommunications, mySAP SCM, SCM, Channel Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Software
- Case studies
- Manage Inventory
- The Microsoft Office System can enhance one's inventory management. This webcast shows how to use a Microsoft Office Access 2003 inventory database template and Microsoft Office Excel 2003 templates to record inventory and supplier information.
- Tags: Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Office Suites, Software
- Webcasts
- University of Pennsylvania Streamlines Procurement, Saving $7.8 Million
- The University of Pennsylvania Penn is a highly-regarded institution of higher learning - from its undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools to its interdisciplinary research and scholarship programs. The university wanted to enable mass supplier content by extending the breadth of the existing Web-based supplier exchange and enhance the value of...
- Tags: University Of Pennsylvania, Oracle Corp., Supplier, Procurement, Channel Management, Purchasing & Procurement, Marketing, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Wholesale/Distribution
- "Legacy" core systems, or Business Management Systems, are the lifeblood that supports the financial functions, and track inventory and sales information. In many cases, the legacy core systems represent 20 to 30 years of business rules and logic, customer and supplier data, and extensive internal and external interfaces, which...
- Tags: Financial, Streamline, Supplier, Sales Strategy, Channel Management, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Finance
- Webcasts
- Retailer Improves Inventory Management With the Microsoft Office System
- Mydin Mohamed Holdings is the largest discount retailer in Malaysia, with 17 stores spread throughout the country. Mydin relentlessly pursues bargains from suppliers to execute its everyday low price philosophy. To take advantage of short-lived supplier promotions, Mydin required a quick procurement process and an accurate assessment of store inventory....
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Supplier, Inventory Management, Microsoft Corp., Store, Mydin Mohamed Holdings, Channel Management, Retail, Marketing
- Case studies
- Risky Business: Failing to Assess Supply Chain Continuity
- Considerable time and effort has been spent discussing the need to evaluate the resiliency of a company's supply chain continuum. Business continuity and risk management professionals, citing potential failure scenarios caused by over-reliance on single or sole source suppliers, have attempted to build a business case for redundancy. Although processes...
- Tags: Supplier, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Financial Planning, Supply Chain, Channel Management, Strategy, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Marketing, Management
- White papers
- Global Supplier Uses VMware ESX Server, VirtualCenter and VMotion to Simplify Application Deployment and Administration, Solidify Disaster Recovery and Reduce Server Numbers by Two-Thirds
- In 2001 Fjord Seafood Group acquired Fjord Pieters, formerly known as Pieters Visbedrijf, one of the largest seafood suppliers in Belgium. At the time of its acquisition, Fjord Pieters was in the middle of upgrading its IT systems to improve operational efficiency at its three locations. They initially evaluated a...
- Tags: Administration, Supplier, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX Server, EMC Corp., VMWare ESX, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies
- Packaging Supplier Improves Employee Productivity With New Messaging Infrastructure
- Graphic Packaging International, in the midst of a company merger, wanted to provide employees with better tools to help manage their workloads. The company also wanted to consolidate its 15 independent, branch-office Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 - based servers into one centralized server located at its corporate headquarters. Based...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Supplier, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies
- Supplier Boosts Business Insight, Efficiency With Data Analysis and Reporting Solution
- The ability to access data accurately and quickly is an essential part of a company's ability to differentiate itself from the competition. Wilson, a business unit of Smith International, is a supply chain management company generating thousands of transactions daily. Each transaction provides information about the customer's operating practices. To...
- Tags: Data Analysis, Solution, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- 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
- Sweden's National Pharmaceutical Supplier Relies on the Quality of HP Print Supplies
- Owned by the Swedish government, Apoteket AB has sole rights to the retail sale of pharmaceuticals in Sweden. It runs over 900 pharmacies and has 12,000 employees. With a large print requirement, Apoteket needs to obtain print supplies that will deliver the best quality at the most cost effective price....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Government
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