Identification Of A Customer's End Markets End Products and End Customers

So What’s the Big Deal with Chemicals?

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... Reality, a Radio Frequency Identification Ecosystem Emerges ... reallocate inventories accordingly; reconcile customer needs with ... cycle stock, but end up increasing ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/12/research_notes/TU_ER_XOT_12_24_07_1.asp - 17k - 2007-12-24 Summary: Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly variable demand, or to execute predictable product supply strategies.

The Promise (and Complexities) of Private Labels

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... required to deliver differentiated products into global markets. ... which merely require supplier identification in terms ... value to the end customer, where private ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/08/research_notes/TU_SC_PJ_08_13_07_1.asp - 25k - 2007-08-13 Summary: Recent studies have shown that retail winners (that is, companies that outperform their peers in year-over-year, comparable store sales) carry a significantly higher percentage of private label merchandise than their competitors do.

How to Achieve Lean Manufacturing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... down into specific items, a specific end product is ... a sequence number or a production identification (ID), and ... sequence is frozen at the customer line (which ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_02_15_06_1.asp - 23k - 2006-02-15 Summary: Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business processes. The five main steps to achieving lean transition are defining value, mapping the value stream, making the activities flow, responding to customer demand, and continuous

Zooming into an Inventory Free Flow

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... To that end, FreeFlow will build the auction site ... can decide its own user identification (ID) and ... systems integration and development; customer support; and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2007/01/research_notes/VN_SC_PJ_01_30_07_1.asp - 32k - 2007-01-30 Summary: FreeFlow, a provider of business services with a patented technology, aims to help companies improve product life cycle profitability by providing a unique, online auction platform where companies can reduce their at-risk and excess inventory.

Challenges for an Expanding Supply Chain Solutions Vendor

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... its compliance automation and radio frequency identification (RFID)-enabling ... revenue, lower costs, and improve customer service ... To that end, in July 2006, Click ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/11/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_11_16_06_1.asp - 22k - 2006-11-16 Summary: Although Click Commerce is a thriving provider of on-demand supply chain management (SCM) solutions for a variety of worldwide industries, it does have to face up to a variety of challenges, some of which are of its own making.

The Essential Components of Quote-to-order Application Suites

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... To that end, configurators also strengthen the business of customer care by ... Since configurators facilitate identification of customers' wants, they are ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/11/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_11_14_07_1.asp - 28k - 2007-11-14 Summary: Modern quote-to-order suites provide customers and suppliers access to design, planning, and material data. This enables users to proactively understand various aspects of a project, as well as reduce planning time, document activities, and promote communication throughout the engagement cycle.

SAP Learns The Ropes Of Fashion/Outfitting

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... a deployment of AFS 2.5 for 5,000 end users in ... and certainly the largest US customer base ... managed inventory (VMI), radio frequency identification (RFID) scanning ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_31_02_1.asp - 19k - 2002-07-31 Summary: With a heavy heart, in 1999, SAP had to go back to the drawing board, to do a thorough redesign of its erstwhile ill-reputed Apparel & Footwear Solution (AFS). It appears that the effort was worthwhile.

Vendor Defends Its Strongholds with Focused Enterprise Resource ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Becomes Reality, a Radio Frequency Identification Ecosystem Emerges ... Potentially, the end product is made specifically to a customer's order—and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/07/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_07_24_06_1.asp - 33k - 2006-07-24 Summary: Strategic Systems International (SSI) needs no special introduction to British process industries (such as consumer products manufacturers and whisky distillers), but it largely remains a well-kept secret elsewhere.

Mainstream Enterprise Vendors Begin to Grasp Content Management ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... on a format for global product identification via a ... extended-ERP solutions, such as customer relationship management ... To that end, there should be the ability ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/PIM/2004/11/research_notes/TU_PI_PJ_11_11_04_1.asp - 22k - 2004-11-11 Summary: Enterprises are becoming painfully aware of the need to clean up their structured data and unstructured content acts to capitalize on more important efforts like regulatory compliance, globalization, demand aggregation, and supply chain streamlining.

GTM Solutions--Always Watch Out for SAP

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... parties lists, tracking suppliers' and end users' activities, and ... a subsequent change of customer name, address ... such as radio frequency identification (RFID) or ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2005/05/research_notes/EN_SC_PJ_05_13_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-05-13 Summary: For global trade management solutions (GTM) one should never overlook the enterprise applications leader SAP, which in most cases opts for in-house product delivery.