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07.07.10 -- Taking Costs Out Of The Supply Chain

July 7, 2010

Supply Chain Market Newsletter

Featured Editorial

Vendor Scorecarding: Taking Costs Out Of The Supply Chain
By Jim Frome, SPS Commerce
Retailers must embrace the use of systems and tools that help them collaborate, plan with, and understand their vendors. One technique to measure and improve supplier performance is the use of vendor scorecards — a set of tools and capabilities used to measure, analyze, and manage the performance of vendors in the supply chain.

Vendor Scorecarding: Taking Costs Out Of The Supply Chain

Featured Articles

RFID ROI: In-Depth, Pt. 1
By Eric Fleming with an introduction by Louis Sirico
A process evaluation must consider more than just the RFID enabled process. It has to consider the downstream, upstream, and parallel processes as well. It has to look at the ergonomics of activities as well as the methods. Every business process has an input, one or more activities, and an output. Since the activities can be expressed as one of the above four components, and the components can be expressed as costs, all business processes can be expressed in terms of costs.

RFID ROI: In-Depth, Pt. 1

Improving The Safety Of The Food Supply Chain: The Value Of RFID And Traceability On A Growing Problem
By Motorola Mfg.
RFID provides highly accurate data by automating data capture, improving the safety as well as the efficiency of the food chain. Food safety benefits include real-time visibility into product condition during temperature-sensitive transportation, and reduced opportunity for spoilage, contamination, and foodborne illnesses.

Improving The Safety Of The Food Supply Chain: The Value Of RFID And Traceability On A Growing Problem

Industry News

Daptiv Adds Pre-Configured ERP Connectors To Daptiv Connect Integration Offerings
Image Microsystems Wins Interlog Service Supply Chain Award For Reverse Logistics Implementation
Two Key Logistics Events To Take Place In Wroxall Abbey, Warwickshire
Illinois Purchasing Collaborative Achieves More Than $10M In Supply Chain Savings
INTTRA Integrates With C-Team Systems To Streamline Shipping Logistics Throughout The Supply Chain
Crown Earns Another Design Accolade Among World's Most Recognized Brands
Lean Training Offered By Cambridge Nonprofit, Lean Enterprise Institute
Les services SIPD Customizes Acumatica Cloud ERP Software For Quebec
RedPrairie Warehouse Management Adopted By Owens & Minor's Third-Party Logistics Business Unit, OM HealthCare Logistics
Navarre Adds 3PL Services To Distribution Operation Using HighJump Warehouse Management System
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Flexible Vendor Scorecards for Performance Improvement
Communicate vendor performance, expectations, and details in an accurate, complete, and timely manner. Most retail organizations have siloed data across the enterprise. If aggregated, this data allows for better decision making and provides objective information to collaborate with vendors. Compliance Networks can work with you to turn disparate data into actionable information.

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