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06.23.10 -- The Unified Forecasting Method

June 23, 2010

Supply Chain Market Newsletter

Featured Editorial

The Unified Forecasting Method
By Rod Daugherty, Manhattan Associates
Managing erratic demand presents a common problem for suppliers, manufacturers, and retailers. For most companies, it's guesswork at best.

The Unified Forecasting Method

Featured Articles

Best Practices Guide: RFID Implementation, Testing & Deployment
By Omni-ID
This paper reviews some of the design factors involved in an RFID system implementation, such as selecting active vs. passive tags, choosing RFID tags, attaching RFID tags to assets, and performing application testing. For each design factor, pros and cons of the available options are discussed, as well as common pitfalls – and how to avoid them. To illustrate the various options and their uses, the paper includes a number of real-world examples drawn from Omni-ID's extensive experience in implementing RFID systems. For anyone planning an RFID deployment, these invaluable lessons will guide you to success.

Best Practices Guide: RFID Implementation, Testing & Deployment

Warehouse Management: Quick Reference Guide To Improving Inventory Accuracy For Perfect Orders
By Motorola Mfg.
Shipping inaccurate orders impacts your bottom line by increasing labor and transport costs and decreasing customer satisfaction. This Quick Reference Guide is your key to understanding how you can improve the accuracy of orders shipped within your warehouse. It discusses critical factors contributing to inaccurate orders and includes data from recent studies; real-life examples of warehouses that ship greater than 99.9% accurate orders.

Warehouse Management: Quick Reference Guide To Improving Inventory Accuracy For Perfect Orders

Industry News

Arkema To Implement Wam Supply Chain Solution To Support Global Product Line
Ryder Issued U.S. Patent For Systems And Methods For Supply Chain Management
QC Software Part Of Council Of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Ryder Issued U.S. Patent For Systems And Methods For Supply Chain Management
Newgistics Offers Retailers Improved Inventory Management With Shipping Options
SPS Commerce Partners With Business System Integrators To Provide SaaS EDI Services To The Exact Macola ES ERP Marketplace
Supply Chain, Market Access In Ohio's Enterprise Appalachia Support Ideal Business Startup Location
iPads Herald New Arigo Innovation: Enterprise 2.0 + Arigo STM = Groundbreaking Arigo Enterprise Collaboration
Chainalytics And Armstrong & Associates Form A Strategic Partnership
Lee Spring Announces Millionth Order On SYSPRO ERP Platform
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Product Sheet: Brother PocketJet Mobile Printers
Product Sheet: Brother PocketJet Mobile Printers
A PocketJet®3 portable/mobile printer is one of the smallest, lightest and most efficient fullpage size printing solutions you can buy for your on-the-go printing needs. At barely over 10" long and 1 lb. in weight, the PocketJet 3 fits easily into your briefcase, computer bag or can be mounted in any vehicle or small work area. Whether you use a laptop or a handheld device, the PocketJet 3 will print sharp text, crisp graphics, and laser-quality documents in almost any environment, including extreme temperature and humidity situations.
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Products and Services

Compliance Networks Reflection - Transportation Performance Audit
Compliance Networks, the leading provider of vendor compliance optimization solutions, now offers a best-in-class transportation performance audit for retailers who seek profit recovery, ongoing near-term and long-term on-time delivery improvement, and essential business intelligence.

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RedPrairie Service Oriented Architecture
RedPrairie began developing its core architecture and applications under an open component, services oriented approach in 1992, with our first customer production system live in 1996. This has enabled us to enhance our application suite with new open standards technologies like web services as they become available. The result is the only time-tested, customer proven SOA application suite in the Supply Chain Execution industry. Employing this underlying services based architecture has enabled our customers to take advantage of the latest technology while protecting their investment in our SCE solutions.
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Avery Dennison: Monarch RFID Printer/ Encoders
The Monarch 9855RFMP printer/encoder is the perfect fit for some of the most challenging RFID applications in the retail supply chain. With the Monarch 9855RFMP printer/encoder, you'll experience the highest yield performance in the industry. This printer/encoder tests, writes and verifies the RFID chip and gives you complete verification of RFID data.
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Avery Dennison: Monarch RFID Printer/ Encoders

Material Flow Equipment Management
Material Flow Equipment Management is designed to support and automate lean techniques, and provides visibility into the tracking and location of people and equipment. In addition, the solution optimizes the flow of the equipment with real-time data, allowing you to configure a workflow based on metrics from a time and motion study using the Goal Analysis Toolset.
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Datalogic Green Spot: Visual Bar Code Read
Datalogic Green Spot technology is a patented innovation for laser bar code readers available only from Datalogic. Today's mobile computers need to be rugged, full of technology, and easy to use in any environment. Users need to maximize their productivity and the accuracy of their work regardless of the work conditions. Green Spot technology is designed to do just that.
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