Advanced Supply Chain Institute members have authored a series of white papers and points
of view on subjects of topical business interest. Several of the white papers serve as a
synopsis of entire books, while others are focused on specific industry topics, ranging
from aerospace and defense to automotive, chemical, distribution, retail and consumer
products subjects. A white paper of specific interest can also be commissioned.
| Achieving Breakthrough Supply Chain Results |
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A 2-page synopsis of what can be accomplished by reaching level 4 on the supply chain maturity model...
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| Aerospace and Defense Value Model Manual |
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Courtesy of EPCglobal, this paper covers a value model for firms engaged in aerospace and defense, with special emphasis on use of standards and electronic identification to track, trace and control inventories...
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| Analytics Rising - How Companies are Responding to the Demand for More Meaningful Customer Insights |
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This paper considers and describes how leading firms are using improvements to supply chain processing to gain a distinctive advantage in the eyes of the most strategic customers...
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File Size: 193 KB |
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| Creating a Value Managed Enterprise |
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This paper explains what can happen when firms consciously collaborate and build integrated systems for mutual benefit...
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| Contemporary Logistics: From Pre-manufacturing to Acceptable Delivery |
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One of the most popular papers, it describes a contemporary view of Logistics and introduces a model that parallels the supply chain maturity model, with step-by-step advice on how to proceed...
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File Size: 58 KB |
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| Making Customer Relationship Management Work |
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Brings into perspective how to segment customers by value and match needs with supply chain capabilities...
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File Size: 881 KB |
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| Enabling the Supply Chain from Source to Consumption |
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Developed in collaboration with Manhattan Associates, this paper describes how to create a supply chain system that will approach optimized operating conditions across the business network, with special emphasis on the enabling technology...
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File Size: 62 KB |
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| Forecasting, Demand Management, and Capacity Planning |
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A primer for those in supply chain management who are not satisfied with the current level of sales forecast accuracy or the excuses for why forecasts cannot be improved...
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File Size: 72 KB |
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| Generate Volume throughout the Entire Supply Chain Enterprise (courtesy of Manhattan Associates) |
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Courtesy of Manhattan Associates, this paper covers the application of lean, agile and six sigma concepts and techniques - to bring an enterprise closer to optimized operating conditions...
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File Size: 835 KB |
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| Integrated Network Business Strategy: The Roadway to Optimized Processing and Profitable Revenue Growth |
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This paper describes the contemporary view for using supply chain improvement to enhance the bottom line through costs reductions while improving the top line through generation of new revenues...
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File Size: 239 KB |
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| Optimizing IT Investments Improve Your Organization's Ability to Implement Its Best Ideas |
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This carefully researched paper explains how a firm makes the most of its thinking and innovation across the full business enterprise...
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File Size: 211 KB |
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| The Intelligent Value Network: Reaping the Advantages of Advanced Supply Chain Management |
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This paper explains the direct correlation between progress with the supply chain maturity model and how leading firms are using the advantages gained to match service with requirements against a customer segmentation model that introduces a parallel track for revenue enhancement through the gaining of a distinctive sales advantage...
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File Size: 71 KB |
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| Supply Chain Optimization - A Requisite to Survival in the new e-Economy and The Intelligent Value Network |
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Prepared as part of the CSC Insights effort, this paper describes the route to optimized processing through technology enablement of enhanced key process steps...
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File Size: 718 KB |
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| Supplier Relationship Management - An Advanced Supply Chain Management Technique |
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One of the most requested papers, it covers the techniques for determining how to segment purchasing categories and then matching supplier segmentation against this analysis to apply the best technique to achieve optimized conditions across the total cost of sourcing...
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File Size: 691 KB |
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| Why Does Wall Street Care About Your Supply Chain? |
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A brief synopsis intended for financial officers, who want to better understand why they should pay greater attention to supply chain efforts and the impact they bring to financial results...
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File Size: 101 KB |
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| The Value of Managing the Extended Supply Chain Network |
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This paper makes the case for extending best practices across a full business network, so suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers gain the benefits of best possible processing...
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File Size: 261 KB |
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