The
"Mainstreaming" of Supply Chain Management:
A Simpler, More Affordable Answer for Mid-Size Organizations
Microsoft and MaxQ Technologies
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The
Fast Track to Lower Supply Chain Costs and Improved
Customer Responsiveness: Defining "out-of-the-box"
SCM for consumer goods suppliers
Microsoft and MaxQ Technologies
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The
Software Selection Handbook
This is a synopsis of the “Software
Selection Handbook – How To Avoid A Six Figure
Mistake,” a powerful guide about choosing the
correct software package for your business…
the first time around!) To obtain this book contact
Steve Epner, CSP at sepner@bswllc.com
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Financial
Management…Discovering Hidden Value
Distributors combat margin pressure every day, in
every department of their organization. The level
of efficiency increases proportionately to the level
of which a distribution company makes use of the
internet to collaborate all of their data. Tie your
supply chain processes to your financial data automatically
– no data reentry and no risk of human error.
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WMS
Implementation Tips:
White paper by Phil Opbal, President
of IDII A List of WMS Implementation Tips: Software
installations produce pain, labor, and sweat. Only
40% of them result in satisfied customers. Therefore
it is imperative that we continue to strive for
excellency, in order to raise this satisfaction
rate higher and higher. The following tips &
techniques are from the author's experience and
published articles that have dealt with testing-installing-and-go-live
of a system.
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Four
Ways to Approach Efficient Warehousing
This whitepaper is a roadmap that
will help you select the technologies and processes
that small and medium sized businesses can afford,
while providing an upgrade path to incremental investments.
The results? Greater operational sophistication
and savings.
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Why
Do Distributors Need To Worry About Online Security?
It’s the call dreaded by all business
owners. Your network is down and it appears you
have a virus. Disasters can happen to anyone – and
they do. This white paper covers how to prevent
or minimize the impact.
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Business
Intelligence Within Reach
Unlock the power of your existing
data! Quickly detect trends, patterns and relationships
that foster new opportunities and then use that
intelligence to make decisions that drive revenue
growth. A Business Intelligence solution empowers
employees at all levels to conduct queries, prepare
board room quality reports and implement the results.
By translating data into intelligent information
you can provide insights to all levels of your organization…
quickly and simply. Find out how you can increase
your business agility by reading this booklet “Business
Intelligence - Within Reach.”
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Distribution
Costs Down - Loyalty Up
Benchmarking (both internal and competitive)
and adoption of best practices can boost efficiency
significantly. This whitepaper lists the key performance
indicators to help determine the competitiveness
of distribution processes within an organization.
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The Schreibfeder Series
Each
month, MaxQ Technologies and Microsoft offer a
new installment of a special six-part white paper
series by acclaimed inventory management expert
Jon Schreibfeder. These important, downloadable
reports are yours free, and will arm you with
valuable tips and tools for reducing inventory
costs and increasing the efficiency of your inventory
management.
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The
First Steps To Achieving Effective Inventory Control:
Are you controlling your inventory,
or is it controlling you? Learn how to separate
your stock from your "stuff", organize
stock to minimize order fulfillment… and much
more. The First Steps To Achieving Effective Inventory
Control is a simple and compelling guide for distribution
organizations of all sizes.
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"Keeping
Stock Balances Accurate" Effective Inventory
Management
by
John Schreibfeder
There's nothing more frustrating to you or your
CFO than inaccurate stock data. It can result in
lost sales and disappointed customers and can tie
up capital when you order items you don't really
need. Keeping Stock Balances Accurate can help you
overcome these and other challenges.
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Effective
Replenishment Parameters
by John Schreibfeder
Many distributors rely on their software
to help decide when to replenish the inventory of
stock products and how much of each product to reorder.
If the actual definition and purpose of each of
the applications parameters is not clearly understood,
the system is often setup incorrectly or misused
and the distributor does not receive all of the
possible value from this very expensive tool. This
document discusses some common replenishment parameters
found in distribution application software packages.
Though the actual name of a specific parameter may
be different in your system, the concepts are very
similar or even identical. Be sure all of your employees
who are responsible for replenishing products understand
these concepts.
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Effective
Inventory Analysis
by John Schreibfeder
Inventory is the largest and one
of the most important assets of most distributors.
If distributors do not have money invested in the
right amount of the right products they cannot provide
the service to customers necessary to be successful.
This document discusses several simple measurements
that will help ensure that you are maximizing the
profitability and productivity of your investment
in inventory.
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