Barely Managing: Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow - A brewing-industry simulation shows that insufficient information can lead to dire inventory troubles.
Publisher: Business 2.0     Author: Thomas A. Stewart   

Case Study: O'Reilly Auto Parts - A chain saves $50 million with an inventory management system.
Publisher: Business 2.0     Author: Stephanie Clifford   

e-Supply Chain Management: Managing The Extended Enterprise - Consultant R. Michael Donovan discusses how collaborative e-Supply Chain Management will necessitate critical changes in the philosophy, processes and communication systems of how trading partners will and must work together. Donovan provides an assessment checklist and also makes some observations about software and how to get started.
Publisher: R. Michael Donovan     Author: R. Michael Donovan   

e-Supply Chain Management: Prerequisites To Success (Part I) - Consultant R. Michael Donovan discusses the influences that will push the adoption of e-SCM, prerequisites to success, developing your strategy, ROI and implementation considerations. Two checklists within the article are intended to help management teams provoke thought, discussion and action. (PDF file)
Publisher: R. Michael Donovan     Author: R. Michael Donovan   

Ericsson Frees Capital By Restructuring Supply Chain - The consumer products division of Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications giant, found additional dollars to invest in its capital-intensive business by outsourcing inbound logistics and shifting responsibility for inventory management to vendors.
Publisher: Supplychainbrain.com     Author: Kurt C. Hoffman   

Following the sales dollar: Time's a wastin' - Are you getting the best return for the dollars spent generating sales? Ed Finn says many companies, molders included, aren't.
Publisher: Injection Molding Magazine     Author: Jeff Sloan   

How To Optimize The Human Element Of A Process - Success in a manufacturing process depends on four main areas of input variables: materials, manpower (both male and female, of course), machines, methods.
Publisher: US Tech     Author: Avery Wilson   

IMM's International Molding Report: Outlook for Asia 2000-2005 - Projecting growth-particularly in injection molding-in a region as volatile as Asia is risky at best.
Publisher: Injection Molding Magazine     Author: Agostino von Hassell   

Importing and Selling Spare parts in China - An overall guide as to how to import and sell spare parts into china.
Publisher: China Briefing     Author: Jason Feng   

Lean Manufacturing, Six sigma, now know the true cost. - Exploring the true cost of manufacturing downtime. Research and information provided. Justify maintenance cost with free survey, reports, power point presentations.
Publisher: Don Fitchett     Author: Don Fitchett - Designer of Downtime Central