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Business Management Articles
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| written by Ronald Ireland and Mary Adamy | ||
| Retailers are always looking for ways to cut costs, and suppliers are always trying to maintain margins and profits. Yet waste in the supply chain is easily identifiable, both internally and externally. Read these three articles on Retail Sales & Operations Planning and the linkage using CPFR to see the importance and the benefits that this industry transformation will have. Read these articles |
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| Business Process Transformation Framework (BPTF) |
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| written by Rick Burris and Robert E. Howard, Oliver Wight Principals, with contribution
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There is a strong business case for the need to add value to process improvement technology which is largely predicated on the high percentage of failures in transformation projects. Today’s globally competitive environment demands that companies deliver value to both customers and investors. System installations or upgrades continue to be chosen to drive productivity and service improvement but they must be transparent to customers and valuable to investors. This article series makes a case that the solution lies in replacing the traditional process design methodology with an innovative approach which is enabled through the Business Process Transformation Framework (BPTF) process design methodology. BPTF addresses the pitfalls of failures by coupling the advances in this process design with the enablers to success. BPTF leverages rules-based ontology (vocabulary and relationships) and a modeling tool for developing design solutions which can be effectively adapted and communicated across the business. |
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Demand Planning |
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written by: Susan Storch, Oliver Wight Principal |
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Demand planning, often underutilized in the best of times as a means of improving cash flow and profitability, may become your lifeline in this recession. This four-part series discusses demand planning best practices in relation to surviving, even thriving, in the recessionary period and preparing to come out the other side in the best possible financial health. |
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Effective Executive Management During an Economic Downturn written by Rick Burris The articles: Bonus article: |
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Managing and Leading People
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6-part article series published in Business Excellence Magazine. In these articles, author Jon Minerich walks through leadership strategy and execution, organization design and development, and preparation for change and implementation. He emphasizes success through leveraging a company's workforce through teams and, finally, highlights the importance of measurements. |
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Product Management
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4-part article series published in Business Excellence Magazine. In these articles, author Donald McNaughton focuses on the importance of an integrated product management process and its role in driving improved business performance, the role of portfolio management in managing existing products as well as selecting and managing products for the product portfolio, and how to ensure that the projects in the project portfolio remain on scope, on schedule, and on budget. Donald McNaughton then reaches the Product Management Review, which provides an update on the status of projects and doubles as step one of the monthly S&OP process. |
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Integrated Business Management (S&OP) 6-part article series published in Business Excellence Magazine. In these articles, author John Schorr points out that S&OP is a way of managing the business as a whole. He explains the importance of including product development, the Demand Review,the Supply Review, and the Integrated Reconciliation Review. He ends with the Management Business Review and the roles of each of the participants. |
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Improving Inventory Record Accuracy Cycle counting Maintains and sustains greater Inventory record accuracy Contributor: Roger Brooks Read this Inventory Record Accuracy article by clicking here. |
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Strategic Planning: An Executive's Aid for Strategic Thinking, Development and Deployment |
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Read this opinion piece - written by Oliver Wight Principal George Palmatier and published in the March, 2007, issue of Business Excellence Magazine. The need to lead |
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Read an interview with Chairman Dennis Groves as it appeared in the inaugural issue of Achieving Business Excellence, a leading-edge magazine dedicated to bringing you articles on real-life achievements of world-class companies. | |
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