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April 2007   
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TradeBeam Webinar: Best Practices in Inventory Collaboration with Suppliers
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New Whitepaper: Commodity Classification in International Trade
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Experts' Corner
AberdeenGroup
New Research Shows Benefits of Supply Chain Finance Technology
The acronym of the month is SCF, supply chain finance technology. A new Aberdeen Group research report shows
SCF best practices significantly improve measures of DPO, DSO, and cost of
goods.

 
Industry Events
Eighth Annual Global Automotive Conference
April 22-25, 2007
Louisville, KY
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D/C Expo
May 22-24, 2007
Chicago, IL
Stryker’s 4-Step Inventory Reduction Process
How did Stryker Instruments achieve 30% to 40% reduction in direct material and finished goods inventory? Learn about the 4-step process that has enabled Stryker to solve their inability to share real-time data with their key suppliers.
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Global Transportation Management Trends
Global supply chains rely on fast, responsive, and dependable transportation. Understand the key issues that hinder transportation and the true challenge of integrating the requisite organizational and technological tools throughout the supply chain.
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Global Sourcing Spotlight: Moving Beyond Cost
The fundamentals of increasing profitability and reducing costs have made global sourcing a common business practice for most manufacturers. Realizing that decreased costs are not the only benefits of a global supply chain, highly structured, cross-functional sourcing initiatives can be fleshed out to mitigate risk and maximize the benefits for long-term operations.
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Supply Chain Trends: What’s In, What’s Out
While there are numerous challenges, leaders in a highly competitive supply chain environment are distinguishing between “what’s out and what’s in” – what used to work versus what manufacturers need to do moving forward to remain at the forefront of supply chain innovation and enablement.
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Manufacturing a Speedy Delivery

A new benchmark report from Aberdeen Group states that 80% of automotive, aerospace, and defense industry companies are dissatisfied with their existing supply chain technology. Learn how globalization of markets and economies is forcing manufacturing firms to improve their SCM and ERP solutions in an effort to get products that satisfy customer demand out to market faster.
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