He contends there was a significant inventory build across the technology supply chain in the first quarter, leading to Q1 results which over-stated results versus real end market trends.
There was improvement for a lot of the products that JDS makes, but aren't sure about overall industry demand because of the state of the technology supply chain, Sue said.
But as time marches on, supply-chain technology is sure to get cheaper, as technology always does.
Chief Executive Pedro Pablo Cuevas has introduced performance-based pay to motivate employees, as well as new technology for the chain's data management systems.
Supply-chain technology also will march in the direction of standards and ubiquity. (Think of personal computers.) At that point, decisive advantage will go to companies that use their supply chains to boost their rate of hit products.
Thanks to supply-chain technology and a very good CIO, Ralph Szygenda, General Motors was able to shrink the development cycle of a new Chevy car or truck from 60 months to 24--with 18 just around the corner.
With new revenue harder to come by in a few for value, not volume, world, hospitals and healthcare system leaders would be well advised to look for operational savings by investing in supply chain technology and talent.
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While other business processes like distribution have improved by leaps and bounds thanks to supply-chain technology innovation and that old stalwart, Six Sigma, the revenue process is still one of the most inefficient areas of enterprise today.
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The government's move is supported by many in corporate India, who see foreign investment as bringing modern supply-chain technology and capital to an industry that continues to see huge wastage and relatively high prices because of the series of middlemen who operate between farmer and consumer.
Behind 1-Click is a complex chain of technology, but I never see it.
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That has caused great stresses throughout the whole food chain of technology.
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Considine said cloud computing is disrupting the entire value chain from the technology to the types of buyers.
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From the general ledger to the shop floor to the supply chain, these technology investments have been at the foundation of widespread improvements in productivity, profitability, and speed.
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Friedland describes the growing use of personal technology in public spaces as a chain reaction.
Later on they ran arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores, technology outfit Sterling Software and investment firm Maverick Capital.
United Stationers, a multi-billion dollar wholesaler of office and janitorial supplies, has created a B2B digital edge by combining information and technology based services with its supply chain.
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If a retailer is big enough and powerful enough, it can often dictate that new technology be used along the supply chain to work seamlessly with its own cutting-edge POS system.
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Mr Harcourt believes the key to export success is to target the surging middle class demand for cars in Asia and the Middle East, while providing components to the global supply chain and developing environmental technology for greater fuel efficiencies.
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They know all the technology business models, understand the value chain and have an extremely strong global network of contacts.
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Cynthia has over 25 years of business experience and IT expertise leading large global organizations in supply chain, retail, and technology companies.
Geely bought Volvo from Ford, and can now combine its own Chinese market access and strong supply chain with Volvo's technology and image-making savvy.
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Hewlett-Packard is the chain's one-stop technology supplier.
These changes in costs and technology present new forces in the traditional supply-chain calculus.
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Beginning in April 2013, Brightstar will be Target Mobile's new supply chain and point-of-activation technology provider, and MarketSource will be the in-store sales services partner.
Even with existing technology, the amount of information that a supply chain can provide changes the way in which companies deal with both shipments and inventory.
Note first that many of the service industries which have been among the heaviest investors in new technology stand at an intermediate position in the supply chain.
We will then visit Wenchi, in Western Ghana, to see how SAP and the African Cashew initiative (ACi) are supporting small-scale farmers with innovative technology that benefits actors along the entire agricultural value chain.
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