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• Achieving Sustainable Supply Chains: Lessons from Global 500 Enterprises

  March 15, 2009 | Corporate EcoForum
  

  Making their supply chains sustainable remains a major challenge for the vast majority of companies. Some struggle to see the value of sustainable supply chain initiatives; some don't know where to start, while others work diligently to move their current efforts forward. To provide new insight, the Corporate Eco Forum conducted a series of confidential, in-depth interviews with sustainable supply chain experts and practitioners in late 2008. View Now  »

• Profiting on Sustainability through Smart Demand-Supply Networks

  January 15, 2009 | E2open
  

  This white paper describes the imperatives and requirements for attaining a sustainable demand-supply network, and explains the ways in which sustainability can drive both top and bottom-line improvements while ensuring market access and a stronger brand image. View Now  »

• The Secret SaaS: On-Demand Supply Chain Management

  December 17, 2008 | Aberdeen Group
  

  Supply chain globalization, increased complexity, rising costs, and the need to respond rapidly to supply chain changes and disruptions are forcing companies across industries to consider new ways to quickly deploy and modify supply chain management solutions. View Now  »

• Globalization: Gaining Leverage from Size and Scope

  May 13, 2008 | E2open
  

  Summarizes management risks and challenges associated with globalization and centralization strategies and provides proven approaches to mitigate these risks. View Now  »

• E2open Delivers the Goods in Value Chain Collaboration

  March 11, 2008 | AMR Research
  

  Multi-Enterprise Collaboration: Multitier technology is a key enabler to helping high-tech companies achieve value chain leadership in their global supply chain. View Now  »

• Managing Risk in Outsourced Manufacturing

  November 18, 2007 | E2open
  

  Summarizes management risks and challenges associated with outsourced manufacturing strategies and provides proven approaches to mitigate these risks. View Now  »

• Extending Microsoft BizTalk Server Using E2open Software

  October 15, 2007 | E2open
  

  Organizations can quickly and cost effectively establish and manage synchronized, server-to-server integration between their back-end systems and their internal systems of the their trading partners. View Now  »

• Industrial and Automotive Manufacturers Take Note: Technologies to Fill the Gap

  June 10, 2007 | AMR Research
  

  A look at four areas in which interesting technologies are helping manufacturers improve performance. View Now  »

• Maximizing Value from SAP with Supply Chain Collaboration in Software-as-a-Service Model

  March 17, 2007 | E2open
  

  Provides specific examples where companies that rely on SAP such as IBM and Hitachi GST have implemented successful collaborative processes using a SaaS model. View Now  »

• B2B Collaboration: How On-Demand Platforms Accelerate Value and Impact TCO

  February 18, 2007 | Aberdeen Group
  

  Learn how to assess whether On-Demand Solutions are the Right Fit for your Supplier, Customer, and Transportation Processes View Now  »

• Information Replaces Inventory: Achieving a “Demand-Driven” Supply Chain

  July 15, 2006 | E2open
  

  The implementation of its Vendor/Supplier Managed Inventory program was a critical element to Seagate’s successful transition to a “demand-driven” supply chain.
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• The Boeing 787: Demand-Driven Strategies Take Flight

  May 13, 2006 | AMR Research
  

  Examines the demand-driven elements behind Boeing's 787 Dreamliner program to synchronize demand and supply through a globally distributed partner network. View Now  »