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Deep Dive: Are You Willing to Bet Your Supply Chain?
by
Jeff Moad
Risk is buffeting supply chains from every direction. Today manufacturers must prepare for every possible disruption.
Deep Dive: Technology Directions - Tools for Managing Risk
Deep Dive: Expert Q&A - Dynamic Supply Chain Management Is Key
Deep Dive: Supply Chains – User Resources
Features
Is RFID out of Ideas?
by
Chris Chiappinelli
To facilitate retailer mandates, RFID technology providers created industrial track-and-trace applications — and then many turned their attention to the lucrative consumer market. Have they left a void in manufacturing.
The End of Middleware
The Shape of Things to Come
by
Stephanie Neil
Demand management is more than just forecasting and planning for future sales. In today's economy, it requires tools and organizational processes that actually shape demand.
Three Key Skills Underpin Demand Management
Commentary
Take 1
Auto's Opportunity
by
David R. Brousell
The domestic automobile industry's current crisis may be masking a fundamental market transformation that points the way to the future.
Notes
The Human Side of SCM
by
Joshua Greenbaum
The new, Web-based social networking applications could hold the key to a great leap forward for supply chain management software.
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The Leading Edge
by
Robert Malone
A look at the educational backgrounds of business and manufacturing leaders provides a clue to what kind of leadership the auto industry needs now.
Product Scan
March 2009 Product Scan
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MA Editorial Staff
A round-up of some of the latest tools available to help you run your manufacturing business, from the shop floor to the top floor and beyond.
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TechMATCH Listings Update - March 2009
by
Diane Himes
A monthly Web Exclusive feature highlighting recent additions and updates to MA's TechMATCH online product directory.
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