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  The day’s big news of Google’s precipitous drop in share price concealed the fact that Google’s average CPC is down 15% from a year ago. This decline in one of Google’s key performance metrics has potentially far more long-term consequences than a silly printer’s mistake. Yesterday’s premature release of Google’s disappointing quarterly earnings caused [...]

Press Release         PITTSBURGH – September 13, 2012 – Direct Response Technologies, a leading provider of global performance marketing solutions, announced that Cupid Media is expanding its global network by incorporating the advanced internationalization features and user-engagement functionality found within the DirectTrack® affiliate marketing platform. Located in Queensland, Australia, Cupid Media operates [...]

Growth is clearly back on the executive agenda. Yet executives increasingly find that growing profitably is extremely challenging due to the complexity and volatility characteristic of today’s business environment. Further complicating matters is the fact that, after several years of intense focus on cost reduction, most companies’ supply chains are operationally efficient but are not [...]

ASCET: Many experts have called Dell’s supply chain its most competitive advantage. How was that accomplished, and how long did it take? Hunter: In the early ’90s Michael [Dell] really came to grips with the value of supply chain when we had some setbacks with notebook computers, and wrote off a fair amount of inventory. [...]

U.S. hospitals are under great financial pressure. The hospital supply chain presents enormous opportunities for hospital executives seeking to reduce costs and gain new efficiencies. Cost savings opportunities from operational analyses and efficiencies from upgrading or replacing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems rely on a foundation of accurate, reliable data for their success. With limited [...]

It is time for companies to start investing in supply chain management to improve enterprisewide operational performance management; this will lead to improved competitiveness and create lasting value. Unlike the post-Y2K years and the tail end of the dot-com boom, the focus on supply chain management (SCM) shouldn’t be all about automation. Companies should focus [...]

ASCET: What exactly is the Supply Chain 2020 project about? Lapide: The Supply Chain 2020 project is a multiyear initiative. Ultimately, it aims to identify the innovations that will be the foundation of successful supply chains 10 to 15 years into the future. The project deliverables will entail a variety of publications, including one or [...]

View Ventana Research’s IPM practice began with the recognition of an innovation value chain supported by an innovation business process. The value chain delivers ideas, deliverables and intellectual capital. The business process that supports this value chain is concerned with generating, converting and realizing innovation. The innovation management technology market supplies software tools and applications [...]

Few factors can impact the success of your company as much as the performance of your supply chain. No matter what industry or region of the world you do business in, your supply chain is as integral to your success as your products, your services, and your people. At Caterpillar Logistics Services, we know firsthand [...]