White PapersBelow you can find the most recently added White Papers about supply chain management software and distribution software. Inventory optimization can increase your profitabilityOne of the largest capital expenses for many distributors and wholesalers is stock. Finding the balance between ensuring products are available when customers need them and not holding too much, is business critical. In order to get accurate forecasting, the statistical forecast figures have to be based on requested demand rather than delivery statistics. This paper demonstrates how an an inventory optimization system is designed to help companies increase accuracy and overcome these issues in order to enhance customer service and lower operational costs.
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Stay alert and improve your business with supply chain event management More and more companies, particularly those dealing with very large numbers of transactions, are utilizing event alerts to help synchronize and streamline their supply chains. In many cases, this is in response to the fear that major orders can be lost, production facilities can be wasted and customer satisfaction eroded as a result of something that could easily have been resolved with a simple, timely and targeted alert. This paper discusses the advantages of having ‘inbuilt’ alerts within the business system.
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Increasing efficiency drives profitability for paper merchantsRecent years have seen the overall structure of the paper industry go through some significant changes. Paper merchants, in particular, have felt these effects and much consolidation of the market, both European and global, has occurred. The recurring theme for all involved in the paper industry is high competition and low margins. The merchants that work smarter, more efficiently and can broaden their services in these difficult times are the ones that will ultimately succeed.
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Winning supply chain strategies for the wine, spirits and beverages industryToday’s wine, spirits and beverages industry faces ever-shifting demand for its products, strict regulation and increasing price competition. World-class companies in this mature industry are succeeding by scaling up production, streamlining their supply chains, expanding into new geographic areas, implementing more efficient processes, cleverly marketing products, and focusing on ever closer relationships with suppliers, partners and customers. This brief examines the issues faced by the people who wholesale and distribute beer, wine, spirits, soft drinks and other beverages.
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Drive business forward with graphical planning toolsGraphical Planning tools enable information from any data source to be compiled on a user's PC and tailored into any format required. They allow the user to look at the information in as many different views as they like and in a huge array of graphical formats. These comprehensive and highly flexible views allow the user to make key decisions based on live, accurate information and to make changes to the information where needed. This paper demonstates how graphical planning tools in IBS Enterprise make the user more efficient and enable them to gain greater satisfaction by helping them achieve their goals with an easy-to-use, yet comprehensive solution.
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