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IndustryWeek
November 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
A Healthier Supply Chain: By the Numbers UPS, along with Harris Interactive, recently conducted a "pain in the supply chain" survey of pharmaceutical, biotech, medical and surgical device manufacturers. Some of the key findings of the survey are listed here.   |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Portrait of Supply Chain Visibility Before you can reduce your inventory levels, you need visibility throughout your supply chain. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Supply Chain Security's Added Benefit According to some manufacturers, supply chain security doesn't have to be considered a cost burden. |
Bio-IT World
Jul/Aug 2006
Eric Newmark |
From Inventory to Information Drug safety initiatives, technical innovation, and lean practices are changing the way pharmaceutical supply chains operate. As a result, the role distributors play within that value chain is evolving. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007 |
Driving Growth By Controlling Grey Market Leakage Grey Market goods are a component of piracy that is completely within the control of manufacturers. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Asian Manufacturers Consider Nearshoring, Too Even in Asia, manufacturers are adopting 'close to home' supply chain strategies. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 1, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
You Only Have One Supply Chain? When it comes to supply chains, having two is better than one, and three or more may be best of all. |
IndustryWeek
June 22, 2011 |
Are You Sure It's Cheaper to Go Offshore? Third-party logistics providers are helping manufacturers better understand the total cost of their supply chains. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Supply Chain's Split Personality Cost containment, rather than improved service, is the prevalent supply chain strategy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 4, 2003
Jonathan Byrnes |
Supply Chain Management in a Wal-Mart World Here's a supply-chain dilemma: Now that you've learned how to do business with Wal-Mart, what do you do with everyone else? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2011
Jon Zifferblat |
China: Business as UNusual If there is one market that requires a click on the 'refresh' button, it's China. General Biologic provides a snapshot of what's ahead for Big Pharma in the country |
Pharmaceutical Executive
April 1, 2007
Papworth et al. |
Get a Grip on the Supply Chain For the pharma industry, Sarbanes-Oxley revenue-recognition compliance is reducing perfectly competent execs to complete blubber. Here's help in figuring out when a sale is really a sale. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 29, 2005
David Bovet |
Risk and Reward in Supply Chain Management While there are no easy answers -- and, in most cases, no "right" answers -- there are frameworks for thinking about how to manage risk more effectively. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007
Robert J. Bernabucci |
Unlocking the Value in Supply Chain Finance Globalization is driving a growing interest in global supply chain finance. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
Portrait of Best-In-Class Risk Management Risk management can help manufacturers weather supply chain storms. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 3, 2004
Jonathan Byrnes |
Are You Aiming Too Low with RFID? In many companies, managers are preparing to use Radio Frequency Identification technologies to make existing supply chain processes more cost-efficient. By focusing on cost efficiencies, they are losing opportunities to use RFID to change the basic nature of their supply chains. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2013
Mauldin & Maddron |
Medical Office Momentum The Affordable Care Act takes some risk out of healthcare property investment. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008 |
Letters to the Editor For February 2008 Strategies for strategic sourcing... |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007
Jim Getchell |
Globalization: Where in the World is Your Supply Chain? Globalization and outsourcing offer opportunities and risks for US food manufacturers striving to optimize their supply chains. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2007 |
Where's my Supply Chain? To succeed, food supply chains need to better integrate their disparate information and make it available to those who need it. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2001
Tonya Vinas |
Supply-Chain Strategist Looking for the definitive textbook on multitier-supply-chain management? There isn't one. But there is Jeff Trimmer, who is determined to find and improve upon manufacturing's best practices through the National Initiative for Supply Chain Integration... |
IndustryWeek
June 20, 2012 |
Tips on Managing Your Distributors When evaluating distributors, manufacturers should look for companies that can offer specialized in-house capabilities that will add value to the overall product offering. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2013
Tom Reynolds |
Finding Strategic Levers in the Supply Chain Customer-focused supply-chain capabilities are becoming a more important part of a company's competitive advantage. |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009
Steve Minter |
Supply Chain Risks Material costs, supplier stability cited by manufacturers. |
CIO
December 1, 2003
Mike Hugos |
Real-Time One Domino at a Time Real-time data can prevent distortions in product demand forecasts. But as Network Services' CIO learned, it isn't something that can happen all at once. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Infrastructure Is Integral To Supply Chain Success A company's highest supply chain priorities are demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, and sales and operations planning. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Sources of Strength With globalization forces transforming their businesses, manufacturers are creating more powerful sourcing strategies to control costs throughout the supply chain. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Supply Chain Earns a Seat at the Table Chief supply chain officers are becoming more influential within manufacturing circles. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
Better, Faster, Cheaper... and Smarter As risks increase in the marketplace, supply chains are evolving into more intelligent and interconnected networks. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2003
Jonathan Byrnes |
Managing Profitability: One Year Later The most important issue facing managers in this difficult economy is making more money from the existing business without costly new initiatives. The author revisits this assertion from a year ago. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 7, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
Achieving Supply Chain Productivity More than anything else, supply chain productivity requires that supply chain managers become experts at knowledge generation and change management. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 6, 2004
Jonathan Byrnes |
Product Companies: Don't Undersell Services Selling more products can give a vendor additional leverage with customers, but selling the right related services can give a vendor a new strategic positioning and a host of valuable benefits. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Strategic Reasons for Using a 3PL Companies can use 3PLs to help improve their global capabilities, reduce costs and achieve environmental objectives. |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009
Josh Cable |
Get More from Your SCM System For perhaps too many manufacturers, supply chain management software is an underutilized resource. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Supply Chain Management: Foiling Fakes Counterfeit products are depriving manufacturers of revenue, harming brand integrity and in some cases, compromising safety. Manufacturers are fighting to keep phony goods out of their supply chains. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
10 Supply Chain Initiatives to Survive and Thrive in this Downturn There are ways supply chain executives at manufacturers, distributors, and retailers can survive and a few ways to thrive in this downturn. |
IndustryWeek
July 20, 2009
David Blanchard |
Five Keys to Supply Chain Success in India India presents many opportunities to U.S. manufacturers, but just as many operational challenges. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2009
Andrew Dick |
Deal Diagnosis Healthcare real estate transactions not only are driven by economic factors, but also by compliance with federal and state healthcare laws. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 3, 2007
George Koroneos |
In Sync with California Pharmaceutical companies everywhere are preparing themselves for compliance with California's Electronic-Pedigree Mandates, which go into effect 18 months from now. When in place, an inspector will be able to receive, immediately, a record of any drug's chain of custody. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Building A Better Supply Chain Superior supply chain execution is a difficult challenge to meet. Experts share their thoughts about who is achieving top performances, and what criteria manufacturers should focus on to improve their own supply chain capabilities. |
CRM
August 1, 2009
Lauren McKay |
Healing the Sick Facing regulatory requirements, spiraling costs, and an aging (and ailing) customer base, the healthcare industry looks to CRM to balance a pair of age-old doctrines: First, do no harm - and physician, heal thyself. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2011 |
Are You Ready for the New China? The ability to act as a good corporate citizen and assert a useful role in national industrial policy on health is going to be essential to success in the new China. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2005
Chris Mallon |
RFID: The Billion-Dollar Savings Plan Separating RFID winners from losers is tough -- except for one obvious group: the retail industry. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Ralph Keller |
Continuous Improvement -- Are You Focusing on the Trivial? You could be if your cost-saving efforts are centered on the activities within your facility's four walls. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2002
John Teresko |
Kodak Tightens Supply-Chain Focus Division designs, then optimizes end-to-end view... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2006
Paul Chang |
Thought Leader: Chipping Away at Counterfeiting RFID technology promises to help FDA stem the tide of phony medicines. But that's just the beginning. It's also a great supply-chain management tool. |
IndustryWeek
June 17, 2009
Steve Minter |
Can GPOs Help Ease the Pain? As manufacturers look for cost-cutting that won't cripple them in a recovery, group purchasing organizations let them "swing a bigger bat." |
IndustryWeek
September 16, 2009
Steve Minter |
Managing Supplier Information in a Dynamic Environment Sophisticated software systems offer help to companies facing more complex supply chains and new information needs. |
CIO
September 23, 2010
Neil Versel |
Healthcare IT: How Reform Is Giving CIOs A More Strategic Role in Delivering Patient Care Electronic health records aren't enough. Healthcare CIOs need to apply technology to coordinating patient care and measuring quality. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Viewpoint -- Technology Enables Supply Chain Innovation At Sun Sun Microsystems uses a "one-touch" supply chain. |
