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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.
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IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard	5 Strategies to Drive Customer Demand Efficient, flexible, demand-driven supply chains can drive profit.
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.
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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.
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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.
IndustryWeek April 20, 2011	Top 11 Priorities for Supply Chain Information Technology Make some supply chain IT investments now. First on the list - make investments now.
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HBS Working Knowledge January 23, 2006 Ken Cotrill	Best Buy's Supply Chain Transformation Rarely has a major shift in a company's strategy relied so heavily on the supply chain. Best Buy is reimagining its big-box retail concept to focus intensively on customer needs, and the company's supply chain is an integral part of the new vision.
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IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 David Blanchard	Common Sense: Measuring Your Supply Chain Measuring your supply chain has become a competitive advantage for manufacturers wanting to improve their operational performance.
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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.
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HBS Working Knowledge December 12, 2005 Kevin O'Marah	Driving Innovation from the Supply Chain More and more, direct customer input is driving every aspect of innovation, from the overall product concept to the timing of the launch to packaging and delivery. In this emerging world of demand-driven innovation, the supply chain plays a crucial part.
CIO August 1, 2002 Christopher Koch	It All Began with Drayer The world was transformed when Procter & Gamble's Ralph Drayer and Wal-Mart's Sam Walton sat down in 1987 to discuss a better way of keeping Wal-Mart in diapers. In an exclusive interview, Drayer reveals the roots of a business process revolution.
HBS Working Knowledge October 25, 2004 Hau L. Lee	Adapt Your Supply Chain---or Die Unless companies adapt their supply chains, they won't stay competitive for very long. The secrets: trend spotting and supplier change.
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