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HBS Working Knowledge April 5, 2004 Jonathan Byrnes	Fixing the Healthcare Supply Chain The paradox of healthcare supply chains is that they are the home of some of the best and worst practices in supply chain management. With limited hospital budgets, supply chain inefficiencies consume resources that could be used to bring important therapies into more widespread availability.
IndustryWeek December 16, 2005 Traci Purdum	Securing A Stellar Supply Chain Only as strong as its weakest link, the supply chain can make or break manufacturers.
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CFO June 17, 2003 Russ Banham	BI: Everything Must Go Corporate managers often feel boxed in by their own supply chains. Business-intelligence software may open them up to new possibilities.
eCFO May 2001 Janet Kersnar	Go Your Own Way In the race to embrace online trading exchanges and the like, companies could be inflicting irreparable damage on their supply chains. For one thing, many suppliers just aren't up to speed. Here's how Bass Brewers, BMW, and others avoided the pitfalls and perils...
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National Defense August 2004 Zylstra & Thompson	`Virtual Supply Chains' Could Help Bridge Manufacturing Gaps The Defense Department has immediate needs for thousands of products for which no domestic supplier can be found.
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.
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IndustryWeek April 1, 2006 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- Collaboration Is Key To Global Success The shift toward less integration among manufacturers and their suppliers and customers needs to be reversed.
CFO February 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	Financing the Chain As new services come to market, finance executives are taking a second look at supply-chain finance.
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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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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.
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U.S. Banker September 2007 Lee Conrad	Technology Can Drive Out Payment-Chain Inefficiencies A small group of banks has begun using the latest aid in the supply-chain finance arena: logistics technology from shipping companies. That makes it much easier to keep tabs on global supply chains.
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