The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) is an independent state agency that awards about US$80 million per year in grants to city and county street projects.
In order to track projects and business performance with greater accuracy and transparency, TIB built a performance management dashboard using Xcelsius® software from the SAP® BusinessObjects? portfolio.
In the most recent supply chain visibility survey, the growing supply chain complexity was the top business pressure (44%). This, in turn, has contributed to increased supply chain management costs. It is not surprising that in the situation of global economic turmoil that visibility is taking center stage. This report focuses on gaining visibility into critical elements across the end-to-end logistics network for improving cost and service. But before a company can reduce inventory or landed cost, it needs visibility into them. Only then can it apply tools to agilely adapt to the information it collects.
Improving a company's supply chain operations is a complex process. The SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model provides a unique framework that links business processes, metrics, best practices, and technology into a unified structure designed to improve supply chain management effectiveness.
Read this report to learn the answer to these three questions: How Can You Better View Customer Demand and Respond to Changes? How Can You Improve Supplier Lead Times and Responsiveness? How Do You Manage Your Manufacturing Network Outside of Your Own Four Walls? The report includes three case studies from Colgate-Palmolive, Sauer-Danfoss and Conair.
Achieving the level of measurement and visibility required, however, is a challenge in itself. Common obstacles such as metric and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) definition, cross-departmental alignment, and lack of end-to-end metric definition can cause many measurement programs to fall short of their charter. Using a standards based framework such as the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR®) model from the Supply Chain Council can help retailers avoid many of these obstacles, with an industry accepted metric hierarchy that spans departmental functions to enforce alignment with corporate objectives.
Each month the editors of Railway Age bring you quality content on issues and emerging topics which are vital to your success as a professional in the rail industry. Railway Age serves companies who own, lease, operate, or maintain railroad or transit equipment or facilities; shippers, railway industry related companies including professional engineer consultants, car and locomotive builders and repairers/rebuilders, original equipment manufacturers, railway and transit suppliers/contractors and government personnel.
Even in the best of times, warehouse management excellence requires the careful balancing of competing objectives such as space/resource utilization versus organizational efficiency, picking and replenishment speed versus accuracy, and increasing throughput versus minimizing labor costs. Today's economic environment has only heightened this challenge, with increased scrutiny of capital expenditures, and more demanding requirements for return on investment (ROI). For this study, Aberdeen surveyed over 134 executives to understand their performance and the rise in mobility and event driven processing. It explores current capabilities and the use of enabling technologies in terms of potential future investments and ROI expectations.
International Railway Journal, introduced in 1960 as the first truly international railway trade publication, covers the rapidly developing railway marketplace for railway and rail transit managers and engineers, suppliers, and consultants worldwide. IRJ's editorial coverage encompasses national railways worldwide, and public transport authorities in every city known to operate an urban rail system.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive provides comprehensive coverage highlighting business strategies trends and issues on supply chain management. The magazine explores each area of the global enabled supply chain including order/demand capture, sourcing, procurement, fulfillment, logistics, payment, CRM, consulting, information sharing, financing. It also provides the most advanced and detailed information so that industry professionals can stay informed.
The publication is qualified to independent tire dealers only, and is also written for others involved in the manufacturer, sale and distribution of tires and related products, services and equipment. The focus is on automotive service, including new products and equipment, trends and specific opportunities that exist for independent tire dealers as well as managing the service operation. Other areas covered are retreading, scrap tire disposal, wheels, and industry events.
