Cover story
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What’s on the Horizon? by John Cummings
A new generation of supply chain management is at hand. Advanced systems and new business
paradigms and processes will create more agility, more speed and greater responsiveness to demand than
ever before. Supply chain management will become a competitive differentiator, with supply
chains pitted against each other and supply chain clusters challenging today’s leaders. View
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Features
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How to Achieve Agile Supply Chains
by Sanjiv Sidhu
Speed alone won’t
win the race. Here
are seven ways top-performing companies are gaining speed and better performance through agility. View
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Creating
Virtual Verticality
in Horizontal
Supply Chains
by Hiten Varia
New technology is achieving the
advantages of vertical supply chains
without the costs. View
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A Platform
for the Future
by
Emmanuel Sabourin
and Aditya Srivastava
The i2 Agile Business Process Platform
offers big benefits through the
power of two technology advances:
service-oriented architectures and
expandable workflow/process libraries. View
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Case studies
A major semiconductor manufacturer wanted to sharply increase its on-time delivery to customer-request dates,
without increasing inventory. i2 Inventory Optimization provided a flexible, demand-driven approach. View
When a major electronics retailer realized its disconnect between Purchasing and Logistics was
costing it customers, it turned to
i2 Supply Chain Visibility. View
Columns
Collaborative Material Management: New Systems Enable Synchronization Between
Procurement and Material Planning, by Sharmistha Dubey View
Transportation Management: Best Practices in Global Logistics, by Razat Gaurav View
Departments
CEO Perspective: Looking to a New Generation of Supply Chain Management, by Michael McGrath View
Interview: Big Is Beautiful at Panasonic, an Interview with Mike Aguilar, by Victoria Cooper View
Focus: Outsourcing Supply Chain Analytics Can Be Cost-Effective, by Amarnath Thombre,
Madhu Rajendran, and Lee Wilwerding View
Opinion: What Impact Will Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Have on
Supply Chain Management? by Michael Cohen View
Beyond Business: Technology Empowers Relief Efforts During Hurricane Katrina, by Victoria Cooper View
Inside i2—2005 Recap: Focus on Financial Stability, by Mike Berry View
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