Paving the Way
Customer Stories Can Help You Build Your Own 'Lessons Learned' Library

Start your own library of successful market responsive techniques with these examples from analysts, thought leaders, and companies who've already "been there, done that" and learned from the various customer-based issues. They've paved the way so take advantage of their experience in workable market-responsive solutions to various issues.

Research the latest topics about areas driving market responsiveness: Asset Responsiveness, Revenue Management, and Channel/Partner Collaboration.

Asset Responsiveness

Articles

• The Secret Ingredients in Food Safety IndustryWeek
• High Fuel Costs Push Efficiency Efforts to Top of Supply Chain Agendas Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies
• What Separates Leading Manufacturers from Laggards? Supply & Demand Chain Executive
• Which Transportation Management System is Right for You? Supply Chain Management Review magazine
• Roadmap to Progress Logistics Today magazine
• Food Safety for Distributors -- Is your company's product recall up to par?
• Food Safety for Manufacturers
• The Market Responsive Company in Foodservice
• Going Beyond Lean. The Market Responsive Company Consumer Goods Technology

Case Studies

• Leading Food Products Company
• Sales and Operations Planning for Global Food Provider
• Regional Grocery Chain
• Supply Chain Efficiency for Manufacturer Distributor
• Third-Party Logistics Provider
• Athletic Apparel and Equipment Manufacturer
• Merger Integration for Global Food Provider
• Avocent - Worldwide Business Processes

Surveys/Studies

• Aberdeen Research Study on Market Responsiveness
• Aberdeen Research Study: The New Spotlight on Transportation Management and How Best in Class Companies Are Responding
• Aberdeen Research Study on S&OP: Technology Strategies for Integrated Business Planning
• Supply Chain Innovators Research Study
• SOA Research Study

Webinars/Podcasts

• AMR Analyst on Trends in Transportation Management (1:42)
• AMR Analyst on What Makes a Best-in-Class Company for Transportation Management (1:40)
• AMR Analyst on Assessing Transportation Performance (1:22)
• AMR Analyst on Latest Technology Supporting the Transportation Process (1:31)
• AMR Analyst on Correcting Inconsistent Contract Planning, Creation, and Tracking (1:47)
• Webinar: How to Counter Rising Transportation Costs

Whitepapers

• How to be Market Responsive Despite Rising Crude Oil Prices and Transportation Costs
• Using Supply Chain Design and Optimization to Reduce Inventory
• New Strategies for Transforming Transportation Management
• Supply Chain Technology Adoption: Address the Key Issues and Achieve the Benefit
• Six Key Trends Changing Supply Chain Management Today
• Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Optimizing the Benefits of EDM and SOA by Coordinating Stategies: Part 1
• Optimizing the Benefits of EDM and SOA by Coordinating Strategies: Part 2
  

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Revenue Management

Articles

• The State of Business Planning and Forecasting: Recent Polling Shows It's Time for Change Across the Consumer Industry, written by Hitachi Consulting's Chris Bohner and Greg Gough for Consumer Goods Technology
• The Importance of Performance Management, written by Hitachi Consulting's Greg Gough for Consumer Goods Technology
• Going Beyond Lean. The Market Responsive Company Consumer Goods Technology

Case Studies 

• Customer Care for Coffee Retailer
• Global Consumer Goods Manufacturer: Volume, Margin, and Service Opportunities Through Revenue Management
• Trade Promotions Business Case
• CRM Innovation at a Leading Food Products Company
• CRM Innovation at Birkenstock
• Commercial Food Equiptment Manufacturer
  

Press Releases

• New Survey by Hitachi Consulting and Consumer Goods Technology Finds Consumer Companies Struggle with Planning and Forecasting
  

Surveys/Studies

• The Responsive Supply Chain: Managing Market Events in the Consumer Goods Industry
• Plan, Spend and Prosper: Making the Most of Trade Promotions
• Sector Insight: Trade Promotions in the Food Service Industry

Webinars/Podcasts

• AMR Analyst on Best Practices in Claims and Deductions Processing (1:29)
• AMR Analyst on Settlement Timing in the Success of Trade Promotion Programs (1:32)
• AMR Analyst on Where to Find Measurement Metrics and KPI's to Support Trade Program Effectiveness (1:55)

Whitepapers

• The Increased Importance of ROMI in Difficult Economic Times
• Protecting Customer Data
• Creating the Single Customer View

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Channel/Partner Collaboration

Articles

• Manufacturers and Retailers: Sharing More Than Shelf Space These Days
• Going Beyond Lean. The Market Responsive Company Consumer Goods Technology

Case Studies

• Fortune 500 Consumer Goods Manufacturer Benefits from Microsoft BIPM

Webinars/Podcasts

• AMR Analyst on BI: Critical Information to Share Across the Entire Company (1:48)
• AMR Analyst on BI: Providing a Secure Environment to Protect Data (1:29)
• AMR Analyst on CPM: Critical information to Share Across the Entire Company (2:00)
• AMR Analyst on CPM: Providing a Secure Environment to Protect Data (1:32)
• AMR Analyst on BI/CPM: Examples of Transformed Data Supporting Effective Decision-Making (2:07)

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