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| Total Unique Visitors: 25828 |
| Visitors Out: 229 |
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| Automotive Parts Suppliers Adopt Steelwedge to Improve their Bottom Line |
| 2008-06-23 17:00:12 |
The times are difficult for Automative parts suppliers. Gas prices are up. Inflation is rising. Automotive demand is down. Delphi is in bankrputcy. Other players are struggling. How does one manage through such a challenging period? As in any down business cycle, the major players - Visteon, [...]...
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| Steelwedge Solutions Summit |
| 2008-05-13 15:37:49 |
Roadmap to Mastering S&OP: A Preview to “One-Click Planning” — Originally planned for customers and partners, now open to all! Please join us and learn more about why AMR considers Steelwedge the “Dominant Pure Play S&OP Vendor”. We look forward to sharing our overall product strategy and roadmap highlights and of course a preview of [...]...
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| Integrated Business Planning, SAP and Steelwedge |
| 2008-04-22 13:24:19 |
In today’s world, the only certainties are information overload, rapid change and global integration. Corporate executives and planners are tasked with making key decisions in a world that involves far less predictability than ever before. The key to improving strategic decision making and planning processes requires vastly improved integration of organizations, functions, and information. No [...]...
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| S&OP - is it only a process? |
| 2008-04-16 08:12:07 |
Many of our customers initially approach us seeking advice on creating functional S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) processes. Their questions relate to organizational and procedural issues and often do not involve systems or data issues. However, once we delve into the core issues it almost always emerges that a significant portion of the process challenges [...]...
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| S&OP, Forecast Consolidation and the European Economic Community |
| 2008-04-07 02:47:36 |
I just returned from a ten day whirlwind tour of Europe during which time I met with sales prospects and partners in England, Sweden, Germany and France. One message resonated loud and clear – European companies still tend to operate on a country-specific basis. Systems are disparate, processes are inconsistent, and collaboration on forecasts and [...]...
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| Steelwedge partners with Syncron to Extend Global Reach into Northern Europe |
| 2008-04-03 04:41:30 |
Steelwedge has partnered with Syncron to extend the global reach of its leading Sales and Performance Management solutions into Northern Europe. As the undisputed leader in Sales and Operations Planning Solutions (S&OP) and Collaborative Sales Forecasting, the partnership with Syncron will enable Steelwedge to expand its global reach and maintain a local presence in key [...]...
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| Steelwedge closed-loop OnDemand S&OP powered by ICON |
| 2008-03-26 03:45:39 |
S&OP (sales and operaitons Planning) has been around for a long time. So has ERP. However, only now has technology been developed that quickly, easily, and cost-effectively automate and power an S&OP process that integrates all information sources while driving collaboration. Key elements to a true “closed-loop” Sales and Operations Planning process include the capability [...]...
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| Why Oracle and SAP users need Steelwedge |
| 2008-03-05 17:38:48 |
Oracle and SAP have try to offer S&OP solutions on an on-again off-again basis for many years. Oracle first tried to build, then acquired solutions in an attempt to solve this mission-critical business problem. However, they have still not been successful which is why Oracle customers continue to invest in Steelwedge. Why? For one, S&OP [...]...
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| How to Ensure Sales and Operations Planning Success |
| 2008-02-28 14:13:21 |
Based on feedback from customers regarding the deep expertise the Steelwedge team brings to bare as companies improve their sales and operations planning, Steelwedge has formed a new Strategic Services Group. Steelwedge offers fours categories of services to address customer needs: 1. Discovery, 2. Improvement Program, 3. Maintain, and 4. Training & Education.
1. Discovery
The Steelwedge [...]...
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| Steelwedge User Forum: Welcome to the SW2 Neighborhood |
| 2008-02-20 11:38:04 |
Steelwedge is pleased to announce the first user forum named Steelwedge Solutions Summit. This gathering will be a unique opportunity for users, partners and prospects to learn about and discuss Steelwedge product evolution & roadmap, best practices in S&OP, demand planning and forecasting. Presenters will include Steelwedge, client and industry leaders. Further, participants will have ample opportunities to [...]...
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| S&OP and the need for a Trusted Adviser |
| 2008-02-14 09:38:09 |
Each time I meet with a member of the Executive team at a client I am reminded as to how difficult and important change management is to successful S&OP. And, almost without exception, Steelwedge customers look to us to assist in driving change management. This reflects partly reflects the new world of Software-as-a-Service world we [...]...
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| Steelwedge Best Practice Leadership Forum - Web Seminar |
| 2008-02-11 16:57:03 |
“Managing Demand & Supply Uncertainty in S&OP” with Professor Blake Johnson of Stanford University is scheduled for Tuesday March 25, 2008. Please join us and share your comments after the event.
Link to our “News & Events” page for more information: http://www.steelwedge.com/events/
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| S&OP: System or process first? |
| 2008-02-08 09:08:33 |
The question as to whether the process must be defined before a system is installed is frequently asked. The traditional answer was that the process needs to be clearly defined before any system is installed. This advice is based on a long legacy of experience implementing ERP, traditional SCM, and CRM systems. However, S&OP solutions [...]...
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| S&OP Scalability |
| 2008-02-08 04:05:42 |
How scalable is your S&OP solution? For global fortune 500 manufacturing companies, as business complexity increases with trends towards outsourcing, shorter product life cycles, product prolifereation and demand and supply uncertainty, the need for a highly scalable S&OP process becomes more critical. Creating a linkage between a companies business strategy and operational decisions requires not only [...]...
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