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From Planning to Control: Improving the High-Tech Supply Chain

Overview Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the number one strategic priority for manufacturing executives, according to a recent US Bancorp Piper Jaffray study. That’s not surprising when you consider that supply chain solutions were supposed to curb the patterns of inventory excess and shortage that typically cost companies millions, sometimes billions of dollars. But the reality of SCM differs dramatically from its promise. Consider some widely reported high-tech supply-chain snafus from 2001.

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Publisher	Valdero	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2002
Format	White Papers
Topics	Supply Chain Management

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