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Solving Business Issues for the Manufacturing and Distribution Industries?Level 100

Overview For most distributors and manufacturers, there are two business objectives that end up on nearly everyone's list: reducing inventory and controlling production costs. Ideally, these objectives need to be achieved with a keen eye toward maintaining customer satisfaction levels. Attend this session to find out how the Microsoft Great Plains Distribution and Manufacturing solutions can help you accomplish these goals while building customer satisfaction. As an added bonus, we'll throw in a demonstration of another sticky business process - managing recalls and returns.

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Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	30th September 2004 03:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Cost Control - Risk Mgmt.

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