February 2008 - Accelerated Profits from Visibility, Accountability, Predictability for the Supply Chain


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Must see TV - Optimized Supply Chain Performance

An increasing number of companies are looking to improve Transportation Management and also Supply Chain Visibility through better integration with suppliers. In an excellent two-part Videocast Series, only from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, leading retailer The Bon-Ton Stores explains how it was able to achieve both objectives with an on-demand Transportation Management System (TMS) and Vendor Compliance Optimization technology, and then integrate those two solutions for even better results.

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Supply Chain Videocasts Part 1
Bon Ton Stores and Supply Chain Digest
Achieving Actionable Supply Chain Visibility and Improved Vendor Compliance
Learn how to improve supply chain visibility and reduce supply chain variability by measuring and communicating how well your vendors are complying with your logistics and information requirements.

Date: March 10, 2008
Time: 11:30 EST, 10:30 CST, 9:30 MST, and 8:30 PST
Place: Your PC

Bon-Ton identified visibility into vendor performance as the missing link in its supply chain operations. The inability to detect and predict vendor behavior was adding unnecessary transaction costs and increasing cycle times. Through implementation of a new class of on-demand software tools for vendor compliance management and visibility, Bon-Ton was able to achieve substantial supply chain improvements.

In this informative Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, you'll learn how.

Featured Speakers:
  • Dan Gilmore, Editor, Supply Chain Digest
  • Jim Rawlins, Sr. VP of Distribution, The Bon-Ton Stores
  • Kevin Harris, Compliance Networks
Supply Chain Videocasts Part 2
Compliance Networks and Shippers Commonwealth
Using On-Demand TMS to Control and Optimize Inbound Vendor Freight
Learn how to support growth by utilizing an On-Demand TMS to plan and control vendor inbound freight, while leveraging TMS data across functional areas to gain additional efficiencies.

Date: March 24, 2008
Time: 11:30 EST, 10:30 CST, 9:30 MST, and 8:30 PST
Place: Your PC

The Bon-Ton Stores logistics group enhanced transportation performance by moving from static routing guides to dynamically planning and controlling inbound vendor shipments (vendor sweeps), utilizing a new On-Demand TMS. The system also enabled the retailer to gain additional savings by better leveraging additonal freight volumes that results from an acquisition. The company them achieved further improvement by leveraging data generated in the TMS to integrated with vendor compliance and accounting systems to help close the loop between departments and enable more end-to-end supply chain execution.

In this informative Videocast from Supply Chain Digest and The Supply Chain Television Channel, you'll learn how they did it.

Featured Speakers:
  • Dan Gilmore, Editor, Supply Chain Digest
  • Bob Hook, Divisional VP Transportation, The Bon-Ton Stores
  • Lori Kesten, Shippers Commonwealth
VCF - Achieving Growth through Perfecting Retail Execution
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