World class supply chain management (SCM) reduces barriers between suppliers, manufacturers and customers to create a seamless integrated supply chain involving all operational units.

Remember the last great manufacturing systems war? The giant ERP project dominated all IT activity and many of its advocates claimed the ERP system could run all corporate functions.

A comprehensive program to monitor raw material supplier quality is a strategic imperative that life science companies cannot afford to ignore.

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If you run a manufacturing company blind you will run it into the ground.