Tompkins International: Global Supply Chain Solutions - Supply Chain Edge

Demand-Driven Supply Chains - Getting It Right For True Value

The term 'demand-driven' is relatively new, but should be a prime objective to achieving value in the supply chain. What does being truly demand-driven mean? This paper explains the major guidelines for adapting demand-driven strategies for any organization's supply chain. Using the five-step model in this white paper will start on you on the path to being demand-driven. The authors focus on tailoring the sales and operations planning process, transforming processes, people, tools and technology, and achieving the highest possible levels of performance throughout the supply chain.

Tompkins Associates Transforms Into Tompkins International

A new trade name reflects a focus on global supply chains and business strategies! Read more about this exciting change here

Mergers and Acquisitions Can Be Risky Business Without Supply Chain Due Diligence

New Tompkins International paper shows how to lay foundation for successful Mergers and Acquisitions

Register to View the Tompkins Supply Chaincast On-Demand - Bridging the Gap Between Transportation and Inventory Practices

Tompkins Associates' global transportation experts Bill Loftis and Susan Evans reveal a new cross-functional solution enhancing inbound transportation management. Discover how the best transportation managers are truly optimizing their inbound flow of goods. Discover how the best transportation managers are truly optimizing their inbound flow of goods.

Strategies to Transform Supply Chains in 2012 Require Demand-Driven Processes

Tompkins International Spotlights Key Trends and Challenges in Seven Industries Read more here.

Arigo and Tompkins International Partner to Provide Complete Global Trade Management Solutions

Combined services provide new operating strategies and processes, along with powerful technology enablers. Read about this exciting partnership here.

Laying the Foundation for Successful Mergers and Acquisitions - A Supply Chain View

What do you need to do to get ready for successful Mergers and Acquisitions? Find out how by reading our latest white paper.

Strategies to Transform Your Supply Chains in 2012

For a variety of industries, including food and beverage, consumer products, pharmaceutical, retail, and many more, 2012's trends and challenges don't have to be a mystery. See what the year will bring and how it will affect various industries, global markets, and operational strategies, including merger and acquisition activity, in these articles. Read more here.

Retail's Big Show 2012: Visit Tompkins International's booth at NRF's 101st Conference in NYC

At the National Retail Foundation's 101st Annual Convention and EXPO, visit Tompkins International at Booth #1956. The show is January 16-17, 2012 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Learn more here.

Companies Look for Costs Savings, Higher Performance in Supply Chain Networks

Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium new report reveals tools, Ttrends and timing secrets for network planning. Find out more here.

Distribution Center Managers: Talking to Your Planning Department Can Be a Crucial Time Saver (PDF)

Especially as the holiday season approaches, warehouse managers who talk to their planning department will avoid headaches later. Learn more in this article PDF.

Case Study - Warehouse Concept and Alternative Assessment

One of the largest healthcare companies in the world and a global leader in consumer products and animal care. Their growing vaccine business is located in a state-of-the-art facility. Construction on the site has been ongoing since 2004, with two expansions announced since the project began. Completion of the warehouse is slated for 2012. Read the case study here.

Case Study - New Facility

A leader in the high-end denim industry had outgrown its original facility and relocated to a refurbished corporate headquarters that included a distribution center (DC). Read the case study here.

The PEST Factors - Network Optimization in the Industrial and Equipment Industry

When conducting a network optimization, long-term demand is critical to understand to provide the best service levels for your customers. While it is essential to look at the current state of the net work, it is just as important to analyze future issues that might impact demand in the industrial and equipment industry. Read the rest of the article here.

Triangle Business Weekly Radio Interview

Interview with Jim Tompkins, President and CEO of Tompkins Associates who explains how they transform supply chains for profitable growth. He is also the author of a new Tompkins Associates' paper, "The Adaptive Supply Chain: Today's Mandate for Profitable Growth." Listen in here.

Cassidy Turley and Tompkins Associates Announce Partnership

Commercial Real Estate firm and supply chain consulting group collaborate to provide clients with holistic services. Read the whole press release here.

Download the Report: Leading Procurement Practices -- Trends and Values for Your Supply Chain

Procurement crosses into all of the supply chain mega processes, from planning lead times to delivery and transportation. By working together to combine purchasing forces and leveraging the collective size of their partners to drive savings, companies are shifting procurement's role to be an important part of overall strategy. Learn about strategic sourcing trends, opportunities and improvements in this report from the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. Find out more here.

Track and Trace: Challenging Yet Crucial

How can companies best comply with new track and trace-related legislation and compliance deadlines worldwide? Global companies need a forward-looking strategy instead of adopting a wait-and-see approach. Security and regulatory challenges in the pharmaceutical and medical products industry are only going to become more complicated in the future. Learn more about the issue and some of the best ways to respond. Find out more here.

Tompkins Supply Chaincast Series Presents Latest in Sales and Operations Planning

November 17 Webinar explores leading S&OP Practices to drive demand, manage inventory and create value. Find out more here.

China's Transformation and Your Supply Chains as a Source of Hidden Profits

The unique challenge of finding hidden profits in the supply chain while meeting growing customer demands in China. Find out more here.

Global Supply Chain Expert Stresses Need for Adaptability in 2012

The number one business planning challenge for 2012 is continuous change, according to a new Tompkins Associates' paper, The Adaptive Supply Chain: Today's Mandate for Profitable Growth. Find out more here.

Tompkins' New Mobile Dashboard Puts Warehouse Technology at Your Fingertips

Supply chain leaders and warehouse managers can now get critical material handling data on-the-go with Tompkins' new Mobile Material Handling Equipment Dashboard (T-MD).

RedPrairie Launches Global Resource for Supply Chain, Retail Executives Facing Unprecedented Market Challenges

Redprairie's new microsite, CommerceInMotion.com offers cutting-edge research, commentary and interactive tools from thought leaders including Capgemini, Microsoft and Tompkins Associates. Read about this team-up here.

FoodLink Launches Supplier Benchmarking Service

Comprehensive data-driven service helps fresh food suppliers compare performance and identify best practices across a $600 billion retail supply chain. Read about the supplier benchmmarking service and more here.

Hot Topic Report: Network Design Practices - How Sophisticated is Your Supply Chain Network?

What are the best Network Design Practices to create a sophisticated supply chain? Sign up to download the Hot Topic Report for free here.

2011 Peak Season Business Trends Revealed at Supply Chain Leadership Forum

Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium Survey Ranks Top Threats for Holiday Season. You can read the results of the survey here.

Tompkins Supply Chaincasts Debut with New Rules of Material Handling Webinar

New webinars that we're titling "Supply Chaincasts" are on their way! The next one is on October 13th with Paul Faber and Kelly Reed on the topic of "How to Design and Implement Adaptable, Flexible Systems". Find out more and how to register here.

White Paper: The Adaptive Supply Chain: Today's Mandate for Profitable Growth

What is today's requirement for profitable growth? Find out here.

Case Study: Procurement Assessment

How did Tompkins help a company with five distinct business units unify their procurement strategy? Find out more here.

13th Annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference

Hosted by the UW E-Business Consortium
Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
Sept. 27, 2011, 8:30-4:45
https://www.uwebc.org/2011conference/

Tompkins Press Expands to eBooks

Tompkins Press has renewed their online library and released some of its books as eBooks! To find out more, read the press release here.

Tax-Effective Supply Chain Management: A Critical Factor that is Frequently Overlooked

Representing a complex yet great opportunity for cost reduction, Tax-Effective Supply Chain Management (TESCM) is important to any company, and particularly to those with international operations. Download the TESCM Survey Report to learn more about how companies view TESCM, and determine companies' level of comfort and use of TESCM principles in their supply chain decision making. Download the report here.

White Paper: Leveraging Asia Supply Chains for Increased Value

Opportunities in Asia are exciting and challenging - and just beginning to be understood. This white paper explores ways to capture new markets, outperform competitors, and improve speed, productivity and capital efficiency. For global companies today, it is vital to understand supply chains in Asia, the "China Factor," and the impact on profitable growth for your company.

Asia Supply Chain Excellence

How is your company reacting to the "China Factor"? Visit the Asia Supply Chain Excellence site and learn how to take advantage of growing markets in China and make your global supply chain a tool for profitable growth.

Fashion, Beauty and Status -- One Year on the Front Lines in China's Luxury and Apparel Markets

October 3, 2011 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

Case Study - WMS and Material Handling Integration

We've helped MediMedia reduce risk, returns, and order cycle times while giving them greater opportunities for growth. Find out how here.

Case Study - Outsourcing Assessment

We recently performed an Outsourcing Assessment for the Schindler Elevator Corporation. They're going up! You can read the case study here.

Download the Report: Company Financial Metrics - How Does Your Company Compare?

Use this report and self-audit to compare your company's performance against the median of your industry and segment, leading and lagging companies in your industry, and the average of Consortium companies. The selected metrics cover a range of financial areas including: profitability, operating, liquidity ratios, and market valuation ratios. With a large amount of financial data, this report helps you draw meaningful and relevant conclusions about your relative financial performance. Make sure to download the report here.

25 Ways to Lower Inventory Costs

Inventory costs are increasing, but there are strategies you can use to provide payoff. You can read more here.

Case Study: WMS Selection and Implementation

Read this case study to learn more about how a WMS selection and implementation led to a strong, long-term partnership and has increased warehouse efficiency for an integrated LSP. You can read more here.

25 Ways to Lower Inventory Costs

The prime objective for all supply chains is to provide clients with what they want, when they want it. Inventory management plays a central role in every supply chain's need to satisfy its clients. You can read more here.

Truck, Air, Intermodal Carriers Fight For Competitive Advantage, Face New Regulations

Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium's Domestic Transportation Report reveals industry insights into volume, capacity and pricing. You can read more here.

Executive Briefing - Domestic Transportation: Finding the Right Balance of Volume, Capacity and Pricing

The transportation industry is at a crossroads, contending with diminished capacity, higher regulation, increasing equipment costs, a graying workforce, and an economy that is back on track but not quite stable. With the industry at this turning point, the full effects of the marketplace dynamics will not be known for some time. Supply chain professionals who are responsible for securing transportation services - regardless of mode - are about to reap the benefits (or pay the price) for how strategic and mutually beneficial their company's carrier relationships have been over the past two years. But make no mistake, costs are on the rise in either case. The only question is whether a company's increase will be closer to 2% or 20%. Find out more about the right balance to strike in this report from the Supply Chain Consortium. You can download the executive briefing here.

How Are Your Top Priorities for 2011 Moving? Global Supply Chain Firm Releases Mid-Year Analysis

How are your Top Priorities for 2011? Tompkins Associates has conducted a mid-year checkup on major industry trends that supply chain executives are putting at the top of their strategy lists. You can read more here.

Mid-Year Priority Check: How's Your Profitable Growth?

Late last year, Tompkins' experts published the 2011 Top Priorities for Profitable Growth for key industries and supply chain sectors. As a mid-year check, we reviewed the lists and discovered that some predictions are coming true. Others, however, developed into major trends that we had not anticipated and in ways that may turn out to be surprising. For an update on consumer products, retail, food and beverage, Mergers and Acquisitions, automotive, high-tech, pharmaceutical and more, see the Top 11 revisited.

Leadership Forum Gives Supply Chain Executives Extra Edge to Face Future Business Challenges

Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium to Host 2011 Leadership Forum at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, August 29-31 - Read more here.

Investor Warren Buffett made a well-timed 26.5 billion bet on rail shipping's revival

Rail transportation is taking a share of the truck market. Read more in this article from Bloomberg Businessweek.

'Tompkins Supply Chaincast' Shows LSPs How to Boost Value to Clients Via Benchmarking and Best Practices

On May 17, our latest webinar will introduce Tompkins' Supply Chain Consortium for Logistics Service Providers. Mark it on your calenders, and read more about this exciting webinar here.

Bruce Meyer, Expert in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Joins Global Supply Chain Firm Tompkins Associates

Bruce Meyer has joined Tompkins Associates as Vice President of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Find out more about Bruce and his role at Tompkins Associates here.

Tompkins Associates Exhibiting at RedShift: 2011

RedPrairie's RedShift: 2011 Users Conference
Westin Kierland
Resort and Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
May 16-18, 2011
Make sure to stop by our booth!

Recorded Webinar: Next-Generation Supply Chain Intelligence: Analytics + Benchmarking

Tompkins Associates and Oco Inc.'s new Supply Chain Intelligence SM combines the full power of supply chain analytics and benchmarking. Make sure to watch the recorded webinar here.

LSP Supply Chain Consortium Provides New Way to Benchmark, Close Service Provider Innovation Gap

Logistics Service Providers Boost Best Practices through Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. Find out more here.

China Impacts All Global Supply Chains, Reveals Tompkins Associates' Latest Report

China benefits in more ways than one from its role in the global supply chain, according to Tompkins Associates' new report, China is Changing Supply Chains Around the World: Facts and Trends. Find out more here.

You Might Be an Entrepreneur

What are the 22 characteristics a successful entrepreneur needs? You may find out that you are indeed an entrepreneur. Make sure to find out by reading the article here.

Mergers and Acquisitions in the Service Supply Chain Industry

The results of a Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium survey show that as the service supply chain industry evolves, great opportunities exist for the private equity community. Find the report here.

China is Changing Supply Chains Around the World: Facts and Trends

Today's supply chains cover exponentially more miles, connect many more trading partners, are much more complex, and employ a constantly changing set of global capabilities. China has become an integral piece to global logistics and manufacturing. This paper explores the evolution of China from a primitive, low-cost manufacturing location to an ever-advancing global supply chain hub. It focuses on distribution capabilities available from China and how these capabilities are being leveraged to benefit North American and European companies, as well as China's domestic consumers. Download the paper: here.

Globally Expanding Companies Incur Multiple Taxes

The design and implementation of your global supply chain can have a vast effect on your Effective Tax Rate (ETR). What can be done to create a tax-effective Supply Chain? Find out more here.

Supply Chain Intelligence Is Next Generation Benchmarking and Analytics

Benchmarking and analytics is at the core of running a successful supply chain, but blending the two has always been diffcult. There may be, however, a solution that is only a click away. Read more about a new Software as a Service (SaaS) solution to this problem here.

Top 11 Priorities for Supply Chain IT in 2011

Over the past few years, priorities have changed as the business environment has changed. What are the priorities for Supply Chain Information Technology currently? Find out here.

Article - The High-Tech Industry: Finished Goods Inventory Practices

Inventory management is a major source of pressure for high technology companies, as the rapid new product introduction cycle and highly competitive market can greatly impact revenue and margins. See key insights and best practices used by high technology companies to manage finished goods inventory in this article. Read more here.

Tompkins Associates and Oco Combine World-Class Supply Chain Benchmarks and Analytics

Announcing the partnership that includes the integration of Tompkins Associates' vertical-market benchmark metrics with Oco's supply-chain analytics. Read more here.

Supply Chain, LSP Expert Jim Eckler Joins Tompkins Associates as Executive Associate

Jim Eckler, former CEO of SCI Group, has joined the global supply chain and business strategy firm Tompkins Associates as an Executive Associate! Read more here.

Executive Reporting: Understanding Inventory Performance Over Time

For some, inventory management is just the pages of numbers, without context or analysis over time. Better info access a requirement that cannot be understated. Find out more here.

Case Study: Due Diligence

How did Tompkins Associates help a private equity firm determine potential savings after acquisition of a shoe polish and insole business? Find out how here.

Best Practices: Revising Returns from American Executive Magazine

Don't overlook the service supply chain AKA reverse logistics, when looking to reduce costs. Read more here.

Benchmarking Decreases Uncertainty, Improves Supply Chain Processes, Reduces Costs

Benchmarking can help clear the fog of uncertainty that's preventing your company from seeing profitable growth. Learn how here.

Tompkins' Emerging Technology Center Demonstrates Royal 4's WISE Warehouse Management System, including Voice

Tompkins Associates is now using their Emerging Technology Center (ETC) to demonstrate the Royal 4 Systems' WISE warehouse management system (WMS)! You can find out more about this exciting upgrade here.

Supply Chain Consortium Executive Director Bruce Tompkins Honored as Top 'Provider Pro to Know'

Bruce Tompkins, executive director of the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, has been named one of this year's 'Provider Pros to Know in the Supply Chain Industry' by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine. You can find out more here.

The State of M and As in 2011

More companies are embarking on mergers and acquisitions, hoping to improve business performance and revenues. However, they also face unique challenges in combining multiple operations, particularly in today's uncertain economy. Make sure to read more here.

Supply Chain Consortium Report Reveals Uncertainty and Concerns about Future Risk on the Rise

How are companies responding to concerns about uncertainty in the future? The Supply Chain Consortium has gathered and studied the data to find some startling truths about how uncertainty is affecting costs in the supply chain. You can find out more here.

The Global Supply Chain Podcast

The Global Supply Chain Podcast is broadcast on the first and third Tuesday of every month and currently the topics being discussed are great ideas for 2011 and the biggest priorities for your industry in the coming year. Hosted by Jim Tompkins. Listen to the Global Supply Chain Podcast and be sure to subscribe to receive future installments. here.