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		<title>Four Deformations of the Apocalypse &#8211; By David Stockman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editors Note:] The inventor of supply-side economics discusses the failings of tax-and-spend Democrats and spend-without-taxing Republicans&#8230; how &#8220;Reaganomics&#8221; is not what was supposed to happen&#8230; IF there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing. The nation’s public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=546&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Supply Chain Manger, Outsource Thyself” –Socrates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One upon a time, companies implemented “MRP” systems. They used these systems to plan the entire materials and manufacturing cycle; from forecasted demand, through procurement and assembly, to shipment out the door and delivery to the customer. About 15% of these companies succeeded with excellent financial performance, while the balance plodded along… either as “average” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=472&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Panacea of VMI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of what is called Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) in the industry is not really managed by the vendor. The specifics of VMI have become diluted as the term continues to be thrown about generically for every supplier collaboration program inside the four walls. Let’s look at some of the more common inventory management programs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=349&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Secrets to S&amp;OP Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maha Muzumdar and John Fontanella &#8212; Supply Chain Management Review Ask any supply chain professional this question: Is sales and operations planning (S&#38;OP) important to your company? The chances are good that no matter what type of company they work for the reply will almost always be “Yes!” But if this attitude is so [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=320&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author&#8217;s Note: This is edited from a year-end letter written to all employees after a long and difficult economic period:   We must always remember that any competitor can buy four walls, an ERP system and some capital; and call themselves a manufacturer. What makes a company different is its people. Our suppliers and our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=247&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forecasting: The Black Hole of Time and Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buy our new and improved forecasting solution for only $540K! Works on Blue Jeans, Integrated Circuits, Stocks and Bonds! Predicts customer demand before they even know what they want! We know the future &#8211; How about you? Integration Teams standing by! Call now!!!   For many years now, the forecast has been at the heart of operations management and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=216&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Coherent Philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goals and objectives in themselves are the cause of nothing. They are the endpoint of the actions they inspire. Achieving them is the outcome of the business processes being measured or changed. For example, if one says “the goal is six sigma”, that becomes the target for aiming the arrow. But how are the style of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=120&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Architecture of Planning and Control: Data Speed and Integrity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data accuracy management has to be the most boring, demeaned and ignored area of operations and supply chain management. Over the years, it has regressed from being a focal point of classes, seminars and certification programs into a more deadly combination of whining, complacency and compromise. Entire corporations have resigned themselves to the poor quality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=131&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The CounterOps Review:</title>
		<link>http://counterops.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/the-counterops-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top Tools of the Trade in Performance, Customer Loyalty and Value.   Keep your half-million and buy something that actually works! Software that enables the enterprise, speeds comunications &#38; control, makes employees productive and accurate, is intuitive to use… and doesn’t require the never-ending stream of consultant billings. All of the solutions below will take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=91&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Self-Correcting Database</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The electronic procurement and assembly industry has a variety of complex challenges: Short product lifecycles, complex bills of material, volatile demand, non-existent or inaccurate forecasting, demanding customers, component obsolescence, material lot sizes in excess of customer requirements frequently changing supplier leadtimes, and a never ending stream of engineering changes to the bill of material and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=counterops.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7194023&amp;post=42&amp;subd=counterops&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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