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Users of On-Demand Collaborative Supply Chain Management and Logistics Applications Report Best-in-Class Process Capabilities
(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) BOSTON, MA, September 5 / MARKET WIRE/ --
The focus of a new benchmark report by Aberdeen,
a Harte-Hanks company (NYSE: HHS), titled, "Supply Chain On Demand: Enable
Flexible Business Processes," takes input from over 450 companies to
identify the abilities of supply chain applications in managing risk and
change in adapting business processes over time. The report assesses the
capabilities of users of on-demand applications versus on-premise or
custom/home grown solutions.
Aberdeen used four key performance criteria to distinguish Best-in-Class
companies from Industry Average and Laggard organizations. These metrics
reflect the process level competency for the overall supply chain
excellence.
Results show that Best-in-Class companies are:
-- 4 times as likely to be able to on-board new trading partners quickly.
-- 3 times as likely to support unique business processes for selective
product categories, customers or channels.
-- 2-3 times as likely to support electronic collaboration with trading
partners (suppliers, carriers and customers).
Across the key functional areas of supply chain applications (B2B
connectivity, Supply Chain Execution, Supply Chain Collaboration & Supply
Chain Planning), Best-in-Class companies are two times as likely to be
using on-demand applications than all others. In addition, users of
on-demand applications are, on average, 3 times as likely to have better
process capabilities in the areas of transportation management and supply
chain collaboration.
"The top reason why companies are implementing new supply chain
capabilities is the need to change and adapt business processes over time.
Users of on-demand applications for inter-enterprise collaborative
processes like logistics collaboration and supplier collaboration are
demonstrating enhanced flexibility in managing their business processes. In
addition these users are experiencing faster time to value and lower TCO,"
says Nari Viswanathan, Research Director of Supply Chain and Logistics at
Aberdeen.
A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the
following underwriters: 7Hills, Deposco, E2open, Inovis, SmartTurns and
Wesupply. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit:
http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?cid=4142
About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company
Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market
intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more
than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely
positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating
demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment
analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets,
corporations turn to Aberdeen for insights that drive decisions.
As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in
context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's
analytical and independent view of the "customer optimization" process of
Harte-Hanks (Information -- Opportunity -- Insight -- Engagement --
Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role
Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit
Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more
about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.
2007 Aberdeen Group, Inc., a Harte-Hanks Company
260 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-3112
Telephone: (617)723-7890
Fax: (617) 723-7897
www.aberdeen.com
Media Contact:
Nari Viswanathan
Aberdeen Harte-Hanks
(617) 854-5293nari.viswanathan@aberdeen.com
Copyright 2007 Market Wire, Incorporated
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