White Papers and Case Studies

As a thought leader in supply chain management Sockeye Supply Chain develops white papers that cover key topics in the industry. The following white papers are available for download:

White Paper: Applying Flow Principles to Collaboration

Improving supply chain performance is essentially about improving flow. At a macro level, managing the supply chain is about managing three types of flows: material, information, and money. This white paper examines the dynamics of collaboration and provides examples of the cultural and technological factors that can impact the success of a supply chain prgram.

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Case Study: A Leading High-tech Enterprise Accelerates its Supply Chain with Sockeye Supply Chain.

Find out how Sockeye Supply Chain delivered a Supplier Managed Inventory (eSMI) system that provides a leading high-tech enterprise's buyers and suppliers with visibility into demand, projected inventory positions (overstocks and shortages) and replenishment targets. This enables the company and its suppliers to simulate, negotiate and finally commit to supply and demand plans collaboratively, resulting in more adaptive and executable plans. The company expanded the inventory collaboration solution by deploying a Dynamic Replenishment (DR) system to change the fundamental paradigm of procurement with dynamic balancing of inventory in the network.

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White Paper: Adaptive Supply Chain Collaboration

This paper examines the critical issues that determine the value of a supply chain. From latency and implementation through to scaleability and scope, all aspects are reviewed and compared. In particular the paper provides and in-depth analysis of adaptive supply chain collaboration. This includes a diuscussion on the management ofcollaborative processes across multiple business partners to drive down latency and optimize value in the supply chain.

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White Paper: SOA — The future of web services

A full-fledged, service-oriented architecture comprises two major components: complete Web services support and business process management (BPM) capability. This white paper discusses the emergence of web services as a powerful tool in corporate computing environments. Areas such as BPM are examined at length, along with emerging standards and the primary benefits of a service-oriented architecture solutions. These include reduced costs and implementation time, and increased flexibility in developing applications for business environments.

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