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H&M continues to fall behind Zara stores in expansion drive

The Swedish giant, H&M, already has about 2,800 stores, but many of them cater to the shaken shoppers of Western Europe. With four out of five revenue dollars coming from its home continent, the world's No. 2 apparel

company continues to fall behind Inditex, owner of Zarastores.

Sundaram Infotech rolls out ERP solution Swift

Sundaram Infotech, the IT subsidiary of non-banking finance company. Sundaram Finance, has launched its ERP solution -- Swift, targeting the small and medium sized companies. Swift ERP package provides quick implementation, better return on investments, operational excellence and business intelligence. The Swift ERP offer on Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform will be managed and delivered by a team of Microsoft certified professionals.

IBM helps Godrej meet real-time customer demand

IBM has helped Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) to deploy IT solutions in supply chain to drive efficiency, gain better visibility, improve controls and performance across geographies. As a result, GCPL is able to make right decisions on stock placement thus providing its customers with greater product variety at a lower cost, allowing the company to maintain an edge over market competition.

E2open Named 2013 Great Supply Chain Partner by SupplyChainBrain

SupplyChainBrain has named E2open EOPN -0.95% , a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for collaborative execution across global trading networks, as one of the 100 Great Supply Chain Partners for 2013. E2open was nominated by customer L'Oreal for its contributions to L'Oreal's global supply chain strategy and operations, as detailed in a recently-published interactive case study.

OPEP invites articles for its fifth edition of its bi-annual magazine “STRIVE”in the field ofAutomobiles –Operations and SCM

Articles of IIM Raipur Students in Philips India Campus Journos

What Lights Up Your Life -By Harish, IIM, RaipurWhat role does light play in MY life! – By Sumit, IIM Raipur

What is the bullwhip effect?

The five most Supply Chain challenges

There are five key supply chain management challenges. Read the article to know how thesupply chain professionals address them.