supply chain management is all about matching supply with demand and a big barrier to achieve this goal is lack of visibility. Supply chain executives identify improving visibility among their top strategic priorities. There is an overwhelming desire for better transparency to orders, inventory, and shipments across the extended supply chain. Yet most companies still have rudimentary levels of visibility, using a mix of spreadsheets, carrier tracking systems, and homegrown department-centric applications.


Sterling Commerce has sponsored a web seminar about Best Practices for Optimizing Supply Chain Visibility I thought you might like to attend in this web seminar. I personally think, it would be good introduction about the different types of the technologies which are used to increase visibility in supply chain.

The speakers are:

- Brent Dawkins, Product Marketing Manager, Sterling Commerce
- Ian Hobkirk, Senior Analyst, Aberdeen Group's Logistics Practice
- Viktoriya Sadlovska, Supply Chain Finance/Global Trade Research Analyst, Aberdeen Group

You can register here.