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APICS—The Performance Advantage
May 2004
Volume 14, Number 5
Feature Articles
An Effective Indicator 
By Charles J. Still, CPIM, CMIIC
 Many manufacturing companies take their payables process for granted. But the way in which these functions are handled is a good gauge of an organization's efficiency in managing its internal operations. Learn how this tier 1 automotive supplier effectively uses a pay on receipt system to improve its supplier relationship management and sales volume.
COVER STORY
Spotlight on Food and Beverage
If manufacturers of food and beverage products were looking for even greater challenges, they found them with mad cow disease, regulatory burdens, and bioterrorism. In this special section, Bob Boyle examines these challenges and the solutions being implemented. Plus, we'll take a look at how some manufacturers are prevailing through advanced product tracking, effective enterprise resources planning, and accurate reporting and inventory control.
Real Customization
By Marty Weil
Today's market calls for more flexible warehouse management systems (WMS) solutions. But many end users still find customizing these solutions to their own needs to be tricky at best. How have WMS vendors responded?
Part Numbering 101
By Randall Schaefer, CPIM
Inventory and materials managers often take it for granted or ignore it altogether, but getting part numbering wrong can add up to real (and costly) headaches. Randall Schaefer drops by to show us why part numbering is so critical to success in the production and warehouse environments.
Digging for Data
By Gregory Diehl
Material requirements planning and enterprise resources planning systems perform many critical functions. They can't do what they're designed to do, though, without proper lead time and lot size data.
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