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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Supply Chain Management Blog : Supply</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Supply/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Supply</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>Trade-offs between Supply and Demand</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/06/18/trade-offs-between-supply-and-demand.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">964d1d0f-bea0-4201-a2aa-8aa369a35a46:92370</guid><dc:creator>christianverstraete</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=92370</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/commentapi.aspx?PostID=92370</wfw:comment><comments>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/06/18/trade-offs-between-supply-and-demand.aspx#comments</comments><description>A lot is written about S&amp;amp;OP, Sales &amp;amp; Operations Planning , and I will not resume it here, but S&amp;amp;OP only goes as far. Fundamentally what COE&amp;#39;s are confronted with is balancing supply and demand to maximize revenues while delighting customers...(&lt;a href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/06/18/trade-offs-between-supply-and-demand.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/aggbug.aspx?PostID=92370" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Supply+Chain/default.aspx">Supply Chain</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Visibility/default.aspx">Visibility</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Supplier/default.aspx">Supplier</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Demand/default.aspx">Demand</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Cost+Reduction/default.aspx">Cost Reduction</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Supply/default.aspx">Supply</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/S_2600_amp_3B00_OP/default.aspx">S&amp;amp;OP</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/DDSN/default.aspx">DDSN</category></item><item><title>The role of IT in Manufacturing Outsourcing</title><link>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/05/13/the-le-of-it-in-manufacturing-outsourcing.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 06:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">964d1d0f-bea0-4201-a2aa-8aa369a35a46:89600</guid><dc:creator>christianverstraete</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=89600</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/commentapi.aspx?PostID=89600</wfw:comment><comments>http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/05/13/the-le-of-it-in-manufacturing-outsourcing.aspx#comments</comments><description>A couple weeks ago a question was raised about what the implications were for IT when a company was transforming from a manufacturer to a brand owner. This is actually a very interesting question and I will try to share with you my response at the time...(&lt;a href="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/2009/05/13/the-le-of-it-in-manufacturing-outsourcing.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/aggbug.aspx?PostID=89600" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Demand/default.aspx">Demand</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Supply/default.aspx">Supply</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/Manufacturing/default.aspx">Manufacturing</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/outsourcing/default.aspx">outsourcing</category><category domain="http://www.communities.hp.com/online/blogs/manufacturing-distribution/archive/tags/S_2600_amp_3B00_OP/default.aspx">S&amp;amp;OP</category></item></channel></rss>