| • | Sales Promises That Yield the Most Profit In order to determine which sales promises will yield the most profit, your sales force will have to consider more than customer relationship management data. They must start thinking about supply chain management information, too. |
| • | The Little Chip That Will Change Your Supply Chain Forever Wal-Mart recently told its top 100 suppliers to adopt it by 2005 or find someone else to provide supplies for. |
| • | Video: See How Innovative Supply Chain Technology Pays Off See how KiMs, a mid-size international manufacturer based in Denmark, has benefited through its supply chain pilot project. |
| • | 3 Ways Connectivity Gives You a Competitive Edge See how new technology can extend the connectivity of your business beyond its physical boundaries. |
| • | 5 Ways Business Portals Help You Build a Better Business Business portals—those customizable, Web-browser based applications that provide "one stop" access to each user's most relevant data and tools—really can deliver a solid return on investment in very short order. Find out if a business portal is in the cards for you. |
| • | Benefits of Partnering on Production Find out how collaborating on production can make you more competitive. |
| • | Demand Planning Solution Can Reduce Operating Costs Microsoft Business Solutions has a demand planning functionality that can help companies reduce operating costs by predicting demand with a greater degree of confidence. |
| • | Is the Time Right for Microsoft Business Network? Microsoft Business Network streamlines the way your business connects with customers, vendors, and other business partners and helps consolidate your business documentation in digital form in one central location. |
| • | Join the Wireless Revolution Companies are going wireless to increase productivity, speed delivery to market, and reduce operating cost. Retail, distribution, and manufacturing businesses are no exception. Here are four ways going wireless can help. |
| • | Lowering the Costs of Seasonal Demand Are the seasons getting shorter? Read the answers to a few questions about the pressures seasonal demand puts on companies, and what you can do about it. |
| • | Microsoft Demand Planner for Microsoft Business Solutions Learn more about Microsoft Demand Planner for Microsoft Business Solutions. |
| • | Three Tools That Can Save Money This article looks at three supply chain management tools that can make your production and distribution business more profitable. |
| • | Making Sense of Collaboration A business management software solution with collaborative capabilities can help shift the focus from internal management of data to external relationships with business partners and customers. |
| • | Realize the Benefits of a Wireless Warehouse If a physical inventory count is right up alongside having teeth pulled on your list of least favorite things to do, read this article. |
| • | What Is a Real-Time Enterprise? What is a real-time enterprise, and why do they make more profitable decisions? |