document: Real-time enterprise solutions for discrete manufacturing and consumer goods Customer satisfaction and a focus on core competencies have dominated the thinking of a whole host of industries in recent years . However , one outcome , the outsourcing of noncore activities , has made the production of goods-from order entry to final delivery-more and more complex . Suppliers , subsuppliers , producers and customers are therefore busy adopting a new , more collaborative approach . This is mainly taking the form of order-driven planning and scheduling of production , but it is also being steered by a need to reduce inventories and working capital as well as a desire to increase throughput and optimize production
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