eKNOWtion- Alliances

Our experience proves that relationships with industry leaders brings value to our clients. eKNOWtion Alliance partners contribute regularly to our ability to unlock performance for clients everywhere.

The Supply Chain Council is an independent, not-for-profit, global corporation with membership open to all companies and organizations interested in applying and advancing state-of-the-art supply chain management systems and practices. The SCC has

Over 800 Company Members
Cross-industry representationn
Chapters in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Greater China, Europe, Japan, North America, and South East Asia with petitions for additional chapters pending

The SCC has developed and endorsed the Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) as the cross-industry standard for supply chain management.

eKNOWtion is a long-standing member of the Supply Chain Council and a member of the eKNOWtion team sits on the European Leadership Team as well as performs the valuable role of Certified SCOR-instructor, a privilege which has been awarded to less than 20 individuals on a world-wide basis. eKNOWtion provides enormous energy and resources to the SCC to assist in the promotion and advancement of the model and has lead many cross-industry SCOR workshops world-wide including United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong and Spain. The SCOR model is intensely used as the backbone for most of the eKNOWtion SCOE methodology.

For more information on the SCC or SCOR see their website at http://www.supply-chain.org/ or contact us at SCOR@eKNOWtion.com

SCE Ltd. is recognized globally as a Center of Excellence for SCOR applications. Peter Bolstorff, Founder of SCE Ltd. has been involved in supply chain management, performance improvement, leadership and training for over fifteen years.

SCE's Strategic Business Partners play an important role in expanding the SCE business philosophy both to other regions of the world and to other process improvement approaches. In the case of the globe, teaching excellence, practical business experience, and SCOR knowledge are critical. But, just as important is an understanding of the local culture, language, business practices, and change management issues.

eKNOWtion is proud to be a business partner to SCE Ltd. providing the necessary coaching support to clients worldwide. Peter's book Supply Chain Excellence is truly a Handbook for Driving Dramatic Improvement using the SCOR Model.

For more information on SCE Limited visit their website at www.scelimited.com or contact us at SupplyChainExcellence@eKNOWtion.com

Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) was founded in 1987 to help meet the critical information needs of the new – and rapidly growing – electronics manufacturing services companies, their customers, and suppliers. TFI quickly became known as the leading global information resource for industry stakeholders.

In addition to frequent in-depth reports on industry-related topics and trends, Technology Forecasters’ research and insights have been featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, Electronic Business, Semiconductor International, Electronics Supply and Manufacturing, Circuits Assembly, and EMS Now.

Today Technology Forecasters continues in its mission of helping companies mitigate risk and increase profitability through:

Effective global outsourcing decisions,
Improved customer retention,
Enhanced quality of services and products delivered, and, Profitable environmental compliance and leadership

Click here to see the details of Environmental Requirements workshop being offered in alliance with TFI.

Evaluate the performance of your EMS providers, ODMs, and electronics distributors by participating in the 2007 Outsourcing Report Card survey. For more information on Technology Forecasters visit their website at http://www.techforecasters.com or contact us at TFI@eKNOWtion.com

competitiveScotland - creating, making and managing in Scotland

CompetitiveScotland.com is a networking organisation dedicated to facilitating companies operating in Scotland who are actively seeking to become more competitive through business improvements. They can provide practical business development to companies, which is free for qualifying companies, thanks to support for the European Regional Development Fund, the Scottish Executive, and the University of Strathclyde.

Please contact competitiveScotland on +44 (0)141 548 4783 or email enquiries@competitivescotland.com.

seven are Supply Chain specialists and ERP Benefits Realization experts. They deliver value by combining high level strategic insight with world class tactical, operational and technical level capabilities. seven develop and implement personalized continuous improvement roadmaps that link strategy to execution and cover the domains of people, process, data and technology. Their extensive global experience of ERP and integrated business process knowledge enables world class execution of these opportunities to provide customers with a total solution.

seven also provide rapid business value through the use of lean teams that can quickly enable reductions in inventory and lead times, improvements in customer service and identifications of areas of business risk. This is achieved through the unlocking of untapped system benefits and identification of improvements in data integrity and process conformance.

For more information on seven, visit their website at www.sevencs.co.uk or contact us at sevencs@eKNOWtion.com

Cicero is the UK’s number one financial services public policy consultancy.

From offices in London and Brussels Cicero provides strategic public affairs, policy and communications advice to a wide range of asset managers, mortgage lenders, life offices, insurers, banks, hedge funds, intermediaries, financial trade bodies and private clients.

For more information on Cicero, visit their website at www.cicero-europe.com or contact us at cicero@eKNOWtion.com