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We invite you to read news stories, commentaries, and reports by industry leaders selected for their insights into industry trends and events. Dynamic demand management helps position companies to react, anticipate, collaborate and orchestrate responses to key market signals.

Leveraging Real-time Demand Signals to Improve Operational Performance

Richard Prest, Edge Dynamics' Chief Strategy Officer, talks with Agnes Shanley, Editor of Pharma manufacturing, about how leading companies are using a combination of improved demand sensing and increased supply chain agility to improve operational performance.

Wholesalers' Speculative Buying Still Unsettles Drug Sales
StreetInsider.com, August 1, 2007
Peter Loftus quotes Edge Dynamics CEO Henry Olson in his report that far from disappearing, wholesaler "investment buying" in anticipation of a price rise persists.

Harry Potter and the Wholesaler Inventory
Drug Channels, July 20, 2007
Adam Fein comments on why companies are in the news because of unusual wholesaler buying patterns, citing Edge Dynamics' capability to help manufacturers manage channel inventory.

Channel Data Sharing
Modern Distribution Management, July 11, 2007
New research finds that the supply chain can benefit from demand-driven philosophy where manufacturers and distributors share data.

In Sync with California: Pharma Ramps Up for E-Pedigree Mandates
Pharmaceutical Executive, July 3, 2007
The countdown is underway for implementation of electronic pedigree in California.

RFID as an Answer to Pharmaceutical Drug Counterfeiting
CIO.com, May 11, 2007
Explores five myths about how RFID will stop counterfeit drugs

Pharma RFID Adoption Still Slow
RFID Journal, April 23, 2007
A survey by Health Industry Insights shows few drug makers and distributors are implementing the technology, or even evaluating it.

'Leaky' channel management costs the pharma industry 4.5% of revenue
Pharmaceutical Commerce, April 23, 2007
Poor reconciliation of chargebacks, plus faulty product-returns crediting are the sources


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Resources

Channel Data: Ensuring Quality and Value

Base your decision-making on quality-assured channel data
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Chargebacks: A Silent Source of Revenue Leakage

Quantifying and managing the magnitude of chargeback-related losses
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