- 21. A Different Talent Management Approach
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- As the unemployment rate continues to drop, it's becoming even harder to identify and develop talent in the supply chain. A recent paper by Charles Dominick summarized on the Sourcing Innovation site looks ...
- 22. The Year of Omnichannel
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- 2015 may well be considered the Year of the Omnichannel Consumer. According to research from several sources reported on the PYMNTS site, changes in supply chains and in the purchasing process of retail ...
- 23. Robots to the DC Rescue
- (News)
- Do you have a lot of 4D jobs (dumb, dirty, dull, dangerous) jobs in your DC? If so, Ben Ames says that advances to the technology have made robots indispensable to those types of tasks.In an article on ...
- 24. Machine Learning on the Rise
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- Remember when artificial intelligence was all the rage a few years back? Well, with IoT, robotics, big data, social media, and autonomous vehicles all over the news, it should be no surprise that Machine ...
- 25. IoT in 2016
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- The Internet of Things (IoT) was all over the business news in 2015. When will we begin to actually see some practical applications? According to Joao Lima on CBR, 2016 should be a banner year.He provides ...
- 26. How Data Can Help Meet Supply Chain Challenges
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- With the new year right around the corner (as in, tomorrow...), we can look at ways the tsunami of data we've been reading about can help overcome some of our supply chain challenges. Having the right ...
- 27. Supply Chain Resilience Key to Survival
- (News)
- In an interview with professor Yossi Sheffi on the DC Velocity site, Peter Bradley discusses the need to anticipate and respond to disruptions in the supply chain.Building resilience into the supply chain ...
- 28. Building a Buying Engine
- (News)
- How do you start to build your own guided buying engine? Well, Pierre Mitchell from the Spend Matters group has some good ideas.He provides the basics in a recent article on their site, and the benefits ...
- 29. A Supply Chain Risk Management Case
- (News)
- We're always on the lookout for good case studies that illustrate topics we're following. Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is a new type of software that's out there and Steve Banker takes a look at ...
- 30. Watson's on the Wa
- (News)
- Looks like IBM is rolling out the heavy artillery to help them conquer the Internet of Things (IoT). Watson, Big Blue's supercomputer, to the rescue!According to an article on the Fortune site by Stacey ...
- 31. IoT Predictions for 2016
- (News)
- If you've paid attention, you know that the IoT will be even bigger in 2016. Of course, there's some hype involved, but the folks at Citrix have made some informed predictions on exactly where they think ...
- 32. Fearless Predictions for 2016
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- Yep, it’s that time of year…. time to reflect on how our predictions for 2015 turned out and to look in our crystal ball to guess what may be the compelling stories of 2016. It’s a tough job but somebody’s ...
- 33. Uncovering Spend Management Opportunities
- (News)
- Managing supplier spend is at the core of the procurement function. The more information available to management to help them perform, the better.In a guest article on the Spend Matters site, Mickey North ...
- 34. Are ERP Systems Dinosaurs?
- (News)
- Remember when ERP systems represented 'new' technology? Could it be that they're now the legacy dinosaurs of IT?Companies are popping up all over that offer an alternative to 'traditional' ERP, according ...
- 35. 3D Printing and the Supply Chain
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- 3D printing (3DP) is a technology we've followed closely for the past couple years. It's pretty cool stuff, but how does it affect the supply chain?Well, in an article on the appropriately-named 21st Century ...
- 36. Visibility Research Results
- (News)
- Visibility is always top of mind for supply chain managers. However, recent research by the Business Continuity Institute and Zurich Insurance shows a troubling lack of it, with disruptions and confusion ...
- 37. Urgent B2B Needs
- (News)
- B2B companies have identified a few items on their technology Christmas list they'd like to receive. There are not only new technologies popping up and convergence between them becoming more common, but ...
- 38. Amazon Jumps Into IoT
- (News)
- Is it any wonder that Amazon is jumping in now that IoT is heating up? Their AWS group has developed an ioT platform that is generating interest.Sheetal Kumbhar posts an article by Daniel Collins on the ...
- 39. Barriers to Effective Big Data Use
- (News)
- Pretty much everyone agrees that Big Data can have Big Impact. Coupling analytics with Big Data looks like it's the secret sauce, but there are barriers in the way that can have negative effects.In a 3 ...
- 40. Supply Chain Agility and Customer Service
- (News)
- One of the less publicized effects of the rise of the omnichannel customer is on customer service. Consumers want answers, and that puts pressure on supply chains to communicate better.In a Spend Matters ...
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