- 21. Congestion Everywhere!
- (News)
- Anyone who spends time on the road knows that congestion is not only a fact of modern life, but also that it's getting worse. It's not just traffic, though- congestion strikes across the supply chain and ...
- 22. Procurement Mojo Anyone?
- (News)
- Procurement is the 'Rodney Dangerfield of the organization'? Haven't heard that one, but it makes sense if you look at the traditional view of the function.The folks at Sourcing Innovation have identified ...
- 23. Uber Model Could Wreak Uber Upheaval In Supply Chain Logistics
- (Logistics)
- ... of a person via smartphone that a needs a ride, it sends out a notice to drivers in the customer’s vicinity to see if anyone wants to accept the fare. “Uber has tapped into a smartphone-based version” ...
- 24. When The Weather Gets Rough, Retail Goes Omni-Channel To Survive
- (Retail)
- ... of the buying experience so anyone, ranging from the individual consumer to multi-national corporations, can buy what they want, when they want, weather and location be dammed. According to Applied ...
- 25. Should EDI be outsourced?
- (EDI)
- ... along the supply chain that create risks and uncertainty. In Deloitte’s report 'The Ripple Effect', supply chain hazards of import to the CIO and anyone else charged with overseeing a company’s supply chain ...
- 26. Eliminate Friction
- (News)
- Frictionless commerce, anyone? According to Lisa Pearson on the Internet Retailer site, that's the future of retail and the winners will be those who can pull it off.Whether it's providing an omnichannel ...
- 27. Here Comes the Industrial IoT
- (Technology)
- ... a great boon to things like personal productivity, expense control, home security, and shopping efficiency. But anyone employed in, interested in, or affected by supply chains (in other words, pretty much ...
- 28. Trends Affecting Retail
- (News)
- On the Retail Customer Experience site, Chris Petersen takes a broader look at several trends we've been following that will greatly affect retail in the near future. As they say, the only constant is ...
- 29. Instant Gratification Anyone?
- (News)
- In a Wired article, Mat Honan reminds us that what's new isn't actually all that new. The power of the smartphone has enable a whole slew of new services that deliver instant gratification.If you really ...
- 30. Challenges for Same-Day Delivery
- (News)
- Same-day delivery continues to be a topic of much interest in the ecommerce and logistics worlds. Whoever cracks the code may end up as a big winner, but there's a lot to do before anyone's at that point.On ...
- 31. Top Initiatives for Supply Chains
- (News)
- In a recent survey, Supply Chain Digest and Gartner looked at this year's top initiatives for supply chains. Anyone who thought visibility has been over-hyped hasn't been paying attention.There are a lot ...
- 32. Supply Chain Planning's Next Step
- (News)
- If there's anyone who puts more thought into supply chain planning than the Supply Chain Shaman herself, Lora Cecere, I'm not aware of it. She takes a look at what's on the horizon for the next phase of planning ...
- 33. EDIINT, VANs, But Not SaaS?
- (EDI)
- ... of a surprise to anyone who has been watching the industry over the last decade or so. While the results of the study are limited in scope, I found one aspect particularly interesting. Specifically, the ...
- 34. Are We Putting Too Much Trust in Big Data ?
- (Technology)
- ... specific tasks completed. Category 1 should be no mystery to anyone involved in supply chain activities. What's different now from just a few years ago is that this data can be retained far longer than ...
- 35. The Cloud IS the Way... Really?
- (Technology)
- ... The fact that the all-things-cloud marketplace is growing should not, in 2014, come as shocking news to anyone who even marginally follows the software and services marketplace. Still, Louis Columbus' ...
- 36. Where's Your Recovery Plan
- (Technology)
- ... based on incomplete investigation. My take away is that our global supply chain is at significantly more risk than anyone wants to understand, and that while there are some efforts under way to assess ...
- 37. Logistics at the Local Level - on a National Scale
- (Logistics)
- ... how close they are to filling up the 4 cubic feet and 45 pound limit. But looking at just what was required in order to make that work, anyone involved with a digital catalog knows that it only takes fairly ...
- 38. Strategic Integration Needs a Plan
- (Integration)
- We talk a lot about integration. That is, integration of your supply chain components with your enterprise operations and ERP. I don't believe that anyone thinks this is something that can simply happen ...
- 39. BYOA Anyone?
- (News)
- You've heard of the BYOD (bring your own devices) thing, right? Are you also familiar with BYOA (bring your own applications)? According to Aimee Chanthadavong in a recent ZDNet article, BYOA and the Internet ...
- 40. Getting Started with EDI?
- (EDI)
- ... who are trying to understand what all the fuss is about when all they really want to do is get their orders processed. For those readers (and anyone else who thinks they just want to have a fresh perspective) ...
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