- 21. What's the Difference: SasS, Cloud, or Hoste
- (Technology)
- What are our collective perceptions of SaaS, Cloud computing, and Hosted solutions. Of course we are mainly interested in supply chain solutions, but the definitions appliy to any application. If you're ...
- 22. Closing the Supply Chain Talent Gap
- (News)
- We've all read about the talent gaps in supply chain management. But do we know what's needed specifically in those roles?Bob Ferrari has studied the problem for years and has identified a useful infograpic ...
- 23. What’s In YOUR Bill?
- (EDI)
- There’s no question that the cost of EDI service has come down over the years. The availability of inexpensive Internet connections, DIY connections, direct transfer, and the shifting landscape of EDI ...
- 24. Clouds Defined
- (Technology)
- ... to any application. The responses we received ranged from fairly detailed explanations of each, to "I don't know what these are." So for those who are unfamiliar with the differences, here is a primmer on ...
- 25. How Much Does an EDI Transaction Cost?
- (EDI)
- ... vendors with whom they do business, and thus view EDI transactions as a cost of doing that business. Many small and mid-sized businesses simply don’t know what their EDI transactions cost them, and ...
- 26. Supply chain visibility is key to success
- (Supply)
- ... devil is in the details. Of course, companies want to know what end-customers are doing and buying, and creating that complex system is the challenge,” sums Jones. Tami Kamin Meyer is an Ohio attorney ...
- 27. What's Behind IoT
- (News)
- The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining momentum. We all know what IoT means at the 50,000 foot level (everything's connected!), but what principles are really driving it?On the Industrial Internet Consortium ...
- 28. Avoiding the Supply Chain 'Gotchas
- (News)
- We all know what a 'gotcha' is, right? What if you knew them all in advance and what you can do to prevent them from getting you?Phil Britt, on the Enterprise Apps Today site, has attempted to collect supply ...
- 29. Big Data Benefits Procurement
- (News)
- If there's a technology that's getting more press than big data nowadays, I don't know what it is (maybe IoT?). Nancy Clinton gives us a few ideas on how it connects specifically to procurement in an article ...
- 30. B2B eCommerce Erupts
- (News)
- We've all wtinessed, and experienced, the tremendous growth in consumer ecommerce. You know what's even bigger, though? Business to busines (B2B) ecommerce, and it's growing by leaps and bounds as well.In ...
- 31. Survey: Meetings with Your Trading Partners: How can they be improved?
- (Management)
- In our increasingly automated and digitized world it’s common for business relationships to thrive for years without having face to face meetings between the retailer and their suppliers. But there are ...
- 32. Small Data is Big News
- (News)
- Big data is big news, but you know what might be even bigger? Small data. It's what'll be powering the Internet of Things (IoT).Mike Kavis takes a look at the difference between the uses for big and small ...
- 33. The Amazon 3PL?
- (News)
- Here's an interesting question: Is Amazon on its way to becoming a 3PL? With some of the steps it's taken recently, as well as processes it has long been involved in, the concept isn't that outlandish.You ...
- 34. Hadoop It Up!
- (News)
- Almost everyone in the business world has heard the work 'Hadoop' in the last year, I'd bet. Do you know what it is and why it should mean something to you?David White, on the Logistics Viewpoint site, explains ...
- 35. What's Visibility Mean to You
- (Blogs)
- ... dimensional information, cross-docking requirements, and a bunch of other order information at both general and detail levels. The product manager wants to know what the consumer is thinking, where commodity ...
- 36. A Checklist for the New CPO
- (News)
- You've worked years for it and now you have it: you're the chief procurement officer. Now what? A checklist of how to move forward would help.Jeff Amsel of the Hackett Group, in a My Purchasing Center article, ...
- 37. Is Big Data Better Data?
- (Blogs)
- ... isn’t for everyone. But, you know what? You probably don’t need it to make improvements that will have an impact in your operation. If you can truly identify projects you feel Big Data can address, the ...
- 38. SAP's Supply Chain Control Towe
- (News)
- Visibility is a hot topic in the supply chain arena, and the 'supply chain control tower' is one technology used to address the visibility challenge. It's no surprise that SAP, the lead ERP dog, has developed ...
- 39. Global Business, Trade Sanctions, and Taxation Affect Everyone
- (Management)
- ... movement of goods by tracking their electronic trails rather than their physical presences, it's easier than ever to know what is being traded with whom. There's little alternative to using the digital facilities ...
- 40. The Importance of Integration
- (Integration)
- ... from their customer-facing systems to support their forecasting, and….. I could go on and on, but to shorten the story, every handoff between systems must be automated. And you know what? Even that isn’t ...
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