- 21. Logistical Layers
- (News)
- 3PLs, 4PLs.... what's the difference? Which logistical functions does each perform and why are they becoming more prevalent? An explanation is in order, and a guest blog on the Supply Chain 247 site takes ...
- 22. Where's the Talent
- (News)
- In this era of high unemployment and slow growth, it's interesting to read about an industry that's having problems finding people to work in it. As usual, it's complicated by a number of factors that aren' ...
- 23. Is Big Data Better Data?
- (Blogs)
- ... scorecards with 5 measurements and others that are long and (sometimes overly) complicated. What I don’t recall seeing, though, is a scorecard that all parties agree is a totally accurate representation ...
- 24. Lean for Services
- (News)
- Lean is just for manufacturing organizations, right? Nope, if you're a service provider, lean can be an even better fit for you! Long cycle times and complicated processes equal fertile ground for lean ...
- 25. The Lean Formula
- (News)
- Is there a playbook for turning your organization into a lean enterprise? Gregg Stocker, in a blog on his Lessons in Lean site, has identified a formula that could be useful.It's not complicated, but getting ...
- 26. The Approaching Supply Chain Apocalypse
- (Supply)
- ... is an overstatement. All that being true, the need for uncomplicated and transparent status monitoring is important to the wellbeing of the supply chain and to the profitability of the participants. The ...
- 27. TMS Time
- (News)
- As logistics becomes more complicated, if you haven't done so already it may be time to consider a Transportation Management System (TMS).In an article on the EBN site, Sohaib Masood paints a compelling ...
- 28. Supply Chain Mapping
- (News)
- Major supply chain disruptions over the past couple years, weather-related and otherwise, have caused some companies to put extra effort into mapping their supply networks.It's a massive undertaking, especially ...
- 29. Change Management – A Must Have
- (Retail)
- ... process need not be extremely complicated or cumbersome so to slow the delivery of the service (placement). I have seen companies take validating change to the extreme, which inevitably is detrimental ...
- 30. Amazon Grows Up, Pays Use Tax
- (Retail)
- ... collected use or sales tax from residents of five states, representing fewer than one of every nine consumers in the whole US population. After a complicated sequence of court cases and negotiations, though, ...
- 31. Amazon Grows Up, Pays Use Tax
- (Supply)
- ... collected use or sales tax from residents of five states, representing fewer than one of every nine consumers in the whole US population. After a complicated sequence of court cases and negotiations, though, ...
- 32. Amazon Grows Up, Pays Use Tax
- (Retail)
- ... collected use or sales tax from residents of five states, representing fewer than one of every nine consumers in the whole US population. After a complicated sequence of court cases and negotiations, though, ...
- 33. Amazon Grows Up, Pays Use Tax (2)
- (Retail)
- ... collected use or sales tax from residents of five states, representing fewer than one of every nine consumers in the whole US population. After a complicated sequence of court cases and negotiations, though, ...
- 34. Rebuilding Supply Chains
- (News)
- Dan Gilmore from Supply Chain Digest gives us his thoughts on where supply chains are heading and also talks about the consulting firm McKinsey's opinions. As the world has become more and more complicated ...
- 35. Build, Buy, or Wait? (Part 1)
- (Technology)
- ... to fellow users; they may be familiar with something a previous employer did or may have a suggestion on an alternative involving mapping instead of a more complicated approach. Your company’s ERP experts. ...
- 36. Bolduc and Frome Named Pros to Know
- (News)
- ... case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. Supply & Demand Chain ...
- 37. Doing it Wrong - Get it Right!
- (Management)
- ... is to assess its effectiveness with its partners. That task is complicated by the unique nature of its 'customer base'. Whereas a salesman may have many customers of the same type, the EDI team usually ...
- 38. XML or EDI… Is There a Choice?
- (EDI)
- ... If you have an uncomplicated process of sending orders and invoices, both EDI and XML are perfectly useful for that purpose and you may then need to make your decision based on other criteria. But if you ...
- 39. EDI Scheduling and File Transfer Best Practices
- (Integration)
- ... over the scheduled batch process and can be accomplished using the PUSH-PUSH method. Also, data is available and processed immediately instead of having to wait. Complicated archiving timing, unnecessary ...
- 40. Project Pitfalls
- (Management)
- ... resolved, whatever it takes. Flexibility is always a positive. If both you and your partners can roll with the punches through the course of a complicated implementation, then many things that ...
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