- 21. Trends In Healthcare And The Life Sciences And Their Impact On Ecommerce
- (Management)
- ... industry The Internet allows consumers to interact with drug manufacturers to detail their medical needs. “Customer input is obtained fast resulting in faster product development,” notes the report. The ...
- 22. Disruption in the Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... occur over time. The combination of an innovation team and organizational trust assures that when the team has a new idea or adjacent teams want input they know where to go and make room on their calendars. ...
- 23. Free Advice for UPS
- (News)
- Nothing like some free advice from top experts, after the fact. UPS experienced a disastrous Christmas delivery mess, shortly after a national business magazine printed a story touting their capabilities ...
- 24. Sales Input Needed!
- (News)
- The eternal question... can you trust your own salespeople when creating business plans? Supply chain people may be skeptical, but they'd be crazy to ignore such a rich source of information.On the EBN ...
- 25. The Importance of Integration
- (Integration)
- ... inputs and outputs… Again, I could go on ad nauseam, but the point is that the next big advance in technology that has huge impacts on supply chains, M2M, just doesn’t work without integration. That’s ...
- 26. BOTS - An Open Source EDI Tool
- (EDI)
- ... a new application object (defined as another “grammar” file). The application engine handles the input/output of the data to/from files, databases, FTP connections, etc. Predefined grammars are available ...
- 27. SAP's New Loo
- (News)
- SAP's user community has never been enamored of their ERP's user interface. Well, it looks like SAP is getting serious about fixing that issue.In a ZD Net article, Brian Sommer tells us about a number ...
- 28. Right-Size Your Team
- (News)
- Those of us who have built or participated in teams recognize the challenge involved in right-sizing them. Too big and the communication and coordination efforts become problems. Too small, and expertise ...
- 29. Big Data Risks
- (News)
- "Big Data" is yet another hot buzz-phrase that you've probably been noticing. Although its explosion is providing an unprecedented level of input for analysis, there are some risks involved.In a blog on ...
- 30. Supply Chain Survey Summary
- (News)
- The Supply Chain Digest has published a summary of a major survey of supply chain managers and executives. There are some interesting drivers of cost reductions identified. Check out their report summary ...
- 31. The EDI Mandate Letter
- (Supply)
- ... of the alternative approaches described in the letter. Gather the right people together in your organization to provide input. Make a decision on which alternative is best for you. Generally, the ...
- 32. The EDI Mandate Letter
- (Retail)
- ... of the alternative approaches described in the letter. Gather the right people together in your organization to provide input. Make a decision on which alternative is best for you. Generally, the ...
- 33. Who's Your Customer
- (Management)
- ... One of the best outcomes continuous improvement projects Is that they help you really identify the customers. As you map your processes in detail and determine where the inputs and outputs originate ...
- 34. Can You Use Anecdotal Information?
- (Management)
- Big data, metrics, dashboards, analytics, clickstream data…. It’s the era of quantitative, fact-based management. Does that mean only numbers matter, or is there still a place for qualitative input ...
- 35. EDI Problems?
- (EDI)
- ... For those who have responded about their dissatisfaction, I’d like to ask if you had input into the contract process, if you’ve stated your case to your internal business partners, and if you’ve found ...
- 36. Connections that Might Be
- (Integration)
- ... there are several variations of that type of project, and that would limit my input since I hadn’t experienced all of them. I can make some generalizations, though based on what we went through. Let’s ...
- 37. What’s on Your Horizon?
- (Management)
- ... with them. People in your industry and profession can also provide input on what they see on the horizon, so participation in conferences and educational opportunities can be worthwhile. Some topics I ...
- 38. Preparing for your new EDI Implementation
- (EDI)
- ... providers for input about what they may know of your vendor base. If your aware of what those companies have learned about your partners it’ll make it easier to know who to ask to participate immediately ...
- 39. What are Your Measurements?
- (Management)
- ... like Quality, and the columns are your constituencies. Then ‘fill in the blanks’, soliciting input from your team and the areas you support. For example, the Quality for Internal Partners cell might reference ...
- 40. Can You Improve? Continuously?
- (Management)
- ... may be the creation of a map, but other processes upstream and downstream are also involved. This is where the development of the SIPOC (suppliers, inputs, processing, outputs, and customers) document, ...
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