- 1. Organizational Structures of Supply Chains Matter
- (Supply)
- ... interfaces and other methods of storing data and managing systems. The master data management function depends on the IT team and the company’s existing infrastructure necessary for storing, exporting, ...
- 2. Digitize Your Supply Chain for Better Efficiency
- (Technology)
- ... processes into digital through establishing dedicated master data that aggregates information from across the entire supply chain and information from other external sources. Supply chain digitization ...
- 3. Is Blockchain a Fit For Supply Chain?
- (News)
- We've been reading a lot about 'blockchain' technology, but is any of it relevant to our work?According to a recent guest article on the Spend Matters site by Jonas Divine, the P2P process may be a good ...
- 4. The Importance of MDM
- (News)
- We're swimming in data, but many business leaders don't know what's being collected and how it's managed. Elizabeth Skipor, writing on the My Purchasing Center site, tries to resolve that by explaining ...
- 5. Common Supply Chain Planning Mistakes
- (News)
- Supply chain planning is a tough nut to crack on the technology side. Lora Cecere has been examining the mistakes companies make in selecting their approaches and has some ideas on improvements.Her article ...
- 6. Whither the Supplier Catalog?
- (News)
- Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell of Spend Matters are duking it out on the topic of catalog use in procurement. In 2 recent posts on the site, we learn the pro and con arguments as well as alternatives ...
- 7. Issues Surrounding Supply Chain Visibility
- (News)
- It's widely acknowledged that supply chain visibility is not only a huge need for businesses, but also one that may not be easily achievable. Bob Ferrarri, on the Supply Chain Matters site, has created ...
- 8. Quality Data Required!
- (News)
- The lifeblood of the supply chain is good data. That's why it's so important to understand how different types of data affect your planning processes.On the Logistics Viewpoints site, Richard Koch takes ...
- 9. Hop to It!
- (News)
- In a timely article on the Supply Chain 247 site, we learn all about the Easter Bunny's challenges with supply chain sustainability and traceability. Antonia Renner provides the drivers for these challenges ...
- 10. Becoming a Data-Driven Supply Chain
- (News)
- If there's a 'hottest of the hot' topics right now, supply chain analytics may be it. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, sat down with a few supply chain executives recently to see where they're at ...
- 11. The Old Ball & Chain
- (News)
- Is legacy thinking holding back your supply chain? The Supply Chain Shaman thinks so.Lora Cecere provides a breakdown of a recent presentation on where she feels supply chains are headed over the next ...
- 12. Tech and Retail
- (News)
- In a fine article on the Boston Consulting Group site, Peter Burggraaff, Marc Schuuring, and Bill Urda look at how technology is moving increasingly into the retail space.They review 4 enablers that can ...
- 13. Eliminating Purchase Orders?
- (News)
- On the Business2Community site, Auke Hylarides poses an interesting question about the need to actually enter purchase orders. Can direct communication into your system from your customer's MRP a possibility?Auke ...
- 14. Want to Keep Pace with Ecommerce? Sign on to Integrated Electronic Product Catalogs
- (Retail)
- ... master data catalogs containing thousands of SKUs; after all, incorrect item data can flow upstream into invoices, and cause slower product roll-outs and lost sales. Also, most suppliers – except for large ...
- 15. Embrace Your Problems
- (Integration)
- ... that can drive improvements not only in your operation, but also those of partners. For example, a seemingly minor issue like a price discrepancy or tax change can be the result of master data, applications, ...
- 16. Change Management – A Must Have
- (Retail)
- ... completely integrated, are master data or mapping issues regularly causing failures resulting in manual intervention? To combat these issues, implementing change management as part of your testing procedure ...
- 17. Product Data is Sweet Spot for Multichannel Retailers
- (Retail)
- ... by the manual intervention required of cleansing data and correcting errors in the massive master data catalogs containing thousands of SKUs. An AT Kearney study revealed that 30 percent of item data in ...
- 18. Go International
- (EDI)
- As I’ve just returned from a trip to Scotland, what topic could be timelier than international EDI? It was tough enough communicating over there with both ‘sender’ and ‘receiver’ using English (we figured ...
- 19. Data Syncronization initiatives
- (Integration)
- Over the past several months there's been a growing interest from Retailers and Grocers that are considering automating the process of the cleansing of their item files and/or the creation and setup of ...
- 20. From the Top - TIE Commerce
- (EDI)
- ... are realizing just how difficult it is to get all their product information in order. That's why datasync is still struggling. Without solving the problem of synchronized master data, you won't benefit from ...
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