- 21. Achieving Visibility for Supply Chains
- (News)
- Everyone has a different definition of what supply chain visibility means. When you consider the business problems visibility is expected to address, the broader the definition, the better.On the 21st ...
- 22. A New Home for Google+
- (Management)
- ... consumer information seamlessly. Connectivity is no longer the frontier of the supply chain service provider. It’s time to split that function off from the primary facilities that make supply chains ...
- 23. Visibility Research Results
- (News)
- Visibility is always top of mind for supply chain managers. However, recent research by the Business Continuity Institute and Zurich Insurance shows a troubling lack of it, with disruptions and confusion ...
- 24. Nightmare on Elm Street?
- (News)
- Same day delivery and the last mile are a couple of the 'final frontiers' in capturing the hearts and minds of omnichannel consumers. As the big players fight it out, there are bound to be inefficiencies.Andrew ...
- 25. Time-to-Survive Explained
- (News)
- When any supply chain manager looks at risk, he or she typically starts to sweat. Now, imagine you're running one of the world's biggest manufacturing companies that's dependent upon multiple tiers of suppliers ...
- 26. Responsibility For Suppliers
- (News)
- Some well-documented recent business disasters, such as the airbag recalls by the car makers, vividly illustrate the need for manufacturers to take more ownership of their supply chain processes. The risks ...
- 27. Supply Chain Planning and Execution Converge
- (News)
- On the ToolsGroup site, Jeff Bodenstab and Joe Shamir discuss the convergence of supply chain planning and execution. Their proposal of a 'control center' model makes a lot of sense.Developments in technology ...
- 28. Convergence of Big Data and IoT
- (News)
- Two of the hottest of hot technologies, Big Data and the Internet of Things (Iot), have a lot in common and converge in a number of scenarios. The benefits of each as standalone technologies are huge, ...
- 29. Where Big Data is Heading
- (News)
- It seems that everyone has an opinion on Big Data. Daniel Gutierrez actually has several. His key points, that Big Data isn't really all that new and that its focus has to be on producing actionable data, ...
- 30. Product Safety in Your Supply Chain
- (Supply)
- ... says, "Most supply chain participants have a blurry understanding of requirements so it's difficult to identify risks inherent in tier 2 and 3 suppliers." And much of the time testing results are included ...
- 31. Reducing Risk in the Extended Supply Chain
- (News)
- Managing risk in the supply chain is an important topic that sometimes is impeded due to the nature of the extended chain. Asking the right questions of the right players can help pinpoint potential problems.An ...
- 32. Mandatory E-Invoicing Imminent In Chile
- (Management)
- Chile, the first nation to introduce electronic invoicing ten years ago, is taking it one step further. Starting November, 2014, e-invoicing will transition a prescribed business tool to a mandatory one. ...
- 33. Chile Mandates Electronic Invoicing by Year’s End
- (Management)
- ... must adhere to a standard electronic format for approval. The new procedures, based on revenue tiers, will unfold over a three-year period. Since the process is complex, it is advisable to team with ...
- 34. Competition for the Last Mile
- (Blogs)
- Whether you consider the ‘last mile’ challenge a customer service, supply chain, or logistics issue, it’s a topic that could be the next frontier for competitive advantage in the retail space. But what ...
- 35. Hazards of Big Data
- (Technology)
- I've harped on the use of big data in the supply chain a few times already. In fact, historically one of the issues with the supply chain in general and EDI specifically is the amount of data generated ...
- 36. UN on Supply Chain Corruption
- (Supply)
- ... within their organization and its suppliers on a multi-tier level. The guide will be short, basic and inspiring. It will showcase specific company examples and contain links to other useful resources on ...
- 37. Tier 2 ERP Choices
- (News)
- For small and medium sized manufacturers, selection of the right ERP can be tricky in today's cloud-obsessed environment. Especially if corporate is an on-premises SAP user.On the ERP Cloud News site, ...
- 38. SRM Trends
- (News)
- In a two-part series on the Spend Matters site, Jason Busch provides a summary of interviews he's had on the topic of SRM trends with a key executive at a major supply chain software vendor.There's a lot ...
- 39. The Effective Supply Chain
- (News)
- On the 21st Century Supply Chain site, Trevor Miles looks into the topic of supply chain optimization based on some work done by Lora Cecere.Optimizing individual silos used to be effective, but in today's ...
- 40. Supply Chain Visibility Lacking
- (News)
- Everybody agrees that visibility is a key component of a world-class supply chain. However, few have actually succeeded in building it into their network.In an article on Manufacturing.net by KPMG, we ...
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