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Improve Supply Chain Efficiency
The University of Tennessee recently completed a study on supply chain trends. An article in Plant Engineering provides a summary of their findings and focuses on 10 trends that you can use.
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Procurement System Usability
Procurement applications are important in the B2B world. For these systems, usability is critical to their success.
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The ASN and Drop-Shipping
The drop-ship process has been with us for years, but it's often a little slow and clunky. With the growth in omnichannel shopping, it's become increasingly important so it therefore needs to be faster and smoother.
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The State of Omnichannel Retail
A recent article by Paula Rosenblum on the Retail Wire site goes through the research by RSR on the state of cross-channel retailing.
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What's Big Data?
Big data has been described in many ways, the most common being by what it might be able to do for us in the future. That's not the best way to look at it.
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The Rightsource Solution
Insourcing, outsourcing- what's the best way to go? How about rightsourcing? Jack Daniels on the Manufacturing.net site likes that approach.
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Smartphones and the Supply Chain
Smartphones have gotten a lot smarter, but are they smart enough to be involved in the supply chain? Laurie Sullivan on the EBN site thinks they are.
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Lean in Action
We always like to see real-world examples of the topics we see often in this column. The continuous improvement principles of Lean are a good example.
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Supplier Networks
eProcurement can be a challenging topic for your business. There are different platforms, systems, networks, fee structures, processes.... the list is endless.
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Get Started with Big Data
Dr. Michael Watson has a good point: you don't have to make a huge investment to get into the 'big data' game. There are quick and easy analyses that can get you started.
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