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Store Changes at Staples
The omnichannel consumer is beginning to affect retailers in many different ways. In an article on the Internet Retailer site, Zak Stambor talks about recent changes made at some Staples locations to better serve these customers.
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Logistics Growth Trends
Growth in the logistics sector has slowed a bit. Is this temporary, or a 'new normal' we'll need to get used to?
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Procurement Leadership
Supply Chain Digest covers an IBM study that does its best to answer the question about how companies become procurement leaders in a recent article on the site.
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Sustainability Learnings
The Center for Sustainable Procurement has been in business for a year now. They've recently released a report that highlights some key learnings.
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Big Data, the CMO, and the CIO
On the Tech Republic site, Patrick Gray sounds the warning that the responsibility for 'big data' is flowing away from IT and into individual business units. Is this a good thing?
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DHL Innovation
It's always instructive to check out what industry leaders are looking into. When you think of logistics, DHL is obviously a leader.
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Procurement Risks
The term 'supply chain risk' covers a lot of ground because supply chains are so complex. Each component of the chain, whether it's logistics, warehouse management, inventory control, or whatever, has its own set of risks.
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How to Improve Forecasting
Robert Byrne, on the Supply Chain Digital site, has some ideas on how to improve forecasting. It starts with improved algorithms that take advantage of modern technology.
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Examples of Big Data Success
'Big Data': massive hype or cure-all? It's probably somewhere between the extremes. We like to see real-world examples of technology success, so let's look at a few things Big Data has 'cured'.
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Is it time for purchasing processes to adopt the PMO (project management office) approach? Pierre Mitchell from Spend Matters has some interesting points to make on the subject.
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