- 21. Supply Chain Group Merger
- (News)
- A merger between a couple well-known supply chain groups has been announced. We can count on the folks at Spend Matters for a relevant analysis of the news.Although there are many positives, there's also ...
- 22. Further Analysis of the Christmas Delivery Problem
- (News)
- When a great company like UPS experiences a big problem like the 2013 Christmas delivery debacle, it's bad for them but good for people who want to learn about supply chains. All sorts of analyses take ...
- 23. Research on Supply Chain Disruptions
- (News)
- A recent report by the Zurich Insurance Group examines the major sources of supply chain disruption. Since these issues can have a huge impact on business performance, it's important to understand their ...
- 24. Amazon Gets Ready for Big Data
- (News)
- On the Tech Crunch site, Alex Williams fills us in on the steps Amazon is taking to improve support for Big Data and analytics on its AWS platform.As tools and platforms become increasingly available, ...
- 25. Big Data from Small Transactions
- (Integration)
- ... host of other information that can help them not only plan their production better but advise their retailer customers on product mixes and timings. The analysis of this kind of data is far beyond the ...
- 26. Visibility Through the Cloud?
- (News)
- Cloud technology has been touted as the answer to almost everything, except maybe the common cold. Can it actually help delivery what the functionality supply chains need?Brooks Bentz seems to think there's ...
- 27. Tracking Your Products Can Bring You Closer to Your Customers
- (Management)
- ... every transaction to every trading partner and provide analysis of the transactions. Given enough information, this kind of system can check for out-of-bounds results and announce problems before they ...
- 28. Cloud Comparison
- (News)
- Cloud storage is all the rage for both businesses and consumers. Lots of offerings are out there, but which one is the fastest?Konrad Krawczyk on the Mashable site spins through an analysis of the most ...
- 29. Oracle vs. Ariba
- (News)
- It's not exactly Armageddon, but two heavyweights are battling it out in the P2P market. Both Oracle and the SAP/Ariba combo have strong, yet different capabilities.Jason Busch does his usual fine analysis ...
- 30. Climate Change Risks
- (News)
- On the Supply Chain Standard page, there's an analysis of a recent report of the threats posed by climate change for supply chains.Looks like there's still work to be done by suppliers to prepare for this ...
- 31. Cloud ERP Analysis
- (News)
- Robert Houdeshell provides an analysis of what's happening with cloud ERP in an article on the Smart Data Collective site. The 'old-line' ERPs are rolling out cloud capabilities, and nimble new offerings ...
- 32. Positive News for Exports
- (News)
- According to a recent study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), exports have been a growth industry for US businesses. Read Patrick Burnson's analysis of the research and his thoughts about its impact ...
- 33. The Control Tower Concept
- (News)
- The concept of the supply chain control tower has been with us for some time. A recent Aberdeen report points out several reasons that make it a very compelling proposition. Read the analysis of the study ...
- 34. Good News on Exports
- (News)
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) sees continued strong growth for exports and reshoring. The impact on supply chains will be significant, and more jobs are forecasted. Read Patrick Burnson's analysis ...
- 35. Procurement Improvement Strategy
- (News)
- Can surveying your customers help your procurement process function more effectively? Dow Chemical has tried it and reports good results. The Supply Chain Digest has looked at the practice and recommends ...
- 36. It's Risky Out Ther
- (Supply)
- ... discount requests/acceptance and the like to better drive proactive supply risk strategies going forward”. In other words, Jason feels the analysis of the financial transactions between companies can help ...
- 37. It's Risky Out Ther
- (Logistics)
- ... discount requests/acceptance and the like to better drive proactive supply risk strategies going forward”. In other words, Jason feels the analysis of the financial transactions between companies can help ...
- 38. Mobile and Real-Time Supply Chain Requirements
- (News)
- The Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, has an interesting take on what supply chains need to do to succeed in a world that's increasingly mobile and real-time. Her analysis of what's happened to this ...
- 39. More on SAP-Ariba
- (News)
- eWeek has more detail on SAP's purchase of Ariba. Read Robert Mullins' analysis of the transaction here. It looks like the combination of these two companies will be formidable. ...
- 40. Supply Chain Visibility Criteria
- (News)
- In his guest commentary on Logistics Viewpoints, Robert Clesi talks about a shopping foray that turned into a nice analysis of supply chain visibility. He's identified a great series of questions to ...
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