- 21. Best Practices to Support Speedy Delivery
- (News)
- There is no 'silver bullet' in meeting the speedy delivery expectations of ecommerce customers. There are, though, several best practices you can adopt to improve your chances.On the Supply Chain 247 site, ...
- 22. eCommerce Drives DC Change
- (News)
- Direct-to-consumer order fulfillment continues to grow, and to support that order profile DCs have had to change their ways of doing things. "Each picking", which used to be a real exception, is getting ...
- 23. All Hail to the Cloud
- (Technology)
- ... have found their way to cloud based platforms. For the supply chain this is particularly good news (and good practice) since the essence of supply chain business is distributed around the globe. Picking ...
- 24. The Changing Consumer Model
- (News)
- According to the Supply Chain Shaman, Lora Cecere, if you're a retailer you need to be ready to ship to the EACH. That's the message in a recent post about changing customer value chains.Several trends ...
- 25. The Challenges of Same Day Delivery
- (News)
- A lot of retailers, B2B sellers, and websites wish the 'Same Day Delivery' challenge would just go away. That's not going to happen, according to Cliff Holtse on the Supply Chain Digest site.Expedited ...
- 26. Emerging Technologies for the Supply Chain
- (News)
- Supply chain executives are always looking for an edge, a more efficient process, a better way to get the job done. Emerging technology may have an answer or two.We've all read about the potential of drones ...
- 27. EDI is More Than Just Digits
- (EDI)
- ... Data Interchange is just one part of company-to-company communication. And both buyers and suppliers can benefit from using other forms of communication, too. When there’s a problem, simply picking up ...
- 28. ISM Numbers for Q1
- (News)
- The Institute for Supply Management's numbers are in for the first quarter, and they show a positive look forward. Although some areas continue to be in the doldrums, most of the economy is picking up steam ...
- 29. Is Your Reality Augmented?
- (News)
- The supply chain continues to become more and more technologically advanced. But augmented reality (AR) in the warehouse, really?According to Bob Gill on the Logistics Viewpoints site, it's not only here, ...
- 30. Big Data in the Cloud
- (News)
- Picking the right software to support your Big Data efforts isn't your most important decision. At least that's what Matt Asay explains on the InfoWorld site.Running it on the most flexible infrastructure ...
- 31. Locally Installed Software Is Dead
- (Management)
- ... transition makes a lot of sense for a lot of reasons and those of us in the supply chain are likely to be prime beneficiaries of the trend. Picking an email system like gmail or even Yahoo mail is an ...
- 32. Augmented Reality, Really?
- (News)
- As predicted, wearable tech is beginning to find a home in supply chains. In an article on the Electronic Purchasing Strategies site by Barbara Jorgensen, we learn how augmented reality (AR) is making ...
- 33. Supply Chain Predictions for 2015
- (Supply)
- ... well with my stock market plays, football bets, and the lottery I’d be in much better financial shape. Those were pretty easy pickings, in retrospect. The topics were all clearly visible on Gartner’s ...
- 34. Prepare for the Holidays
- (News)
- It seems like I just finished paying off last year's holiday purchases and it's now starting all over? If you're a retailer, I hope you are well down the path with your preparations.Rudi Lueg, in an article ...
- 35. IoT For Sale
- (News)
- The consumer side of the Internet of Things (IoT) is picking up steam. But where can you buy those 'connectable' products? It turns out that many stores you're already dealing with have added IoT offerings.In ...
- 36. Is the New Retail Paradigm "BrickLine"
- (Retail)
- ... shop online or in the store; to purchase online or in the store; and to take delivery by picking up their purchases or having them delivered to their homes. Of course the fact that the company's locations ...
- 37. Uses for Google Glass?
- (News)
- Steve Brady, on the EFT site, solves one of life's great mysteries by giving us a reason why Google Glass may actually be useful to supply chains. Although Glass' use isn't widespread yet, he foresees ...
- 38. The Importance of Integration
- (Integration)
- ... need ASNs to set up receiving at their DC, RFID tags on inbound products, automated receipts to set up their AP system, integration between their ERP and WMS systems to facilitate order picking, POS data ...
- 39. Procurement Consolidation
- (News)
- Mergers and acquisitions are picking up in the world of procurement systems. Jason Busch of Spend Matters has some recommendations for users to protect themselves during this period of consolidation.These ...
- 40. Do You Excel?
- (News)
- When you're at a large company with lots of resources, both software and human, it's easy to forget that Excel still makes the world go 'round for lots of smaller concerns.In a 21st Century Supply Chain ...
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