- 21. Egypt Hopes New Suez Canal Dredging To Double Revenues, Improve Economy
- (Management)
- ... lead to an economic renaissance. Statistics compiled by Bloomberg indicates the Egyptian economy has improved over last year's, and if economic indicators continue as they have been, that nation will see ...
- 22. The Supply Chain as US Congress
- (Logistics)
- Earlier this year Aberdeen Group published their report: "Supply Chain Visibility" in which they made some interesting observations and assertions. Among the findings reported were some very basic statistics ...
- 23. Down the Aisles - Digitally
- (Technology)
- ... with accurate item location and inventory statistics. The retailer is responsible for the location and inventory data, but shouldn’t the product supplier be responsible for providing item information? ...
- 24. Big Data Issues
- (News)
- When the Washington Post weighs in with an opinion, you know Big Data has truly made the hype list. In a recent piece, Samuel Arbesman discusses some myths about the technology.It's an interesting take ...
- 25. Models in the Supply Chain
- (News)
- I normally stick to 'quick reads' for Buzz articles, recognizing the value of our readers' time. This one, a look at modeling in supply chain and manufacturing systems, is a bit more involved than usual ...
- 26. The Impact of Bad Customer Service
- (News)
- Providing bad service is a very effective way for retail businesses to drive away customers. Does that affect the on-line world as well? A blog on the Fortune3 site has some interesting statistics ...
- 27. Economic Rebound Continues
- (News)
- On the Marketwatch site, statistics show that the economy continues its (slow) rebound. Volume and other numbers are up in the logistics and transportation sectors of the supply chain. Check out the ...
- 28. Gartner's Top 25 Supply Chain
- (News)
- Gartner's rankings are in, and Apple comes out on top by a very wide margin. Who are the other great supply chains? Mikey Campbell on the Applie Insider site gives us the list and statistics. Lots of ...
- 29. Is EDI Still in Use?
- (News)
- A recent poll on B2B.com provides some interesting statistics on what formats are used by business partners to exchange data. EDI tops the list, but 2nd place is a big surprise. Read Loraine Lawson' ...
- 30. eCommerce Impact on Retailers
- (News)
- Big retailers continue to shift their emphasis to on-line selling. Does that matter to you? When you look at what's happened to Borders and Circuit City and read about some of the plans for other retailers, ...
- 31. EDI POS 852 Data: ROI
- (Retail)
- ... quote some statistics and some thought leaders. Did you know that “only 59 percent of merchandising and promotional initiatives are executed in the intended fashion”? Or that “the cost impact of poor ...
- 32. To Outsource, or Not…..
- (Management)
- ... Level Agreement support. One of the most important parts of your contract should be the SLA. You must identify all of the key operational statistics that need to be tracked and clearly communicate in the ...
- 33. ASN - The Most Valuable EDI Document
- (EDI)
- ... of the supplier creating the ASN data as the shipment is packed, AP departments are seeing accuracy improvements between what is shipped and what is invoiced. Some statistics show up to 90% improvement ...
- 34. What are Your Measurements?
- (Management)
- ... statistics, such as VAR, WHIP, OBP, etc., to measure almost every nuance of the game (thank you Mr. Bill James!). That’s in addition to the standard batting averages, ERA, fielding percentage, etc. ...
- 35. The Chinese Connection – Best Practices and Insight for Companies Doing Business in the Far East
- (Supply)
- ... the two continues – according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Statistics, between January and July 2010, the U.S. exported $48.5 billion to China and imported $193.9 billion in goods.That's a lot ...
- 36. What's Missing from Your 852s
- (Retail)
- ... are already marketing to these customers. So to assist your suppliers, I'd recommend providing DS order statistics in the 852 data as well. Work with your partners to determine if this is necessary or not. ...
- 37. Marlow On Real ROI
- (Management)
- ... statistics. There are quite a few SaaS providers that can accept EDI data and provide tools that can be used to monitor the data. For many that have a large number for suppliers set up and minimal resources, ...
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