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Best-of-Breed vs ERP Series
Spend Matters has put together a great series on the ERP vs. Best-of-Breed topic. We posted the first installment but the subsequent ones by Pierre Mitchell were just as helpful.
Read more...Procurement Research Summary
Some research on the procurement function that's hot off the press is the topic of a recent article on the Supply Chain Management Review site. Patrick Burnson summarizes key findings on topics like organizational alignment, procurement strategy, and technology.
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Supply Chain Digitization Research
Despite everything we've read over the past couple years, digitization of the supply chain isn't the be-all-end-all to many companies. Recent research by McKinsey tells us it's barely on the radar of CEOs.
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Distribution Centers in the Omnichannel World
The role of the DC has certainly changed as omnichannel consumers have taken control of the buying experience. eCommerce order fulfillment requires an unprecendented level of coordination between supply chain partners.
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Are You Treading Water with Cost Reduction?
The Supply Chain Shaman is using the 'treading water' anology to describe where supply chains seem to be with cost reduction efforts. There's been progress in some industries over the past few years, but others are going nowheres or backwards.
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Driving Collaboration
One of the biggest challenges for the supply chain is in driving collaboration among its many participants. Streamlining requires collaboration, yet your partners are all over the place, doing different supply chain functions at external companies.
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WMS Moves to the Cloud
Cloud-based applications continue to make inroads in the supply chain. Will WMS be the next system to make the transition?
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Addressing the Supply Chain Skills Gap
Everyone has read about the impending labor shortage in different supply chain areas. In a recent article on the Huffington Post site, Richard Howells provides details about what several leading companies are specifically doing to address their talent issues.
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Where is Procurement Heading?
If you're involved in the procurement process within the supply chain, you've probably wondered what the future holds for your profession in these fast-changing times. Making the move from tactical to strategic is obvious, but with technological innovation continuing to shake things up, what else is on the way?
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Getting the Most from a Tech Demo
Watching a tech vendor go through a demo can be an exhilerating, yet expensive, proposition. If you get too blown away by the bells and whistles, or too involved in irrelevant details, you can miss the opportunity to glean information useful in both negotiations and planning.
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