News (3583)
Procurement's Future is Bright
If you want to know where the procurement function is heading, why not talk to an industry leader? Jason Busch recently interviewed Ariba's Alex Atzberger and came away with some great information.
Read more...
Tagged under
Risk Management Becomes Top of Mind
Everyone believes in risk management, but sometimes it takes a real disaster to get things moving. The latest bankruptcy news about Hanjin Shipping is an example of a non-weather related disaster that companies are scrambling to address.
Read more...
Attacking the PO Visibility Challenge
The code has yet to be cracked for the supply chain visibility challenge. It's not that folks don't know what they want (they do), it's that the information exists in multiple systems and aggregating it is problematic.
Read more...
Tagged under
What Hiring Managers Are Looking For
The talent shortage in supply chain management is a real thing. What are executives looking for when scouting for management hires?
Read more...
Service Levels vs. Inventory
If you're in the supply chain or customer service arena, you're aware of the pendulum that swings between inventory and service level. Too much inventory and service is great, but financial performance suffers.
Read more...
Where is RFID Going?
About 10 years ago, the future of RFID was up in the air. You know what? It still is..... In a recent article on the Supply Chain Digest site, the editors take a look at predictions made in the past and what they see is going on currently with the technology.
Read more...
Tagged under
WMS Resurgence
WMS systems are undergoing a resurgence and it's no surprise that the ecommerce boom is driving it. A recent study shows that functionality required to support ecommerce order fulfillment is buing built into new and existing WMS packages.
Read more...
Understanding Different Strategies
The Supply Chain Shaman tackles a tough question in a recent blog: are customer-centric, demand-driven, and outside-in supply chains the same? I didn't expect the answer to be a clear 'yes', yet the differences she notes are interesting abd the overlap is clear.
Read more...
Tagged under
Arguing About Catalogs in Procurement
I posted the link to an article earlier in the week about catalog use in the procurement process. Jason Busch and Pierre Mitchell at Spend Matters have followed up with a series of pro's and con's on the subject.
Read more...
Tagged under
What's Happening in 3PL World?
It's always good to hear an industry expert's thoughts on a topic that's important to us. What's going on in the 3PL world was the basis for an interview of John Langley from Penn State by Patrick Brunson of the Supply Chain Management Review.
Read more...
Most Read
-
-
Feb 17 2012
-
Written by Scott Koegler
ec-bp.com eCommerce Best Practices for the Supply Chainec-bp was established…
-
-
-
Jul 18 2017
-
Written by Super User
Add us to your Safe Sender list: We want to…
-
-
-
Feb 13 2019
-
Written by Scott Koegler
Every organization that wants to organize and manage their supply…
-
-
-
Feb 13 2013
-
Written by Scott Koegler
EDI Software and Services Providers / EDI Directory This table…
-