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Design Needs for Procurement
Pierre Mitchell from the Spend Matters team recently attended technology provider Coupa's conference and came away with some great observations. He advocates turning procurement's function from 'gate keeper' to 'gate opener' in alignment with Coupa's vision.
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Building Blocks of Supply Chain Visibility
Throughout the supply chain, everybody's looking for visibility. The word may mean different things to different players, but no matter how it's defined some basic requirements are in common.
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Process, Technology, or Both?
Process and technology are two paths to productivity, but as a supply chain manager you don't have to make an 'either-or' decision. Throughout the supply chain, they interact and are interdependent.
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Changes in the SCM Software Landscape
The rise in global supply chains, risk management needs, and visibility requirements are driving changes in the supply chain software environment. Software suppliers have lagged a bit in responding to these needs, but new solutions are popping up.
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Preparing for Disruption
Remember when a natural disaster overseas had no real effect on our business? Those days are long gone, and disruptions not only impact global supply chains but their costs are skyrocketing.
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CSX Proves IoT Benefits
With all the IoT hype floating around, you may fail to notice tangible benefits early adopters are finding.
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How Tech Disruption Affects Choices
The Supply Chain Shaman gets into a little history in order to help us sort through changes in technology. As the use of the cloud has increased and the tech market has become more complicated, it's become tougher to make the right call.
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Inventory Positioning for Omnichannel
We've recently looked at the costs associated with servicing omnichannel consumers. In a followup to the original article, Richard Sharpe gets into more detail.
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Amazon's Logistics Strategy
If you think Amazon has been pretty active on the innovation front, you ain't seen nothin' yet, according to Mark Solomon on the DC Velocity site.
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Uber and the Last Mile Challenge
At this point, pretty much everyone has either used or has heard of Uber, the software/taxi-replacement company. With so many companies struggling to compete in ecommerce with Amazon and others, would the Uber business model make sense for last mile delivery?
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