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Merging Logistics & Purchasing

Making supply chain operations as efficient as possible is a goal for nearly every organization. Merging two key processes, purchasing and logistics, is an approach worth looking at. Read more...

Big Data Projections for 2016

It's not too late for yet another 2016 projection, is it? On the ADTMag site, David Ramel collects the educated guesses from a collection of Big Data experts and execs for our perusal. Read more...

Building the ROI for WMS

The WMS is a key supply chain technology component. To deploy such a system, you need to build a case for the return on your investment (ROI). Read more...

The Need for IoT Standards

Continuing the discussion on how far into our lives the Internet of Things will progress in 2016, David Pierce checks out the state of true connectability and standards. Read more...

Big Data & Cloud Skepticism

John Dvorak has been around the block a few times, and he's not having it with all the gushing over Big Data and cloud technology. In his words, 'What I see is obfuscation and nonsense'. Read more...

Businesses Lack Risk Management Plans

When a disaster hits, it's great to have detailed continuity plans in place to mitigate its effects. Unfortunately, according to Gary Barraco on the Manufacturing Business Technology site, a large percentage of businesses don't have risk mitigation properly prioritized. Read more...

The Importance of IoT Standards

Leave it to The Atlantic magazine to provide a different take on the Internet of Things (IoT). Using recent examples, Bruce Schneier points out how companies getting into the IoT business can inadvertently, or purposely, lock out certain products by using or abusing standards. Read more...

Getting Started on Metrics

It's important for supply chain managers to identify trends and appropriate metrics to use for budgeting and evaluation purposes as we begin the new year. We're lucky that Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, has already produced a bunch of data for us based on discrete industries. Read more...

More Supply Chain Predictions for 2016

Is it too late for another article with supply chain predictions for 2016? I think not.... The key players at the Strategic Sourcer site have compiled their best guesses for the new year and they seem pretty solid. Read more...

A Different Talent Management Approach

As the unemployment rate continues to drop, it's becoming even harder to identify and develop talent in the supply chain. A recent paper by Charles Dominick summarized on the Sourcing Innovation site looks at 'traditional' talent management in the procurement arena and discusses why a different approach may make more sense. Read more...

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