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The Old Ball & Chain
Is legacy thinking holding back your supply chain? The Supply Chain Shaman thinks so.
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Supply Chain Visibility Demanded
Customers are demanding better visibility into your supply chain. If you don't give it to them, be prepared to face the consequences: questions, lengthy investigations, lawsuits, and other PR disasters.
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On-Line Ordering Impact
Of all the changes resulting from the shift in consumer buying toward ecommerce, there's one I hadn't really considered that may be driving other developments. The increase of small shipments is overloading the physical and administrative capabilities of university dorms and multi-tenant buildings.
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New Roles in IT
Let's say you want to be doing something 'cutting edge' in your company, or maybe you see the writing on the wall and your position may not be there in the future. Are there roles that you should be considering in IT?
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The Business Support Platform
The discussion about ERP vs. best-of-breed has been going on forever. For quite awhile, it seemed like the 'good enough' functionality of the ERP would win out, but times have changed.
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Big Data Metaphors
Big Data has become a Big Deal for supply chains. But is it 'all that'? The terms 'tsunami' and 'deluge' are being thrown about, but they may be overstating the issue.
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Consumer IoT Security Concerns
Well, this isn't exactly what I had in mind... As the IoT continues to make inroads into the consumer world, it's become apparent that consumers have become not only users, but targets as well.
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It's That Time of Year, Again!
As we've read about supply chain changes being driven by the omnichannel consumer throughout the year, you'd have to think that a stress-test would help us know how the puzzle pieces are fitting together.
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Interview With the New CSCMP Chair
The new chairman of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Kevin Smith, has some great insights into the state of the supply chain function. He's been a big part of the growth in importance of the supply chain but also has a feel for the challenges ahead.
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Clarifying Supply Chain Goals
It's a good question: what are the goals of the supply chain when they seem to be responsible for everything? As the function has morphed outside its traditional cost center role, the level of ambiguity to be managed has skyrocketed.
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