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Make IoT Simple

The devil is, indeed, in the details if you're looking to implement IoT. According to research, more than 75% of companies worldwide intend to get IoT off the ground, yet less than a quarter have actually done anything to get the ball rolling. Read more...

How to Excel at S&OP

Balancing go-to-market strategies against operational plans is a challenge across businesses of all sizes. Whether it's called Sales & Operations Planning or some other name, almost everyone tries to do it but there's no consensus on how best to execute it. Read more...

Business Results from New Technology

When new technologies such as Big Data, cloud, and mobile arrive on the scene, it's often difficult to separate fluff from reality when trying to understand their potential. Getting hard data into your analysis helps a lot, though. Read more...

Where Does eCommerce Belong?

Ah, one of the eternal questions: who 'owns' ecommerce in the organization? Is it IT, marketing, or some other silo in the company? Read more...

A Collection of Big Data Case Studies

I usually find case studies to be extremely valuable in learning about the impact of new technologies at the micro level. For Big Data, since it's been touted as a cure-all for so much, cases make its potential more real. Read more...

Whole Foods Takes the ERP Plunge

When an iconic brand decides to head down the ERP path, it's a big deal for both the company and its customers. Whole Foods is looking at its Infor implementation as a necessary step for its reinvention. Read more...

Supply Chain Software Companies to Know

As the supply chain world continues to become more global and complex, technology has evolved right along with it. The Green Biz site has compiled a list of software companies with competencies in some of the newer aspects of the supply chain process. Read more...

The Inventory Challenge

Our favorite Shaman has her sights set on inventory optimization. It's a long-standing supply chain challenge, but Lora Cecere has done the research to help us face it. Read more...

Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain Innovation

Supply chains will become more agile, dynamic, and complex in the coming years, according to Valentijn de Leeuw of the ARC Advisory Group. The SMART Manufacturing Initiative is intended to help drive those changes via manufacturing innovation. Read more...

Mobile Tech Added for Omnichannel Fulfillment

When we look at the changes in supply chain operations resulting from the omnichannel trend, we normally don't think of what happens in the warehouse. According to Ben Ames on the DC Velocity site, that's a big 'miss'. Read more...

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