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An IoT Primer

If you'd like a nice introduction to what the Internet of Things (IoT) is and what it can mean to your daily life, business, and the supply chain, check out this article by Mark Morely on the GXS blog site. Read more...

Low B2B Integration Adoption for CPG

In a recent research study by IDC that's surprising to me, we discover that a vast majority of consumer package goods (CPG) companies are low adopters of B2B integration technology. Read more...

Common eProcurement Glitches

Iyana Lester, on the Sourcing Innovation site, takes a look at lessons learned when trying to manage supply chains in the digital space. Read more...

Making it Easy to Improve

Every organization wants to improve. According to Arun Samuga of Elemica, you can look to the 'e' words for ideas on how to better your supply chain. Read more...

Risk Convergence

There's never a shortage of risk in the supply chain world. Two major types are vendor risk and operational supply chain management risk. Read more...

Improve Your Reputation

Remeber the old days, when supply chain was 'back office' type work? Well, Viktoria Sadlovska, Research Director at Reputation Institute, thinks those days are long gone. Supply chains can now be competitive differentiators and a mis-step can sully a company's reputation. Read more...

Personality in Procurement

Do you have what it takes to move ahead in Procurement? Pierre Mitchell, on the Chief Procurement Officer site, explains why he thinks your personality may have a big impact on your individual and group performance. Read more...

A History Lesson for Supply Chains

You don't often hear Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler mentioned in a supply chain article, but Jim LeTart on the Supply Chain Nation site pulls it off. He's interested in how tyranny was addressed in the past and how the current tyrant in the market, the consumer, will be 'appeased'. Read more...

Location Aware Applications on the Way

Location aware services are one of the great strides taken by technology over the past few years. Supply chain software in the TMS realm is beginning to utilize them to an ever greater extent. Read more...

Supply Chain Disruptions in 2014

The folks on the Supply Chain Brain site have been tracking supply chain disruptions for years. To me, 2014 seemed pretty calm, but they've identified several significant events that impacted suppliers worldwide. Read more...

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