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IoT Risks

With all the excitement surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), some really important topics can be overlooked. Risk is something that doesn't necessarily jump to the top-of-mind, but it should. Read more...

SAP Buys Concur

SAP has made another acquisition in their ongoing attempt to improve their cloud profile. Their purchase of Concur, a technology many of you have probably used, is viewed as one that may be good for certain investors, but not necessarily for the Concur user community. Read more...

Amazon On the Move

When a company like Amazon decides on a direction, they don't mess around. Since they're always in expansion mode and one of their key efforts is to ramp up overseas, they're going all-in on distribution centers (or fulfillment centers, in their parlance). Read more...

Macy Moves Along With Omnichannel

Macy's approach to addressing the omnichannel challenge is explained in a recent discussion article on the RetailWire site by George Anderson. They were one of the major retailers who moved early and it's interesting to see how far along they've come. Read more...

Key Trends Affecting Logistics

Every corner of the supply chain is under pressure just to keep up with change. The logistics process is a great example of an aspect of the supply chain that's coming to grip with macro changes that affect us all. Read more...

Hadoop It Up!

Almost everyone in the business world has heard the work 'Hadoop' in the last year, I'd bet. Do you know what it is and why it should mean something to you? Read more...

eSourcing Adoption Questions

In a Spend Matters article, Jeff Gilkerson from the Hackett Group looks at eSourcing tools and wonders why adoption and usage is so low. There's a lot involved in implementing such tools and processes, and the short answer to the adoption question seems to be that change is difficult. Read more...

Can Your ERP Handle New Tech?

New technologies in the business world don't just generate spontaneously. They usually need a strong base of transactional data on which their growth can be based. If that's the case, it's your ERP that can make or break your success. Read more...

Use Big Data to Provide Visibility

Supply chain visibility and Big Data are two hot topics. What if they can be leveraged by working together to provide even more value? It's possible, according to Larry Lewis on the Talking Logistics site. Read more...

Gartner's Supply Chain Insights

It's impossible to keep up with everything going on in the supply chain space. Gartner, though, usually has a great handle on current affairs. Paul Lord, on the Gartner site, describes a few of the themes from a recent round of executive briefings. Read more...

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