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Control Towers and Risk Management
Our own Ken Kinlock has written extensively on the concept of the supply chain control tower. Some recent research by Accenture has bolstered our view of this technology by looking at the return on investment for control towers.
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Transportation's New IoT Era
A lot of people cringe when they encounter an 18 wheeler on an interstate highway. Others see rolling wi-fi sites, nodes on the Internet of Things, and huge opportunity.
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Technology Update
Spend Matters comes through with a rapid-fire view of some hot technology topics. Lots going on in the eProcurement, ERP, and cloud spaces.
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AP & Procurement Synergies
Two areas that are quite dissimilar, AP and Procurement, ought to be more closely aligned, according to interpretation of some recent research by Ardent Partners. They obviously have different roles but ought to share business values and aligned goals.
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Consumer Behavior and the Supply Chain
With the range of significant challenges facing supply chains, CJ Wehlage thinks he's discovered the most important. It's certainly arguable, but consumer behavior is at the top of his list.
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Cisco's Supply Chain Risk
On the Electronics Purchasing Strategies site, John Manners-Bell provides a close-up view on how a huge company, Cisco, manages it's global supply chain risk. Case studies of recent challenges are provided.
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The Hottest Job
If you're a supply chain technology specialist, I bet you'd like to know where the hottest jobs are in your market. Supply chain managers ought to be interested as well.
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IoT by the Numbers
Gil Press, on the Forbes site, gives all of us who have wondered how big the Internet of Things will eventually be some idea based on forecasts from groups that should have a clue. The numbers are staggering, to say the least.
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Is VMI Still Relevant?
Lots of companies provide, and use, vendor managed inventory (VMI) services. Are they still relevant in these days of cloud technology and sophisticated forecasting?
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Coexisting with the Robots
As the use of robots increases in the supply chain, it sometimes leaves me wondering what jobs for humans will remain in the future. Robots are indeed part of our future, but the need for skilled labor will always be there.
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