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Visibility and the 3PL
Omnichannel, visibility needs, and a host of other supply chain requirements may seem to be at odds with the practice of outsourcing logistics to 3PLs. However, there are ways to succeed in spite of the challenges.
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Thoughts on the Gartner Top 25
As you know, Gartner recently revealed their top 25 supply chains for this year. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, is not impressed. She sees a number of issues and limitations with their methodology, and as usual she's pretty much spot-on.
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IoT and WebRTC
Ready for a new acronym? I don't know about you, but I sure am! Introducing WebRTC, or web real-time communications. With all the talk of the Internet of Things (IoT), this API is closely related and can be talked about in the same realm.
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Gartner Supply Chain Conference Summary
Dan Gilmore from the Supply Chain News does us a huge favor by compiling his thoughts from the various presentations at the recent Gartner supply chain conference. There's a lot going on that Gartner is tracking and they're pushing their demand-driven supply chain concepts.
Read more...What IoT Means to Business
At this point, most folks have heard plenty about the Internet of Things (IoT). The people at MIT are thinking ahead about the coming tsunami of devices and data and are trying to think about how businesses will react.
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Procurement and its Stakeholders
In a guest article on the Spend Matters site, Sanyam Khurana looks at the key metric of procurement and proposes one that might actually make more sense. Saving money is always key, but how it's saved can do a better job articulating value to stakeholders.
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Distribution Technology Survey Results
Supply Chain Digest recently conducted a survey of 150 firms in an attempt to identify and rank the most important distribution-related technologies. Those that garner a lot of press (RFID, robotics) are growing in usage but are not yet very commonplace.
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Supply Chain Software Innovation Needed
Lack of successful innovation to support supply chain needs at big ERP vendors SAP and JDA is bugging Lora Cecere. The opportunities are out there to develop something useful, while companies continue to rely on spreadsheets for many planning activities.
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Logistical Layers
3PLs, 4PLs.... what's the difference? Which logistical functions does each perform and why are they becoming more prevalent? An explanation is in order, and a guest blog on the Supply Chain 247 site takes a shot at telling us the differences.
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Maximizing P2P ROI
In a guest blog on the Spend Matters site, Shannon Lowe explains why automating processes with a P2P solution only takes a company part way to maximizing their savings. Of equal importance is choosing the right partner.
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