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Are Control Towers Working?
Visibility across the supply chain is an elusive goal. Supply chain control towers are purported to address that, but how common and effective are they?
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Big Data and the Supply Chain
Dan Gilmore, on the Supply Chain Digest site, has put a lot of thought into what's happening with Big Data in the supply chain. In his opinion, there's something there but we're not there yet. Make sense?
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Understanding Supply Chain Risk
Everyone agrees that you want to reduce supply chain risk. However, why does it end up low on priority lists? Lora Cecere has a few insights gleaned from her years of research.
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What's Amazon Thinking?
Adrian Gonzalez, on the Talking Logistics site, recommends reading between the lines in Jeff Bezos' recent letter to Amazon stockholders. There aren't too many better ways to learn about cutting edge logistics options than looking at what a major player like Amazon is thinking.
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The Omnichannel WMS
The omnichannel trend affects almost every aspect of retail. What's the most critical component? Gary Nemmers thinks it's the warehouse and the WMS that supports it.
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SAP's New Supply Chain Strategy
SAP, not known as a supply chain innovator, is making a bold move toward building some interesting solutions. It's not a done deal, but the building blocks are being developed.
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SAP's Supply Chain Control Tower
Visibility is a hot topic in the supply chain arena, and the 'supply chain control tower' is one technology used to address the visibility challenge. It's no surprise that SAP, the lead ERP dog, has developed a control tower approach.
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Steps to Making IoT Work for You
The Internet of Things (IoT) is such an amorphous concept that it's refreshing to find an article that talks about concrete actions to take to make it work for you.
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Innovation in the Supply Chain
Innovation has always been a key driver of the US economy. Most people don't think of the supply chain as a hotbed of innovation, but that doesn't mean it's not. Where's it going to come from in the future, though?
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Omnicchannel Trends
Ben Davis, in an E-Consultancy blog article, takes a shot at explaining what exactly is happening in omnichannel retail. It covers a lot of ground in a short time, but does a good job telling us where the trend is heading and what it affects.
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