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eCommerce Effect on Shipping Costs
In an interesting look at how ecommerce has affected the cost profile of the basic logistics function of getting products into customers' hands, Andre Mouton examines how inefficiencies have been introduced.
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Sales Input Needed!
The eternal question... can you trust your own salespeople when creating business plans? Supply chain people may be skeptical, but they'd be crazy to ignore such a rich source of information.
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Eliminating Purchase Orders?
On the Business2Community site, Auke Hylarides poses an interesting question about the need to actually enter purchase orders. Can direct communication into your system from your customer's MRP a possibility?
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IoT Infographic
Infographics are great. They can present a visual that'll quickly explain the most complex technology. For example, the Smart Data Collective posts a graphic on the Internet of Things.
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More Intelligent P2P
If you've considered investing in a procurement system, you may want to wait awhile. According to Jason Busch of Spend Matters, more 'intelligence' is on the way to make P2P systems more intuitive and effective.
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Cloud ERP Moves Ahead
Cloud-based ERP is moving forward at a brisk clip, with a pace much greater than Gartner predicted. What's the rush?
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What's Driving Transportation?
Things are always moving fast in the transportation sector. So, what are some of the drivers of the changes we expect to see?
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Key Supply Chain Predictions
It's getting a little late to be rolling out 2014 predictions, but the team at Supply Chain Digest has put together an excellent expanded version of the results of interviews with several supply chain executives.
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Issues with ERP Planning
Lora Cecere, on the Supply Chain Shaman site, looks at the state of ERP systems and how well they've delivered on their promise of end-to-end planning. She doesn't like what she sees.
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Internet of Things Security Issues
With as much as has been written about the Internet of Things, one area that's been a bit under the radar is its security implication. Connections will be smarter and faster, and hence more dangerous.
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