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IoT Investment Scales Up
If there's one thing that's predictable, it's that a hot technology only remains hot if it's valuable enough to attract investment and business activity.
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USPS Tests Same Day Delivery
The USPS is pulling out all the stops to remain viable. Same-day delivery holds a lot of promise for increasing business in a hot area of logistics.
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Sales and Ops Planning at Parker Hannifan
We love to see real-life examples of supply chain processes. In a great article on the Supply Chain Digest site, the Sales & Operations Planning process (S&OP) at Parker Hannifan is reviewed in detail.
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Supply Chain Olympics
A timely article on the 21st Century Supply Chain site by Melissa Clow looks at the 2014 Winter Olympics. How do the various sports line up with supply chain functions?
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Designing Outside-In Processes
Lora Cecere, on the Supply Chain Shaman site, discusses the problem she sees for supply chains with identifying and responding to new customer requirements in a recent article.
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The NSA and the Internet of Things
Where there's a hot technology, there's usually also a little controversy. As the Internet of Things (IoT) heats up, we now learn that the NSA is excited over how it will enable additional surveillance processes to take place.
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Advice for Supply Chain Professionals
Adrian Gonzalez has put together a great collection of short videos for young supply chain professionals on his Talking Logistics site. There's a ton of great advice from experienced executives that can really help.
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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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