- 1. SCM Bought By McKinsey
- (News)
- According to Industrial Distribution, McKinsey & Co has acquired SCM Connections, a company that uses advanced tech for supply chain planning. McKinsey & Company announced it has acquired SCM Connections, ...
- 2. McKinsey Acquires Supply Chain Company
- (News)
- According to ChannelE2E, McKinsey has acquired SCM Connections, a global and supply chain planning company. Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has acquired SCM Connections, a supply ...
- 3. TrueCommerce Acquires DiCentral
- (News)
- ... operations, and increase profitability. Known for simplifying complex API and EDI business challenges, DiCentral adds 30,000 connections to TrueCommerce’s Global Commerce Network, plus nearly 5,000 customers ...
- 4. The edge of the supply chain
- (Technology)
- ... when necessary and communicate with their centralized facilities as needed. The initial reasons for this move include: Unreliable wireless connections - While we may think that every inch of the globe ...
- 5. How Did Your Supply Chain Fail Your Black Friday Efforts?
- (Retail)
- ... to refill shelves within an hour but having backup inventory in the wings and cyber connections that let shoppers click to purchase out of stock items with free guaranteed next day delivery to their homes ...
- 6. Alibaba, the Supply Chain, and Changes in China
- (Management)
- ... in China was cheap but not easily accessible. Transactions were only available if a company had existing connections in China or could afford to make them. This meant taking 18-hour flights, hiring fluent ...
- 7. Get a handle on big data and make your supply chain top of its class
- (Technology)
- ... support system: With big data, it is also possible to monitor machines from a distance using IoT connections. They deliver massive amounts of data that should be used to analyze how customers are interacting ...
- 8. What’s Cloud Got To Do With It?
- (Integration)
- ... companies that created electronic networks before the internet became widely available. Their main purpose was to provide connections between trading partners. As part of that service they stored the transactions ...
- 9. We were the machines
- (Integration)
- ... New tech added to the supply chain isn’t always perfectly connected to existing systems. With the expansion of IoT, logistics systems, and manufacturing 4.0 there are plenty of missed connections. And ...
- 10. Supply Chain Visibility with IOT
- (Technology)
- ... around the globe, it constantly communicates to TPSynergy servers using available cellular connections and GPS. In case a connection is not available, data is stored internally and sent to the server once ...
- 11. Walmart - The NEW Mandate
- (EDI)
- ... transactions (your transactions) to and from Walmart and every other trading partner you deal with. And because of the depth and breadth of Walmart’s vendor base nearly every EDI service provider has connections ...
- 12. Have You Connected the Dots Yet?
- (Management)
- ... orders, dissatisfied customers, or increased employee hours. That’s because of the disconnect between your internal systems. One factor contributing to the increased pressure to have direct connections ...
- 13. It's Integration Time
- (Integration)
- ... to buy equipment and software, plus you had to train an employee (or hire one) to establish and maintain connections. That was just to get up and running. Integrating documents into and out of your existing ...
- 14. IoT is Real and Present
- (Technology)
- ... humans carrying with devices that do the communicating for them. The connections and the information are triggered by conditions as they change. That information is transmitted using some kind of message ...
- 15. Is Your Supply Chain OS Ready?
- (Management)
- ... that need to connect with each other. Automated connections are critical to timely updates of transactions particularly as the pace of business quickens. Previous processes that required manual transport ...
- 16. Supply Chain Managers as Business Leaders
- (Management)
- ... with both their suppliers and their customers are able to form connections much stronger than the data that flows between them. As you move through your career, whether you choose a vertical path that ...
- 17. All Hail to the Cloud
- (Technology)
- ... an email system like gmail or even Yahoo mail is an obvious choice because of the nature of email - the content moves from one computer to another over the Internet. When online connections were more temporary, ...
- 18. Growth Continues for Digital Connections
- (News)
- As managers strive to drive cost out of their supply chains, establishing digital connections with business partners seems to be gaining traction.A recent study shows that not only are more companies connecting, ...
- 19. SnapChat of Facebook - Supply Chain Social Media
- (Management)
- The end of the supply chain (retail) is probably the only place that makes any sense for any kind of social media activity. At least that's the common belief. What would a supplier, manufacturer, 3PL, ...
- 20. Building Your Value Chain
- (News)
- 3rd party connections are important to businesses, no more so than to their supply chains. Extended supply chains are totally dependent on them, but few companies seem to value them appropriately.The Supply ...
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