- 1. The Evolution of Container Chassis Provisioning
- (Logistics)
- ... in the past, how ownership has transitioned, and how new provisioning models have and continue to evolve. Chassis Deployment and Ownership Through the Years In the early days of containerization, ...
- 2. Supply Chains Embracing Electric Vehicles
- (Logistics)
- ... change When the electric vehicles craze takes charge, everything in the sector, starting from manufacturing systems, vehicle ownership and environmental care, will need consideration and overhaul. ...
- 3. Tennant Company Launches Industry’s First Industrial Robotic Floor Scrubber
- (News)
- ... while reducing total cost of ownership. This is the third AMR in Tennant’s lineup and the industry’s first AMR built on an industrial scrubber platform. Units begin shipping in April in the U.S. and Canada. ...
- 4. Fashion Industry Eyes Blockchain
- (News)
- ... industry supply chains, tracking the welfare of factory workers, and transferring the ownership of digital fashion, among a plethora of other areas which are the industry’s constant irrespective of what ...
- 5. New Research Confirms Blockchain’s Effectiveness for Improved Data Sharing in the Retail Industry
- (News)
- ... in combination with a GS1 data-sharing standard called EPCIS (Electronic Product Code Information Services), allows partners to transmit data more directly and efficiently, while maintaining ownership ...
- 6. Putting Together S&OP
- (News)
- Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is one of the most important processes affecting the supply chain. Its ownership, though, seems to be an issue for a broad swath of companies.In an article on the 21st ...
- 7. Using TCO to Evaluate Cloud Options
- (News)
- Cloud technology can probably be considered mainstream at this point, but we need to remind ourselves of how it compares to other alternatives. A good way to do that is with a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) ...
- 8. Is SaaS Based EDI a Cloud Service?
- (Technology)
- ... by high total cost of ownership (TCO) of other software options. Trend or Spin "SaaS applications clearly are no longer seen as a new deployment model by our survey base, with almost half of those surveyed ...
- 9. Concerns About IoT
- (News)
- The Internet of Things (Iot) is moving ahead quite rapidly, but there are a few things impeding progress. Without resolution, we won't see a fully realized IoT, according to Tom Spring on the CRN site.Security, ...
- 10. Responsibility For Suppliers
- (News)
- Some well-documented recent business disasters, such as the airbag recalls by the car makers, vividly illustrate the need for manufacturers to take more ownership of their supply chain processes. The risks ...
- 11. Is Procurement Adding Value?
- (News)
- The procurement function is increasing in importance, according to a recent book by Gerard Chich and Rob Hanfield. Bob Trebilcock interviews them on the Supply Chain Management Review site and gets their ...
- 12. Ownership of the P2P Process
- (News)
- A battle between a couple guys who really know P2P is taking place on the Spend Matters site. Should it be fully integrated across the process, or is separate P silos the way to go?It's Pierre Mitchell's ...
- 13. Bigger is Not Always Better – Exploring EDI Solutions
- (EDI)
- ... decision for the short and long term. EDI solutions today include the traditional translator/software ownership, sourcing to a third party to translate or using a web based application. This just conveys ...
- 14. Innovation vs. Continuous Improvement
- (News)
- Mike Suman, on the M Live site, expresses concerns about the potential for the Lean continuous improvement methodology to inhibit innovation.Although they can certainly co-exist, it is definitely possible ...
- 15. Cloud ERP Analysis
- (News)
- Robert Houdeshell provides an analysis of what's happening with cloud ERP in an article on the Smart Data Collective site. The 'old-line' ERPs are rolling out cloud capabilities, and nimble new offerings ...
- 16. Cost vs. Price
- (News)
- The concept of cost vs. price has always been difficult to understand, although some parts of the organization seem to do better with it than others. On Spend Matters, Thomas Kase discusses the need for ...
- 17. Total Cost and the Supplier
- (News)
- Total cost of ownership isn't a new concept. It can be applied to a lot of situations, and it's particularly useful in supplier price negotiations. In an article in US News, Jeff Weiss gives a great explanation ...
- 18. TCO for Sustainability
- (News)
- Total cost of ownership (TCO) is an excellent way to analyze the true cost of a product or process. It's becoming more prevalent in making sustainability decisions for the supply chain. Check out Jessica ...
- 19. Can You Use Anecdotal Information?
- (Management)
- ... communicate. The keys with all these business partners seemed to be accessibility, acceptance of the information, and ownership of the issue, whether positive or negative. Another source for anecdotal ...
- 20. SaaS Pricing- Part Two
- (News)
- ChainLink followed up their original research on SaaS with an additional piece that's just as instructive. It delves heavily into Total Cost of Ownership and describes what's needed to make valid comparisons ...
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