Blogs (17)
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ec-bp.com's Best of 2014
- Friday, 19 December 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
2014 is almost in the books and it’s been a wild ride! We’ve posted a lot of articles and blogs that we hope have been useful to you this year. As usual, we like to go back and see what piqued your interest so we can find themes and topics to update in the new year.
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What's Visibility Mean to You?
- Monday, 15 September 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
Visibility is a hot supply chain topic. Our writers have cranked out articles on the subject, Buzz posts links to visibility articles every week, and I bet you’ve heard from sales guys and marketers pushing their solutions. But what’s it mean when you really get down to it?Back in the old days when I led a large EDI/eBusiness team, visibility to us meant the ability to locate and see a transaction from beginning to end. For example, for an outbound document we’d want to see it tracked from the ERP module, through our interface, into our translator, in its interchange on the way to the VAN, at the VAN, and receipt verified from the partner. Read more...
Where Will the Supply Chain Jobs Be?
- Friday, 20 June 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
When Dickens wrote ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’, he wasn’t prognosticating about today’s world. Or was he? If you embrace dazzling technology and mind-blowing innovation, times are good. If you abhor change and get uptight reading about how different the world will be in just a few years, your stomach may be in perpetual knots. The velocity of change is quickening, and there’s no reason to think it’ll slow down.
What is Amazon Supply Doing?
- Wednesday, 14 May 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
It must be that time of year. Ever since Amazon began its foray into B2B products, business writers feel obligated to explain every so often how Amazon Supply (AS) will steamroll its new competitors. The latest article, by Clare O’Connor on the Forbes site (see it HERE), doesn’t break much new ground.
Is Big Data Better Data?
- Monday, 05 May 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
As a supply chain professional, you’re probably scratching your head about the whole Big Data thing, that is unless you’re an early adopter and have already reaped its benefits or suffered through start-up issues. I bet you’re questioning how and when you should stick your toe into the water.
The Cycle is Your Friend
- Wednesday, 12 March 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
Gartner’s ‘Hype Cycle’ is a pretty handy little tool. It’s not exactly Moore’s Law, but as far as providing insight into where hot technologies are in the public conversation, it does a great job. If you know where your technology sits on the cycle’s pathway, you can pretty much predict where it’s going, at least from a hype standpoint.
Are We There Yet?
- Friday, 14 February 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Cyndee Wehrheim
I heard a four word phrase today that brought me back some years to travelling with my two sons. We took many road trips as they were growing up. It would take more than two hands to count the number of times I heard them during our travels, “Are we there yet?” Patience, dear sons, patience….we will be there soon enough! But for them, it was never too soon!
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Can’t We Just Execute an EDI Solution Already???
- Friday, 07 February 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Cyndee Wehrheim
A couple of weeks ago I shared snippets of EDI technologies available today that give organizations more choices to meet their EDI needs. But have you thought about your internal business partner processes and needs? Though EDI is a technology, core business partners and processes will still be mainstream players when choosing your EDI solution.
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Competition for the Last Mile
- Wednesday, 05 February 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
Whether you consider the ‘last mile’ challenge a customer service, supply chain, or logistics issue, it’s a topic that could be the next frontier for competitive advantage in the retail space. But what exactly are we talking about? Is it same day delivery, the use of ‘valets’ to provide immediate delivery at a premium, or the attempt to get a product in the customer’s hands when he wants it at the least cost? When I read through recent articles on the topic, it seems like they’re all considered ‘last mile’ issues. Heck, delivery-to-store and to storage lockers can even be thought of in the same vein.Read more...
Fearless Predictions for 2014
- Friday, 03 January 2014
- Blogs
- Written by Michael Martz
It’s that time of year. Industry experts, high level consultants, research institutions, and famous pundits make predictions about the upcoming year, while conveniently failing to mention how their predictions from last year turned out. Hey, why can't I take a shot at that?
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- M2M
- internet-of-things
- industrial internet
- robots
- DC
- omnichannel
- drones
- last mile
- logistics
- Kiva
- Amazon
- electronic commerce
- Big Data
- analytics
- techdinamics
- M2M
- internet-of-things
- industrial internet
- robots
- DC
- omnichannel
- drones
- last mile
- logistics
- Kiva
- Amazon
- electronic commerce
- Big Data
- analytics
- techdinamics
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