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Millennials in the Supply Chain
Talent attraction and management continue to be ongoing challenges for the supply chain. How to make the function interesting to millennials joining the workforce is the subject of a recent article on the EBN site by Abe Eshkenazi.
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Cisco's Real IoT Examples
I don't know about you, but I'm always on the lookout for real-world applications of technologies that are climbing the hype cycle curve. IoT, for example, is something we've all read a lot about, but may not have seen in action.
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Reasons to Love Hadoop
In a typically well-informed analysis, Lora Cecere takes a look at what the Big Data technology called Hadoop has to offer. According to her article on the Supply Chain Shaman site, there are compelling reasons for supply chain managers to be excited.
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Cheezborgers Anyone?
OK, I'll bite... what does the procurement function have in common with Saturday Night Live? It's a tenuous connection at best, but the supply chain must be able to offer customers more than just 'cheezborgers'.
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Get Rid of Vanity Metrics
I think we can all agree that metrics are a good thing. What if you have metrics that look good, but don't tell you what you need to know? '
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Build a Customer-Focused Supply Chain
How do you build a supply chain that's focused on what customers want, not just cost savings? Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, first addressed this topic back in 2008 and is now cycling back with more thoughts.
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Giving Thanks
Just a bit late for Thanksgiving, Pierre Mitchell provides a list of 9 things we in the supply chain should be thankful for. They're mostly obvious choices, but nonetheless it's that time of year.
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You Have a Deadline
In an article in this month's Inc magazine, the word that frightens a lot of people, 'Deadline', is discussed. Are deadlines good or do they tend to corrode the quality of projects?
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The Procurement Transformation
A recent study by Ardent Partners shows us that well over half of the enterprise 'spend' is being managed through the procurement function. Looks like the procurement 'mindset' of cost avoidance may need an overhaul.
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Explaining Microservices
In the first of a series on the topic of Microservices, Rob Tiberio looks at what they really are, as opposed to what the 'buzzword watchers' consider them to be.
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