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Business Results from New Technology
When new technologies such as Big Data, cloud, and mobile arrive on the scene, it's often difficult to separate fluff from reality when trying to understand their potential. Getting hard data into your analysis helps a lot, though.
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Where Does eCommerce Belong?
Ah, one of the eternal questions: who 'owns' ecommerce in the organization? Is it IT, marketing, or some other silo in the company?
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A Collection of Big Data Case Studies
I usually find case studies to be extremely valuable in learning about the impact of new technologies at the micro level. For Big Data, since it's been touted as a cure-all for so much, cases make its potential more real.
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Whole Foods Takes the ERP Plunge
When an iconic brand decides to head down the ERP path, it's a big deal for both the company and its customers. Whole Foods is looking at its Infor implementation as a necessary step for its reinvention.
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Supply Chain Software Companies to Know
As the supply chain world continues to become more global and complex, technology has evolved right along with it. The Green Biz site has compiled a list of software companies with competencies in some of the newer aspects of the supply chain process.
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The Inventory Challenge
Our favorite Shaman has her sights set on inventory optimization. It's a long-standing supply chain challenge, but Lora Cecere has done the research to help us face it.
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Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain Innovation
Supply chains will become more agile, dynamic, and complex in the coming years, according to Valentijn de Leeuw of the ARC Advisory Group. The SMART Manufacturing Initiative is intended to help drive those changes via manufacturing innovation.
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Mobile Tech Added for Omnichannel Fulfillment
When we look at the changes in supply chain operations resulting from the omnichannel trend, we normally don't think of what happens in the warehouse. According to Ben Ames on the DC Velocity site, that's a big 'miss'.
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It's the Season of Risk
Since we're now smack dab in the middle of hurricane season, it may be an appropriate time to ask: is your supply chain ready for the next disaster? As business has become more global, problems on the other side of the world that used to be 'out of sight, out of mind' can now cause major disruptions.
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The Evolution of Procurement
Procurement's evolution from a cost-containment function to one of value creation is an ongoing story. A recent conference sponsored by Zycus produced some forward thinking on the subject by a number of supply chain executives, including Coca-Cola's CPO.
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