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WalMart Invests in 'e'
When a company builds a couple DCs, it's usually no big deal. When WalMart does it and it signals an update to their strategy, it's a different story.
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Top Tech Articles
Bob Kerschberg, on the Forbes site, takes a broad look at a number of technology issues facing supply chains and points us toward a few articles to get caught up on. Cloud, Big Data, data deserts, beer clusters.... they're all covered by Bob's analysis and sources.
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Apparel Analytics
We've all read about Big Data and some of the Big Things it'll do in the future. It's interesting, though, to read about how a specific industry, in this case apparel, will be affected.
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USPS and Same Day Delivery
Same-day delivery continues to heat up as a fulfillment strategy. The USPS is moving forward in its efforts to stay involved. Are you ready for your grocery delivery from the mail carrier? On the one hand, USPS has the equipment, infrastructure, people, and incentive to succeed.
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Sustainability Metrics
The vast majority of large businesses now 'officially' report on sustainability. That doesn't exactly mean you can compare them, though.
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Top 3PL Concerns
The latest 3PL research on efulfillment challenges is out, and the results provide confirmation of what we've been reading about through the year. Order flexibility, inventory visibility, and system integrations are top concerns.
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Supply Chain Headwinds for 2015
On the CFO site, J. Michael Kilgore explains how a confluence of pressures on supply chains may create an uncomfortable 2015 for businesses. The economy is improving, yet interest rates and freight costs are rising.
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Collaboration is a Must
Collaboration among supply chain partners has always been a worthwhile goal. With the rise of omnichannel customers, it's now a necessity.
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P2P & ERP
Purchase-to-pay networks were developed because ERPs didn't do a good job with certain purchasing processes, right? If that's the case, why worry about the ERP?
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PLM in the Cloud
Product lifecycle management (PLM) is right in the middle of the revolution in technology we're experiencing. It's slowly moving to the cloud, but there are lots of issues that are preventing a quick transition.
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