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Joining Big Data and BI
In a Smart Data Collective article, Ray Major reviews current thinking on Big Data in the supply chain analytics arena. Although it's tempting to consider Big Data the 'silver bullet', according to Mr. Major it really depends on the problem you're trying to resolve.
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Future ERP Integration With SCM
What's the future hold for ERP software and the supply chain? It appears the trend toward SCM software will continue and that means lots of integration may be needed.
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Job Growth With 3PLs
The supply chain is a 'happening' arena for job growth. In fact, opportunities in certain areas of the supply chain, like logistics, are really exploding. One often overlooked role, according to Jeff Ashcroft on the Supply Chain Network site, is with 3PLs.
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Trends Affecting Retail
On the Retail Customer Experience site, Chris Petersen takes a broader look at several trends we've been following that will greatly affect retail in the near future. As they say, the only constant is change, and most of these weren't on anyone's radar 3 years ago.
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Same Day Delivery Research
Do your customers really need same-day delivery? Or is this just another passing fancy that'll go away if we ignore it. Well, there's been some research on the subject by BI Intelligence and, although there's not a huge amount in play yet, there will be over the next 4 years.
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Big Data Drives Innovation
There's a connection between innovation, optimization, and disruption. If innovation is your goal, Big Data can help you optimize what needs to be optimized and disrupt what should be disrupted. That's no small feat.
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Who Will Own the IoT?
There's a lot of discussion taking place over who will build and 'own' the top layer that the Internet of Things (IoT) will function underneath. On the Forbes site, Jon Bruner takes us through several of the opinions voiced by the smart tech people who've done some thinking on the subject.
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IoT Risks
With all the excitement surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT), some really important topics can be overlooked. Risk is something that doesn't necessarily jump to the top-of-mind, but it should.
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SAP Buys Concur
SAP has made another acquisition in their ongoing attempt to improve their cloud profile. Their purchase of Concur, a technology many of you have probably used, is viewed as one that may be good for certain investors, but not necessarily for the Concur user community.
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Amazon On the Move
When a company like Amazon decides on a direction, they don't mess around. Since they're always in expansion mode and one of their key efforts is to ramp up overseas, they're going all-in on distribution centers (or fulfillment centers, in their parlance).
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