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Amazon's Same Day Delivery Moves
As the competition to crack the code on same-day delivery heats up, Amazon is trying some new things. Will it put them on top?
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Research on Procurement Priorities
The Hackett Group recently presented this year's key issues for procurement, and the results show that priorities are changing. What used to be strictly driven by cost-avoidance is now focusing on issues like supplier innovation.
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Research on Logistics & Purchasing Integration
In an interesting study on the University of Tennessee site, the value of integrating purchasing and logistics is described. Although typically kept in 'silos', even in the largest companies, those who have integrated them are realizing huge benefits.
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ThomasNet Update
On the Spend Matters site, Jason Busch reviews his recent conversations with and about a long-time sourcing and supplier support company, ThomasNet. They've continued to evolve as technology has affected the procurement and supply chain processes.
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SAP, Procurement, and the Cloud
The cloud has clearly disrupted the ERP market. SAP, for example, has faced the challenge and has made acquisitions and development to address it. Have they succeeded?
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Where's the Talent?
In this era of high unemployment and slow growth, it's interesting to read about an industry that's having problems finding people to work in it. As usual, it's complicated by a number of factors that aren't easy to fix, such as job requirements/skill mismatches, educational needs, demographics, and industry specific knowledge issues.
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ERP Market Data is Cloudy
Louis Columbus, in a Forbes article, analyzes some data on the ERP market and thinks that the future is right in front of us.
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Sustainability Challenges for Supply Chains
Corporate sustainability is a big deal. The challenges of supply chains to support corporate efforts are many and varied, especially in this interconnect, global world.
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Looking at the Scorecard
If you're part of the supply chain, you are likely to be very familiar with the concept of the scorecard. Lora Cecere, the Supply Chain Shaman, certainly is.
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Amazon Update Time
Amazon Supply has been in the B2B space for awhile now. They've added products and website functionality, but how are they doing and how are competitors reacting?
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