Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2015

Infor–a market consolidator of enterprise software–currently has revenues of $2.8 Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants. In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. SAP and several other companies passed on the opportunity.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Today as I sit scrunched into a coach seat in 26C, working on this blog post and hoping to not spill my coffee on my neighbor, I dutifully type to complete my weekly post. While many technology companies have co-opted the network of networks message, today there is no interoperability between network solutions. Holiday travel.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. This makes S&OP implementation a difficult process, especially when it comes to finding the right tools. Finding Software to Drive S&OP: 5 Dysfunctions companies typically encounter . image source: [link].

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 8, 2016

As an analyst in the supply chain market for 15 years, I have written many articles on best-of-breed technology companies purchased by a larger company. The initial software product release name was Real-Time Forecasting. E2open sells a cloud-based solution for network collaboration. History of Terra Technology.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2013

They knew little about the software market. In the beginning, the inventory management solutions of LogicTools , Optiant and SmartOps pushed to take operations research to a new level through supply chain optimization. SmartOps was purchased by SAP. SAP released an S&OP solution using HANA in 2011.

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AIMMS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

In this blog post, I will delve into 5 issues companies typically experience with their S&OP software. This makes S&OP implementation a difficult process, especially when it comes to finding the right tools. Finding Software to Drive S&OP: 5 Dysfunctions companies typically encounter . image source: [link].

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2015

As shown in Figure 1, users are more satisfied, the implementations are shorter and there is greater Return on Investment of solutions from Best-of-Breed solution providers—especially if the best-of-breed solution providers used are industry-specific. Today, SAP and Oracle have market share dominance; however, the data is clear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

My goal in this blog post is to answer a series of questions I got from the audience when I spoke at a couple of conferences this week. Through digital marketing, small brands are cropping up all over, and it is sentiment analysis and digital content driving purchases. How do we compete?” Now it is just data.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Today, 7% of order and purchase order flows move through business networks. For access to the report on business networks reference this r eport. The solutions to close the gaps are not so easy. I am wondering what would happen if we got technology leaders in the same room and brainstormed a solution?”

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 5, 2016

The in-depth reporting is titled, “The Last Days of Target: The untold tale of Target Canada’s difficult birth, tough life and brutal death.” Target employed JDA Software for demand forecasting and inventory replenishment. Data for roughly 75,000 different products was fed from SAP, according to the article. headquarters.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 9, 2016

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. While, in 2012, SAP acquired Ariba. In this period the concept of trading exchanges were largely overhyped and the solutions under-delivered.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The consulting team pitches a theme–vision of supply chain best practices, big data analytics, or demand-driven value networks– to the executive team, and a new project is initiated. The first evolution of technologies were built by best-of-breed solution vendors. The first step in the journey is a kick-off meeting.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The enterprise value of Micro Focus is reported to be $2 billion and the purchase price is reported to be 2.2 The most visible was in 2016, in an upwards of $9 billion merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) software business in an effort to create what was reported as a pure-play enterprise software company.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 17, 2013

The article is written and the story is spun, but the solution offered is a supply-centric solution based on yesterday’s technology. The market shift is towards analytics, but this new market is confusing. The most successful have used best-of-breed solutions. (We Instead, I see a behavior that I call bait and switch.

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EC Sourcing Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Once upon a time, companies had to manage purchasing departments and procurement management as though it was the Dark Ages. Everything was done by hand—there were no computer software programs to help, there were no emails, and there were no spreadsheets. . Procurement Tracking Softwar e: What Does Tracking Do?

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month. The budget is for a fiscal year with quarter reporting and updates. The direct connection between the two processes increases costs and increases error. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 3, 2015

Executive, after executive, lament, “They have purchased many technologies and sponsored many projects to reduce inventories, but they are not seeing results.” We are systemically evaluating each industry in the Supply Chain Insights Metrics That Matter series of reports. However, let’s face facts.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 8, 2014

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. » Impact of SMAC on Enterprise Software Applications.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

When buying business software you have two basic approaches to choose from: building a best of breed stack, or opting for a single vendor solution. In this guide to best of breed vs single vendor software. While single vendor solutions will offer a wider array of functions – sometimes beyond what a single business might need.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

So, I thought that I would write a blog to answer what seems like a simple question. Sentiment Analysis and Text Mining Tools offer promise, but the typical social listening tools used in digital marketing like Coremetrics and Radian6 are grossly inadequate. These tools only answer the questions that we know to ask.

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Claritum

JUNE 3, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Procurement the barrier to doing business. The number of employees procuring outside of any formal procurement structure is increasing. This increase driven by the many marketplace services available in the cloud and the ease of purchase and familiarity of these Marketplaces.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Adaptive ERP software developed specifically for the medical device industry can help provide a strong infrastructure so you can be more productive. . The Santa Clara Medical Center reported that 383 medical items went missing between 2010 and 2014, including incubators, heart monitors and mammography machines.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Sometimes referred to as ANPR (Automatic License Plate Recognition) cameras, your license plate recognition cameras will integrate with automated Weighbridge software to simplify the automation of your weighbridge. As a faster and more reliable company, you can present your clients as leaders in their field and solutions to their problems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Sadly, I find each to have a limited view of supply chain analytics. Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. State of Industries.

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Bristlecone

MAY 21, 2021

Did you know that advanced analytics, when used in lieu of traditional statistical models, can help procurement departments increase cost efficiency by 3-8%? [1]. The procurement department of any business generates more data than is humanly possible to compute and comprehend through traditional means. Integration.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Today I also want to report that, based on over a decade of scientific discovery, traditional supply chain practices are not best practices. There is also no Santa Claus.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2017

” At the other end of the continuum is the argument that “ Forecast error is the most important metric to improve.” I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. Recently, I wrote a blog post on upending the apple cart.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

SAP APO is sunsetting in 2025. In our previous blog , we outlined the reality that APO users are missing out on significant strategic and competitive advantages because of their continuing reliance on outdated, on-premise technologies to do supply chain planning. Cost Savings.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 27, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our March 27, 2023 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news. The bank will reportedly purchase $119 billion in deposits and upwards of $72 billion in existing SVB loans. bank and considered as one of the U.S.’s

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 29, 2017

Let me start this blog with a story. When the report published, it stimulated many conversations. Examples include E2open, Elemica, GT Nexus (now owned by INFOR ), and SAP Ariba. As shown in Figure 2, few orders and purchase orders flow hands-free. I believe that Supply Chains build economies and save the planet.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 31, 2019

The intent of this executive forum is to bring together supply chain executives to engage in an open discussion of how analytics and AI can be used to create competitive advantage in the organization. We also shared results from the recent report completed by IBM and NC State on the current state of data analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 27, 2022

.”[1] A nationally-focused study published by SAP Canada and IDC Canada concluded, “Digital transformation will be the most valuable business investment Canadian companies can make as they enter 2022.”[2] And, according to the staff at MHI, “Digital technologies and tools are table stakes. ”[5].

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Detect, Diagnose and Direct with Speed, Precision & Advanced Analytics. Detection of systemic challenges will be a bit more gradual and is based on the metrics that matter to your business, such as customer service, days of supply, etc., Cloud BI solutions (e.g. Logility recently purchased Halo which embeds ML.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Detect, Diagnose and Direct with Speed, Precision & Advanced Analytics. Detection of systemic challenges will be a bit more gradual and is based on the metrics that matter to your business, such as customer service, days of supply, etc., Cloud BI solutions (e.g. Logility recently purchased Halo which embeds BI.

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ThroughPut

MAY 30, 2024

Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a critical tool for manufacturers to effectively manage production scheduling, inventory control, and supply chain planning. The software-based system helps manufacturers plan and schedule the materials and components needed to produce finished goods. What is Material Requirements Planning (MRP)?

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Supply Chain Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

I am pleasantly amazed at the use of innovative technology that is designed to turn the entirety of a forecast and trade promotion planning process into something that has been missing forever – a precise and trustworthy prediction of consumer purchase behavior. about 45% of the trade promotions fail).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Confused on solution capabilities–the differences and commonalities of these solutions– she had no idea where to start to connect them together. Each technology solution operates within well-defined functional silos. Here is the latest report outlining the capabilities. I am updating this report.).

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