Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'by Prasad Satyavolu Last week, Trevor Miles wrote “ SMAC in the Middle of Supply Chain Change ” and it made me recall the dozen or so articles I’ve read recently on the Internet of Things (IoT). I find that most have a similar opening – 30 billion or so devices will be connected by 2017 and more “things” will be connected than human beings on the earth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'The health care industry in the US is undergoing transformation driven by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the increasing impact of consumerism. Healthcare providers historically have had prepaid plans where the cost of care was paid up front and the more procedures a hospital did, the more they got paid. Consequently providers felt little […].

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'Many companies are still proclaiming that they have “collaborative relationships”, but nowhere is this less the case then in the construction industry in oil and gas. In this environment, traditional Design-Build relationships are more risk-prone and litigious then ever. Recently I met with a group of companies in Niagara Falls, at a meeting hosted by Aecon, a large construction company, that hosted their customers in a number of industries.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2014

'Even the seemingly most well-crafted contracts and business relationships can suffer from a common but dangerous ailment that I call Strategic Drift. Strategic drift occurs when buyers and suppliers don’t work to maintain their relationship, or put in the work needed to keep abreast and update their strategic priorities as business happens. I’ve witnessed Strategic Drift enough that I have decided to officially add it to the Vested list of ailments that can disrupt or derail business relation

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

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