May, 2011

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Innovation’s Impact on the High-Tech Industry

Logility

Just the other week I met with one of our consumer high-tech customers who spoke about the impact of the pace of innovation on their industry. He mentioned how the supply chain organization, particularly aftermarket parts , has changed and how they have had to evolve their forecasting and inventory management practices. Then, just a couple of days later, a supply chain industry analyst mentioned how this SKU proliferation is becoming a key issue with increasing risk associated to obsolete invent

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Setting the SCM Standards Free

Supply Chain Network

'Over the last seven years we have seen unprecedented progress in the viable development of new SCM technologies such as EPC RFID, Electronic Catalogues (GDSN) and the SCM standards which support them on a global basis. These supporting SCM standards referred to are GRAI (Global Returnable Asset Identifier) and GLN (Global Location Numbering) which are both also critical pieces for completing the supply chain puzzle.

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Revised OECD Guidelines to Mandate “Sustainable Supply Chain” Practices

EcoVadis

Just yesterday the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises , which provide recommendations for responsible business conduct in a global context, were updated for the fourth time since they were first adopted in 1976. Forty-two countries adopted the revision with the main addition “new recommendations regarding the violation of human rights and corporate responsibility throughout the chain supply”.

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Getting Cloudy?

Logility

A recent report, “ IT Survey on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and IT Financial Services ," provides new insight into how CIOs and other IT decision-makers at large enterprise organizations are evaluating and implementing cloud technologies, with a focus on the specific financial metrics they use to rationalize their investment. The cloud (be it software-as-a-service or hosted, multi/single tenant) has been the buzzword du jour, well actually for a few years, and Gartner now predicts

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Getting Cloudy?

Logility

A recent report, “ IT Survey on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and IT Financial Services ," provides new insight into how CIOs and other IT decision-makers at large enterprise organizations are evaluating and implementing cloud technologies, with a focus on the specific financial metrics they use to rationalize their investment. The cloud (be it software-as-a-service or hosted, multi/single tenant) has been the buzzword du jour, well actually for a few years, and Gartner now predicts

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Deloitte Acquires Oco to Strengthen its End-to-End Analytics Portfolio of Services

Supply Chain Network

'Deloitte today announced it has purchased substantially all of the assets of Oco,Inc., a provider of enterprise-class software as a service (SaaS) business analytics solutions. This investment further demonstrates Deloitte’s commitment to the managed analytics marketplace. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “More and more businesses are looking for both analysis and real insights gleaned from multiple sources without having to make significant investments in internal infrastructure

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In the Spotlight: Apple, Foxconn and the IT Industry

EcoVadis

For better or for worse, Apple has become the poster child for how not to manage an IT supply chain. They are a perfect target as their brand is a global super star and they have a reputation of being shamelessly secretive, a characteristic that is especially taboo when Corporate Social Responsibility is the topic of conversation. Last week Apple was the focus of the International Action Day for Sustainable IT Supply Chains put on by makeITfair and Good Electronics and where the driving slogan w