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E2open Acquires Zyme: A Bridge Too Far?

Supply Chain Shaman

The company is a CRM solution. The Zyme solution improves revenue management, warranty and rebate processes. This source of channel data is very industry specific to the high tech market. It is a larger acquisition than the prior purchases of Terra Technology , Steelwedge , or SCM-Icon. Investors moaned.

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Supplier Performance Management – The Ultimate Guide

SCMDOJO

Current State of Supplier Performance Management Nowadays, the interest in improving supplier performance management methods has increased due to the increase in global sourcing and that of the global economy in particular (Gordon Sherry R, 2008). The questions that are most often asked are: What metrics should I use?

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart’s RFID journey Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. HAVE QUESTIONS?

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Walmart and the Past, Present, and Future of RFID

AB&R

Walmart announced in 2003 that its top 100 suppliers must tag their pallets and cases starting by 2005. The pandemic accelerated the Buy Online Pick Up in Store (BOPIS) model, which accounted for $72 billion in purchases in 2020, having greater inventory accuracy grew ever more important. Walmart’s RFID journey. HAVE QUESTIONS?

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5 Reasons why eAuctions Drive Better Savings

SCMDOJO

eAuctions are online real-time dynamic discussions between one purchasing organization and a group of pre-qualified vendors competing for the purchaser’s trade. Throughout a genuine and collaborative cooperation with business vendors, they produce innovative approaches to current procurement difficulties.

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The worst Supply Chain practices must be confessed and not only by constraint

KEPLER Consulting

Non-updated product sheets in ERP (purchase price, MOQ, Incoterm,…) resulting in non-compliant supplier orders . This approach impairs flexibility to cope with the hazards of the various downstream systems (production tool, customer demand, etc.). Sources Cachon G.P. Some studies (Cachon and Fischer (2000); Lee et al.

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What role can technology play in transforming the food and drink industry for the better?: transparency roundup

Provenance

“For every $1 spent on food, society pays $2 in health, environmental, and economic costs” (Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation ). The comprehensive report, “Cities and Circular Economy for Food” from the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, looks to address key challenges created by the food industry today: Annual costs of $5.7