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What Is Old Is New Again. Maybe, Just Maybe, the Emperor Is Getting Some Clothes.

Supply Chain Shaman

It ceased to exist in 2005 when it merged with 1Sync. The solution solved a relevant industry issue. In the height of the e-commerce craze, the marketplace offerings started with a focus on e-procurement. The widely-held view was that the e-procurement market would fuel the next generation of marketplace applications.

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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. I asked him over and over, “Is the market ready for a solution for JUST Sales and Operations Planning?” The supply chain management software market had soured.

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Aligning Supply Chain Metrics to Improve Value

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was an analyst at AMR Research (purchased by Gartner in 2010), I used the framework shown in Figure 2, as a framework to discuss supply chain excellence. Figure 2: AMR Research Hierarchy of Metrics First Published in 2005 Demand error is at the top of the Gartner hierarchy.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Another crazy Friday morning, now with the kids out of school, so let’s go straight to this week’s news: JDA Announces Major Enhancements to Workforce Mobility, All-Channel Commerce Solutions. HighJump Software Enhances HighJump Warehouse Advantage Express Offering to Meet Increased Demand in SMB Marketplace.

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Financial Implications of Not Having Net Zero Plans

Jaggaer

EU ETS Requirements & Compliance Risks The European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a market-based mechanism established in 2005 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Impact on Procurement Functions The introduction of net-zero plans will significantly impact the procurement function within affected companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

But before I bring out the lawn mower and tool box, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Mondelez Says Cyberattack Cost it Business (WSJ – sub. AscendTMS Launches Commission System In Logistics TMS Software. To use the tower, customers scan a barcode on their purchase receipt.

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The Journey of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Manufacturing

Jaggaer

Origins of ERP ERP is a software system that helps organizations streamline their core business processes. They packaged their standard business software in the R/2 system in the 1980s and the more advanced R/3 system in the 1990s. Baan, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft also developed their own solutions at this time.