2013 Procurement Procurement Solutions 
Supply Chain Shaman
JANUARY 7, 2025
Sorting through this to make a decision on a new planning solution at this time is tough. For example, if I improve the cost structure in transportation, procurement, manufacturing and sales independently, what decision support framework decides the right trade-offs? My advice? You are right. How Do You Drive Value? Your next step?
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Likewise, data scientists are long on the understanding of software approaches but short on understanding the business. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud. They are just too risky. Talent Demand.
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Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 3, 2013
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. Transora had a short history. Clear governance.
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 1, 2023
The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means they are more likely to focus on value and affordability and change their priorities and brand preferences when making purchases.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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. The ends of the supply chain–both in customer and procurement– are fragile.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 11, 2014
So, here is my invented future for 2015, starting with my most audacious prediction: Google will acquire a logistics service provider (3PL) and/or a logistics software vendor. And its technology assets too, like the Kiva robots Amazon purchased [in 2012] and the data centers that power its cloud computing services.
Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 3, 2013
She cannot count the number of SCM software acquisition announcements that promised 1+1=10. Very few software acquisitions reach their potential. SAP company passed on a thirty-day period of first refusal to acquire the asset allowing the purchase by E2open on July 31st, 2013. Let me start with a disclaimer.
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