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Evolution of B2B Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

Today Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm, announced a definitive agreement to purchase Elemica, a provider of Supply Chain Operating Networks for the chemical industry. In this period the concept of trading exchanges were largely overhyped and the solutions under-delivered. The acquisitions follow a pattern.

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Adapting Supply Chains to the Digital Retail Revolution

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According to a recent report by Global Web Index, modern shoppers distribute their attention across multiple social platforms and are increasingly likely to purchase products on their mobile devices. 2 IoT The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of digitally connected physical objects, accessible wirelessly from anywhere.

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IoT Order Buttons Are Set to Revolutionize Your Supply Chain: Here’s What You Should Know

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With the Internet of Things (IoT) order buttons, that might be a thing of the past. Image source: Amazon website. Read Also: 2016 Supply Chain Insights Summit: Imagining Supply Chain in 2030 as The Engine of Growth. Instead, the IoT buttons provide an alternative channel for placing purchase orders.

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Seeing Beyond the Firewall

Supply Chain Shaman

Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. The processes are largely batch, using data with great latency (orders and purchase orders).

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

The traditional supply chain is inside-out, triggering processes on the back of order-to-cash and procure-to-pay financial processes. The CIO budget is hamstrung with system upgrades and software license payments. Or is it the use of the Internet of Things to transform manufacturing or reduce issues with counterfeiting?

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Supply Chain 2030: Forge a New Path

Supply Chain Shaman

The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is over, but we hope the energy to define Supply Chain 2030 is just beginning. As companies prepare for Supply Chain 2030, we think that it is time to rethink the basics. As companies prepare for Supply Chain 2030, we think that it is time to rethink the basics. What does it take?

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

While traditional supply chain processes evolved from functional excellence definitions for source, make and deliver from the inside-out; to make the digital pivot and become more market-driven, companies need to define new supply chain processes outside-in. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Bio-engineering? Customization?