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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

Source Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The article is written and the story is spun, but the solution offered is a supply-centric solution based on yesterday’s technology. As a result, articles are written proclaiming demand-driven results and then the reader is given a solution that is anything but demand driven.

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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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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

When I wrote the book Bricks Matter , I cavalierly penned a chapter on the evolution of supply chain thinking from cost to value. I found this out the hard way when Keith Harrison , contributor to the Forward of the book, asked me to define what I meant by ”value.” E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus.

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Big data and inventory management

EazyStock

Inventory management information usually comes from a variety of data sources and is either structured or unstructured. Large amounts of unstructured and structured information that can’t be processed using traditional techniques and software because of its size is called big data. Big data and the benefits to inventory managers.

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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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6 Manufacturing Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers will seek custom (or specifically tailored) e-commerce solutions. Manufacturers will integrate e-commerce systems with IoT (Internet of Things) initiatives. Security must be enhanced during the design, production, sourcing, and distribution phases, and even after the purchase is made.

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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?