Case Study Eliminating Excel in Purchasing Internet of things 
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 14, 2014
Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. Three things are happening, that I think are significant: Flextronics has invested in the development of Elementum. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. Each company operates within its own plane, improving its own potential.
Supply Chain Shaman
JUNE 16, 2014
The older tools from CAPS Logistics, SNO from Oracle, and Manugistics Network Planning are giving way to new technologies like the Logictools product (purchased from IBM), the Solvoyo product for concurrent planning, the Quintiq technology for concurrent optimization, and the Llamasoft technology platform for optimization and simulation.
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Supply Chain Shaman
AUGUST 14, 2016
The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. An example of social listening is the Lenovo Case Study presented at the 2015 Supply Chain Insights Global Summit.
Supply Chain Shaman
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
To drive global scale, companies need to design the supply chain to buy globally and execute locally. The company leverages globally sourcing strategies to buy products at a lower cost and then deploys some unique process logic to drive mass customization for retailers. We share this case study in a Q&A format.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 8, 2017
While many technologists wave their hands advocating that Internet of Things (IOT) is the answer, I say not so fast. Won’t we have the same issue for Internet of Things data? Most demand planning happens in Excel Ghettos not in the expensive technologies implemented in 90% of manufacturing companies.
Supply Chain Shaman
JULY 29, 2017
As shown in Figure 2, few orders and purchase orders flow hands-free. This included the testing of new technologies like cognitive computing, blockchain, open source analytics, and Internet of Things (IOT). We started with group ideation and the sharing of case studies. We then narrowed down use cases to test.
Supply Chain Movement
AUGUST 31, 2016
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