We've all had the same experience. We're at the supermarket, trying to stick to our shopping list, when we see that the store is having a 2-for-1 sale on canned vegetables. So what do we do? We stock up of course, even if we don't need it right away....  Read More

During her welcome remarks at the 2012 CSCMP annual conference in Atlanta, Nancy Nix, chair of the CSCMP board of directors, said supply chains' value going forward should be judged by their resilience, agility, efficiency and innovation. This is a far cry from the traditional view of supply chains as a trade-off between costs and customer service....  Read More

If your company has implemented an enterprise resource planning solution, chances are you have been (or soon will be) involved in an intense internal debate:  "Should we expand our ERP capability to include supply chain execution, or grow with a best-of-breed provider of supply chain solutions?"...  Read More

by Jim Le Tart, Director, Industry Marketing Analysts and software vendors love to talk about software platforms like they are the answers to all the world's problems. "They're fully integrated" and "have everything you need" they say, as if you

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In part two of my discussion of the building blocks needed for global supply chain visibility, I talked about the required structural components: connectivity and data repositories. But once the data is compiled and positioned correctly, what are you going to do with it all? That's where the dynamic (or "action") components come into play: visibility and analysis, alerts and event management, and sourcing and execution....  Read More

by Jim Le Tart, Director, Industry Marketing In the first part of this three part series, I discussed why end to end visibility is so important for retailers and manufacturers that outsource any of their production and distribution. As promised,

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by Jim Le Tart Remember last year when consumers forced Delta Airlines to change its baggage policy for military passengers just 24 hours after it went into effect? The opinions and desires of today's customers really do have unprecedented power.

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