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Cloud Information Technology: A Model for the Networked Company
The best cloud offerings in supply chain will not only provide a platform. They will include tools that the IT team can use to configure the software to meet their unique business needs, gain access to a community of partners, connect seamlessly to other systems, and analyze high quality data from a single information source.
Get Your Head Out of the Clouds
There are so many flavors of cloud, so what really matters is not that you are in the cloud, but how you are using the cloud.
Case Study: Patagonia
“This software allows for a balcony view of the status of shipments and payments. Suppliers are clear…we’re clear. And payment is executed on time. That’s huge. That takes the place of 10-12 emails that aimed to get to the bottom of when they will get paid. It puts a lot of strain on the relationship. Visibility has improved for Patagonia and our suppliers and a byproduct of that is a much better relationship...” Doug Freeman, Vice President...
Holistic Supply Chain Management
There's been a renewal of interest in the past few years around optimizing working capital in the supply chain, and cloud technology makes it easier. Visibility on a cloud-based platform and having standardized, electronic documentation over the network gives managers the tools they need to free up as much cash as possible in the supply chain.
UPS Logistics a Masterpiece of Streamlined Supply Chain Management
Over the past century, UPS has become one of the world’s premier logistics companies. Among its notable strides are its “direct-to-store” delivery model, its forward-thinking embrace of the “cloud” as a new platform for international shipments and its dedication to ensuring that Brown also means green.
Steelwedge S&OP Insight and Why S&OP Belongs in the Cloud
Steelwedge S&OP Insight, a series of high-performance analytics dashboards, delivers actionable intelligence from big business data in a few minutes.
5 Best Practices for Procurement Report
In today’s complex world, the responsibilities of procurement and purchasing have never been higher. Developing a competitive advantage in this critical business area can drive cost savings, free up time, and ensure that suppliers are giving their all for your company.
GT Nexus to Provide Cloud-Based Global Supply Chain Visibility and Logistics Control Platform to HP
GT Nexus will assist HP global operations in accelerating the realization of their supply chain transformation goals with a suite of business applications will deliver supply chain visibility across different HP product supply chains.
Fulfillment by Amazon: A Deep Dive into Amazon’s Global Shipping Network
In this eBook, we outline the benefits of Fulfillment by Amazon for third-party sellers, share tips for getting started and show you how ChannelAdvisor’s latest technology can help.
A Deep Dive into Amazon’s Global Shipping & Fulfillment Network
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is Amazon’s fulfillment service and an incredibly powerful stimulus for the marketplace’s growth. It also offers a myriad of benefits to participating third-party sellers. With this eBook, you'll learn the benefits of FBA for third-party sellers, tips for getting started and how ChannelAdvisor can help.
To Build or Buy Business Software?
The decision of whether to buy or build ERP software will require an honest assessment of the needs of your organization, and what it will take to meet those needs. Sometimes the nature of the software project dictates the necessary direction.
Japan’s Rakuten Continues Amazon Pursuit, Will Buy US Logistics Firm Webgistix
Rakuten said it will acquire Webgistix, which provides warehouse and shipping services to online retailers. Webgistix says it can provide 1-2 day shipping for customers from its U.S. facilities in New York, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Reno.
JDA FOCUS Challenges Attendees to Think Outside the Silo
The 2,600 primarily customer attendees at this year’s JDA FOCUS were looking for lots of things. They wanted to learn about JDA eight, a cloud-based bundle of more than 30 supply chain software products built on a single platform. And they wanted to know how any one of those products – WMS, TMS, SCMP—might improve their businesses.
How to Increase Sales and Customer Satisfaction with Order Fulfillment
A study published by the International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management found that Reliability and Promptness, which includes order accuracy, speed, and customer service, is given an importance of 92 out of 100, the highest of any factor in perception of retailer quality (Mijoon). This whitepaper will examine how outsourcing your order fulfillment can improve these factors.
7 Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management
The impact of the cloud on logistics can sometimes be so overwhelming that it's hard to discern exactly what it is changing. In the next few hundred words, we'll boil down the essence of this revolution and why you should expect more than ever from your 3PL.
Autodesk and Netsuite Partner to Transform Manufacturing in the Cloud
NetSuite, the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials/ERP software suites, and Autodesk, the leader in cloud-based design and engineering software, today announced a strategic alliance to offer manufacturing companies seamless integration of Autodesk PLM 360 and NetSuite ERP.
Why Inventory Planning & Optimization Belongs in the Cloud
According to a Gartner report released in 2012, "Cloud computing has a significant potential impact on every aspect of IT and how users access applications, information and business services."
EazyStock Online Inventory Management System
EazyStock for small and midsize businesses is a powerful, easy-to-use demand forecasting, inventory planning and inventory optimization software solution. It simply connects to your ERP system through The Cloud.
Social Networking Comes to Transportation Management via Cloud-Enabled “Control Towers”
Cloud-enabled transportation “control towers” are transforming logistics and supply chain performance. Our consulting team explains how shippers can realize benefits from true end-to-end supply chain integration that can be operated through an optimized transportation service network.
The Best Way to Achieve a Synchronized View of Customer Data
With customer data spread across multiple systems and databases, Syncron’s Global Customer Master (GCM) is the centralized repository that consolidates all the customer reference data, along with the cross-references to source systems, into a master reference store.
Featured Companies
With more than 1,300 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative supply chain optimization and advanced retail planning solutions that help small, medium, large, and Fortune 500 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions™ is a…
The MPI Group is composed of the Management Performance Institute, the Marketing Performance Institute, and the Manufacturing Performance Institute, and is known globally for research and thought leadership that define what it means to be a top performer - for…
One Network’s Real Time Value Network™ provides community based supply chain solutions in the cloud to help customers increase profitability and efficiencies by optimizing their supply chain operations. Our software solutions enable customers to easily collaborate with all their…
Dyn is a cloud-based Internet Performance Management (IPM) company that provides unrivaled visibility and control into cloud and public Internet resources. Dyn’s platform monitors, controls and optimizes applications and infrastructure through Data, Analytics, and Traffic Steering, ensuring traffic gets…
Jabil is a global product solutions company providing comprehensive services to electronics and technology companies in a broad range of industries. Jabil helps customers turn ideas into products with its wide breadth of design, manufacturing and product management capabilities; allowing…
Informatica is a leading independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data. Organizations around the world rely on Informatica to realize their information potential and drive top business imperatives. More than 5,800 enterprises depend…
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right…
Solvoyo is a SaaS cloud based supply chain platform that breaks the chains of traditional supply chain planning. Unlike traditional enterprise software solutions that force customers to artificially divide their supply chain into separate modules, Solvoyo’s technology has no…
MPO offers the world's only natively unified cloud platform for Multi-Party Orchestration. The platform complements existing enterprise systems with end-to-end supply chain visibility and in-app control, and optimizes order, inventory, and transportation across dynamic, multi-party networks. MPO helps diverse brand…
Airclic is the company that customers count on to support their mobile supply chain operations, helping them become more efficient while lowering costs and enhancing customer relationships. The company is the trusted partner for food service, wholesale/retail, transportation and…
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