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Learn how to gain business insight using MapReduce and Apache Hadoop with SQL-based analytics.

This Analyst Insight will illustrate Best-in-Class strategies for delivering software that provides the organization with high Return on Investment (ROI) while managing the triangle of quality, cost, and time.

In making a strong business case for supply chain software, it pays to focus on three categories of benefits: efficiency, asset utilization, and customer response.

Our preliminary analyses suggest that the biggest gain could come from initiatives to build trust among the team members. Managers should also make an effort to nurture this trusting environment over time.

As host to the largest Microsoft Dynamics customer base in North America, and the leading provider of Dynamics ERP in the cloud, Tribridge created this guide to help decision makers choose the right deployment model for their accounting and ERP solution, including key considerations and steps specific to cloud ERP.

Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are increasing in both number and size, and their share of world GDP is expected to grow from about 14% to over 20% in a decade. Most of the 23 megacities that currently exist are located in emerging markets.

This “Control Tower” dashboard should be accessible to any authorized person in the organization to constantly monitor and respond to events as they occur, monitor supplier health and performance, assess the effectiveness of mitigation activities and continuously improve your operations and exposure to risk.

Control towers can be used within many industries for different purposes: airports and train depots use them for traffic control; power plants, especially nuclear plants have elaborate control rooms to monitor operations and third party logistics providers deploy them to track distribution and transportation activities.

Social Media has been widely used in general business and marketing but the application in supply chain management context seems to be lagging behind. As a matter of fact, social media can be utilized to improve various aspects of supply chain and business results can be achieved rapidly.

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.

By combining their Microsoft Dynamics® ERP solutions with the latest business productivity infrastructure from Microsoft, companies can become “dynamic businesses” that use software to empower their people, simplify their processes, and connect more closely with their ecosystem of vendors and customers.

“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...

In the world of global trade, the physical, financial, and information networks are becoming increasingly intertwined. This paper describes the evolution of new financial models this convergence enables and discusses some of the new technology required to seize the opportunities created.

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.

As a world leader in agricultural and construction equipment, CNH embraced a cloud-based platform to gain visibility into its inbound and outbound flows. Learn how the company gained a single tool for all ocean and air rates, increased visibility and control of their supply chain, and improved analytics with high-quality data on the GT Nexus Platform — "With GT Nexus, we have an information platform which gives us a level of transparency needed to give…"

Leading importers are reaping the benefits of end-to-end global supply chain visibility and control. Using concrete examples from the field, this document focuses on specific areas of the importer operation and shows how a clear view of the end-to-end supply chain can deliver unprecedented value to the bottom line.

FORTE named "Cool Vendors in Supply Chain Services, 2013," Gartner Report. Learn more by downloading the full report which includes the FORTE WCS 2.0 white paper.

Product flow-path optimization, Production footprint analysis, Demand segmentation and inventory right-sizing, and Transportation route optimization. Each of these techniques can deliver the same fast, easy and unexpected benefits. They are fast in that they do not require years to implement.

What if treating all products the same in your supply chain ultimately costs you money and diminishes your service level?

Building a supply chain design center of excellence within a business often begins with a small group finding tactical quick wins and leveraging those results to justify a greater business function.