The Network Effect

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Today I want to talk about an important concept in retail–Distributed Order Management (“DOM”). The traditional order management systems that most retailers use were basically configured to link to a discrete number of specific plants or warehouses.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 22, 2022

The topic, Application of NFTs in Supply Chain Management, is buzzing in the supply chain & logistics space. A good example would be the Rana Plaza Tragedy of 2013. At such a time, NFTs will prove their worth. The tokenization system will also improvise how inventories are managed in the supply chain.

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The Network Effect

JULY 2, 2014

UMass, at the time, was almost unbeatable and hadn’t lost a game at The Cage for almost 2 years. The only person who learned the real lessons from that game was a skinny guard on the UMass team named Rick Pitino. One plan + Managing Inputs vs Outputs + One solution =. He was mesmerized by the full court press.

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IBM Supply Chain Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Containers have increased in popularity and adoption ever since the release of Docker in 2013, an open-source platform for building, deploying and managing containerized applications. Gartner predicts that 90% of global enterprises will use containerized applications and one in five apps will run in containers by 2026, as CIO reported.

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Procurement Software

JUNE 4, 2024

As supply chain technology improves for transportation, inventory management and warehousing, the procurement tools for manufacturing businesses now need to step up. This exciting trend persuaded us that it’s about time we featured an article on these procurement tools specifically. And stepping up, they indeed are.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 12, 2021

You put time, energy, focus, and emotion into a negotiation, so naturally, you want to come out feeling as if you’ve done a good job, get a good price, or ‘won’. Dell’s attempts to lower costs, including bidding out the work three times during the eight-year relationship, ate into FedEx’s profits.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Given the costs of infrastructure development, I suspect these tight capacities to remain for some time and drilling companies will be looking to other alternatives (namely pipeline, truck, or ship) to move oil around the country. Drivers and Managers are now safeguarding their fleets with insight that wasn't historically possible.

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