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Is Amazon The New Oracle or How The Emergence of The B2C World Marks The Official End of The ERP Era (Originally Published Sept. 2014)

Procurement Insights

” Ironically it was late on a Friday afternoon on September 12th, 2014 that I wrote this post on Amazon becoming the new Oracle. The reason I am sharing this post with you on Friday, September 20th, 2023 is the following post-2014 excerpts from several articles and websites.

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The Results Are In On Retail Performance 2014

The Network Effect

Due to the huge volume of reports and analysis on retail performance for the year 2014, I wanted to wait until the end of the January to do my 2014 review. The good news is I now have a 3 inch stack of articles that tell me all I ever wanted to know about retail performance for 2014. Stand by for PART 2. The Network Effect'

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Holiday 2014: How to Avoid Last Year’s Disaster

The Network Effect

Are we fully prepared to tackle Holiday 2014 in a better way? The final delivery capacity problem for Holiday 2014 does not result in a solution to the Holiday 2013 problem. Lack of discipline: There is hope that nationwide parcel carriers have better discipline in 2014 than 2013, but this is not yet clear. The Network Effect'

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Our 5 best posts from 2014

The Network Effect

Anyway, here are the 5 posts from 2014 that our readers were especially interested in: 1. The post Our 5 best posts from 2014 appeared first on The Network Effect. woodlywonderworks/Flickr. Ok, by “best” we mean the most read. 6 MAPS THAT EXPLAIN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. Supply Chain Management The Network Effect'

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Procurement Strategy Case Studies — 5 Insightful Examples

Procurement Tactics

Final Deal: The first contract was issued in January 2014. The contract was reissued in April 2014. After that, the contract was awarded in July 2014. . Additionally, the organic food market in Denmark has remarkably grown in recent years and the organic food service market increased up to 33% between the years 2013 and 2014. .

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What is a procurement platform anyway?

Spend Matters

In this article, prt of which originally published in 2014, our analysts explain why it does. What is the difference between an app provider and a platform provider? And does it even matter to procurement or others in general? This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. appeared first on Spend Matters.

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Decades later we are still talking about ERP failures – WHY!?

Procurement Insights

.” – Gartner Says By 2016, the Impact of Cloud and Emergence of Postmodern ERP Will Relegate Highly Customized ERP Systems to “Legacy” Status (January 29th, 2014) – Does Gartner’s “Postmodern” ERP moniker put a positive spin on what is in reality the equivalent of technology landfill?

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