Logility

MAY 25, 2011

Just the other week I met with one of our consumer high-tech customers who spoke about the impact of the pace of innovation on their industry. He mentioned how the supply chain organization, particularly aftermarket parts , has changed and how they have had to evolve their forecasting and inventory management practices. Then, just a couple of days later, a supply chain industry analyst mentioned how this SKU proliferation is becoming a key issue with increasing risk associated to obsolete invent

Industry 100

Industry Industrial Manufacturing Procurement Modeling 100

Supply Chain Network

MAY 29, 2011

'Over the last seven years we have seen unprecedented progress in the viable development of new SCM technologies such as EPC RFID, Electronic Catalogues (GDSN) and the SCM standards which support them on a global basis. These supporting SCM standards referred to are GRAI (Global Returnable Asset Identifier) and GLN (Global Location Numbering) which are both also critical pieces for completing the supply chain puzzle.

SCM 84

SCM Education Supply Chain Software Expense Reduction 84

EcoVadis

MAY 26, 2011

Just yesterday the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises , which provide recommendations for responsible business conduct in a global context, were updated for the fourth time since they were first adopted in 1976. Forty-two countries adopted the revision with the main addition “new recommendations regarding the violation of human rights and corporate responsibility throughout the chain supply”.

Guidelines 40

Guidelines Pharmaceutical Sustainability Supply Chain 40

Logility

MAY 2, 2011

A recent report, “ IT Survey on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and IT Financial Services ," provides new insight into how CIOs and other IT decision-makers at large enterprise organizations are evaluating and implementing cloud technologies, with a focus on the specific financial metrics they use to rationalize their investment. The cloud (be it software-as-a-service or hosted, multi/single tenant) has been the buzzword du jour, well actually for a few years, and Gartner now predicts

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 100

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Logility

MAY 2, 2011

A recent report, “ IT Survey on Cloud Computing, Virtualization, and IT Financial Services ," provides new insight into how CIOs and other IT decision-makers at large enterprise organizations are evaluating and implementing cloud technologies, with a focus on the specific financial metrics they use to rationalize their investment. The cloud (be it software-as-a-service or hosted, multi/single tenant) has been the buzzword du jour, well actually for a few years, and Gartner now predicts

Supply Chain Planning Software 100

Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 100

Supply Chain Network

MAY 9, 2011

'Deloitte today announced it has purchased substantially all of the assets of Oco,Inc., a provider of enterprise-class software as a service (SaaS) business analytics solutions. This investment further demonstrates Deloitte’s commitment to the managed analytics marketplace. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “More and more businesses are looking for both analysis and real insights gleaned from multiple sources without having to make significant investments in internal infrastructure

Analytics Software 68

Analytics Software Procurement Analytics Analytics Supply Chain Design Software 68

EcoVadis

MAY 16, 2011

For better or for worse, Apple has become the poster child for how not to manage an IT supply chain. They are a perfect target as their brand is a global super star and they have a reputation of being shamelessly secretive, a characteristic that is especially taboo when Corporate Social Responsibility is the topic of conversation. Last week Apple was the focus of the International Action Day for Sustainable IT Supply Chains put on by makeITfair and Good Electronics and where the driving slogan w

Industry 40

Industry Industrial Just-in-Time Sustainability 40