Update on the Shipping Industry
December 8, 2011
As we look forward to 2012, a glut of shipping capacity may be good news for customers and bad news for carriers. The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest reports, “The large
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Multi-Channel Commerce: The Rise of E-Commerce
December 5, 2011
Gopi Krishnan, head of Infosys’ Supply Chain Management practice within Enterprise Solutions, writes that his clients see an “increasing need to get onto the Multi-Channel Commerce (MCC) bandwagon.” [“Multi-Channel Commerce: Not viral
Pallets and the Supply Chain
December 1, 2011
We’re all aware of the millions of pallets (or skips) in use around the world that help in the transportation of goods from one place to another. Despite their ubiquity, most people
Supply Chain Optimization
November 30, 2011
Robert J. Bowman, managing editor of SupplyChainBrain, writes, “Before companies can apply state-of-the-art technology to that crucial exercise [of optimizing their supply chain], they need to redefine exactly what it is they
Supply Chain Resiliency Still an Issue
November 28, 2011
The Business Continuity Institute, a UK-based organization that was established “to promote the art and science of business continuity management and to assist organisations in preparing for and surviving minor and large-scale
Uncertainty, Confidence, and Catch-22 in the Supply Chain
November 23, 2011
Daniel Dumke writes, “For several years now researchers [have] predicted, that in the future supply chains [will] compete, not companies.” [“Supply Uncertainty and Chain-to-Chain Competition,” Supply Chain Risk Management, 15 August 2011]
Local Sourcing Gaining Ground
November 21, 2011
Last fall, IBM announced that it had partnered with six other companies (AT&T, Caterpillar, Bank of America, Citigroup, Pfizer, and UPS) in an initiative called Supplier Connection. The purpose of the initiative
Update on Social Media and the Supply Chain
November 15, 2011
Today you’ll notice that there is a new name, look, and feel to the blog. The change was made to complement the new Enterra Solutions® website. It seemed fitting to make the
Supply Chain Complexity
November 14, 2011
The Financial Times recently asked three commentators, including good friend, Lora Cecere, to answer the question: “Do complex supply chains make you too vulnerable?” [1 November 2011] The column begins by describing
The Growing Importance of Supply Chain Analytics
November 9, 2011
Dawn Mathew Varghese, a Senior Consultant at Infosys, writes, “Supply Chain Analytics is a very hot topic today and has gained considerable mindshare among our customers too.” [“Supply Chain Analytics Fact, Fiction
