Robots & Demographics
According to Industry Week and Moody's Investor Service, there could be a significant upside to robots with the near-term demographic time bomb in Japan and Germany.
Top 4 Supply Chain Strategies to Create the Omnichannel Experience
Enhance your omnichannel experience with these top supply chain strategies, driving seamless customer service and operational efficiency.
What’s Important in Technology?
Technology is an integral part of managing your business and supply chain. Are you leveraging technology to improve your business performance? It is quite telling that every executive panelist on the "Professional Pathways in Supply Chain" panel at the Drucker Supply Chain Forum (Walt Disney Company, Source Intelligence, Intelligent [...]
Is Digitization Hype?
March 7, 2017 Well, let's start with a definition of digitization. According to CIO.com, McKinsey defines it as technologies that virtualize and automate products, services and supply chains. We certainly hear about digitization in the news frequently; however, according to McKinsey, even though CIOs embrace it, digitization is a [...]
Do You Know What is Important in Selecting the Right System?
Are you prepared to make a good match with ERP software suppliers? Start with understanding what your business needs are and whether the ERP software is a match. ERP systems often fail to live up to their promise - even in the best of circumstances. It is a tough [...]
Case Study in the Power of Design
Taking a big picture view while simultaneously eyeing execution when implementing an ERP system will help companies not only achieve desired results, but do it quickly. Situation: Our client had implemented an ERP system several years ago. As is typical when a system is implemented, they implemented the basics [...]
Forget Data Cleanup and Find a Measure to Start NOW!
Are you mired in data cleanup and not focused on measures that can immediately help you? Stop searching for the “right” data lever and look for measures to track and improve processes. If you have the systems to measure your ideal metric, go for it but don't let it [...]
Technologies Transforming Supply Chains
One of the ways to become cost competitive with lower labor cost countries is to automate. Look for all the new uses for technology in supply chains. Modern marvels and new information technologies are transforming supply chains. Automation, robots, AI (artificial intelligence), 3D Printing, Bitcoin technology and the IoT [...]
Strategic Data
Recently returning from APICS 2016, the conference for the #1 trade association of global supply chain professionals, we've walked away thinking about data as strategic. SAP's CEO Bill McDermott spoke about the value of data in his keynote presentation. Of course, you wouldn't be surprised that SAP's CEO would [...]
ERP Project Success: How to be Part of the 20%
More and more clients are pursuing ERP implementation projects as executives realize they need better tools to support business objectives – growth, service, margins, cash and the like. Published in "Project Times" website, July 18, 2016 Click here for original article. More and more clients are pursuing ERP implementation [...]