Two weeks ago, I shared my key takeaways from a workshop I conducted on the role of social media in supply chain management (see “Supply Chain Executives Define Social Media Too Narrowly”). I made the case that supply chain executives need to think beyond Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and that they need to “focus on the work, not the words”–i.e., think through the work they need to get done… Continue reading
I recently spoke with a logistics service provider that was at a crossroad: do they continue to develop their own IT systems in-house or should they implement third-party solutions instead?
A decade ago, deciding which direction to take was relatively easy because there were few third-party solutions available that met the needs of the 3PL market. The only real option was to take the in-house route. But today there… Continue reading
Earlier this spring, I attended a large software vendor’s user forum that focused on its supply chain solutions. I was particularly interested in hearing about the implementation of a warehouse management system (WMS) at a large grocery chain in Europe. Unfortunately, the speaker from the retail chain was from the IT department, and he spoke about master data, configuration switches, and integration with the enterprise system, all delivered in a… Continue reading
Social media tools and concepts, which have transformed the way people communicate in their personal lives, are now starting to enter the business realm. One of the key learnings from the consumer experience is that privacy is important. Although you can make information about yourself visible to the general public, most people prefer to share information only with individuals they already trust and have a relationship with. This will be… Continue reading
On April 1, 1997, Boston received more than 25 inches of snow. We’ll get significantly less snow than that today, but it’s still a cruel April Fool’s Day joke.
Source: http://ht.ly/4pSZG
Here’s something that’s not a joke: analysts predict that by 2030, one out of five Americans under the age of 30 will use… Continue reading
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