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Archive for Software-as-a-Service

I recently spoke with Jeff Kastning, Senior Manager of Logistics and Distribution at Brooks Sports, about the company’s recent implementation of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) labor management system (LMS). Brooks Sports, headquartered near Seattle, Washington, designs and markets high-performance men’s and women’s running shoes, apparel and accessories.  

The company operates a 140,000 square foot distribution center (DC) that carries 12,000 SKUs and ships more than 6 million units… Continue reading

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First, nearly everyone in the business believes that we are living in, yes, a pre-9/11 era when it comes to the security and resilience of electronic information systems. Something very big—bigger than the Google-China case—is likely to go wrong, they said, and once it does, everyone will ask how we could have been so complacent for so long.
This was one of the key points raised in a very interesting… Continue reading

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is researching how software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions and cloud computing are being used and deployed today and how these technologies will evolve in the future. Because SaaS is so prevalent in the transportation management systems (TMS) and mobile resource management (MRM) markets, I thought it would be worthwhile to dive into NIST’s research and writings on this topic.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 21-25, 2010)

Posted on Jun 25 2010 | By Adrian Gonzalez · Comments (0)

Before we get started, a quick request: We’re conducting a brief web survey on “Mobile Technologies in Supply Chain.” The goal of the survey is to understand the current state of mobile technology use (e.g., GPS, cellular, RFID, sensors, smart phones) in supply chain management operations. All responses will be kept confidential; only aggregate results will be reported. The survey findings will be included in an upcoming report, which survey respondents… Continue reading

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Time-to-value is among the most important criterion companies look for today when investing in software. It is one of the main reasons why software-as-a service (SaaS) has gained so much traction in recent years, especially in the transportation management systems (TMS) market. And during this recession, as customers have become more risk adverse and more focused on quick ROI, even traditional enterprise software vendors like SAP have aligned their product… Continue reading

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Monday was a holiday here in the U.S., so this week went by fairly quickly. Here is the news that caught our attention this week:

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This Week in Logistics News (May 24-28, 2010)

Posted on May 28 2010 | By Adrian Gonzalez · Comments (0)

The big news this week was IBM’s planned acquisition of Sterling Commerce. We shared our viewpoint on this news earlier this week, so today we’ll focus on other interesting developments.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 17-21, 2010)

Posted on May 21 2010 | By Adrian Gonzalez · Comments (0)

This was a relatively quiet week, but here are some items that caught our attention:

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