Throughout 2012 and most of 2011 the hottest topic in the supply chain has been risk management – and with good cause. In March 2011 when the terrible tsunami hit the East Coast of Japan, many of the world’s supply chains were crippled in the following months. Few people realized the extent to which the [...]
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Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend some customer meetings in Japan. It was my first trip to the country and I was interested to learn how the manufacturing industry was embracing the internet and cloud computing in this part of the world. Japanese companies have traditionally preferred using home grown, behind [...]
Read More» Less than two years ago the automotive industry was on its knees, appealing to local governments for bail-out funds and asking for government backed incentive schemes to be introduced to kick start the automotive industry again. There is no doubt that the various incentive schemes that were introduced along with the heavy cost cutting has [...]
Read More» 9:00am on 1st July 2011, somewhere on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California. The company’s strategic product development team meets to discuss a possible partnership with Tesla Motors. Apple has dominated many consumer electronic markets over the past decade and they are now looking to diversify into other industry sectors. Ford, GM and Toyota have all [...]
Read More» This has been quite a busy week for me as I have been supporting the launch of our new OFTP2 service. Just as a quick recap, OFTP2 has been under development for a few years now, it has been through various pilot projects over the past couple of years and this year OEMs and suppliers [...]
Read More» So Earth Day is upon us once again, its 40th anniversary. Given the importance of Earth Day to mankind and the global economies I was expecting a rush of press releases from the car manufacturers to link in with what is recognized as the most important day in the ‘green calendar’.
Read More» Integration, this is an important word on the minds of many CIOs around the world, and yet many companies underestimate the importance of it, especially when trying to implement and work with countless back office systems. Let me try and compare a company trying to use a mixture of different back office systems to a musical orchestra.
Read More» GXS was one of only five technology vendors to be honoured by the North American Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) yesterday. Based in Southfield, Detroit, AIAG is a unique not-for-profit organisation providing an open forum for members from all layers of the supply chain to collaboratively resolve critical issues in the automotive industry. GXS was recognised [...]
Read More» Over the part few years I have primarily been working with companies in the automotive industry, however this year I will have an opportunity to work more closely with some of our high-tech related customers as well.
Read More» As well as moving into a new home next week, Barack Obama will be acquiring two new presidential limousines courtesy of GM. In the past, these limousines have been given to the incoming President as a gift, however these cars could possibly be the most expensive in history as the U.S Government has just loaned billions of [...]
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