Everyone is talking about Facebook this week. How is that different than every other week you might wonder? This week, of course, will be host to the long anticipated Facebook IPO. The average person thinks of Facebook as simply a medium to keep in touch with friends and family, but the company is much more [...]
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It’s been tough, but I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking recently. And I’ve been thinking about risk in the supply chain. My mind has been focussed on this partly because it’s become increasingly important but also because we are giving presentations this week at the EDIFICE event on “Risk and Resilience” in the [...]
Read More» My new book on B2B e-commerce, Herding Geese – The Story of the Information Supply Chain, is now available on Amazon.com. Wait…did I just say a book about B2B e-Commerce? You might be thinking – who in their right mind is going to devote a few hours to read a 300-page book on B2B? So [...]
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As I am currently on a business trip in India I thought it would be a good time to provide an update on what is currently going on in the automotive industry in the country at the moment. I was fortunate enough to experience what it is like to travel on India’s roads when I [...]
Read More» With the end of the year coming soon, I thought I would provide a recap of the top EDInomics posts from 2011. The ranking is based upon information gathered from Google Analytics about end-user visits to new posts published in 2011.
Read More» Orchestrating today’s highly outsourced, globally distributed high tech supply chains can be extremely complex. The activities of ODMs, contract manufacturers, 3PLs, distributors and aftermarket service providers must all be synchronized to ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time. In today’s high tech industry, companies are actually not competing with [...]
Read More» Earlier this week GXS announced the 2011 B2B Heroes. These 20 individuals distinguished themselves by leading initiatives to build out the information supply chain. Some supported ERP platform rollouts. Others consolidated systems post merger. Most of the heroes led programs to on-board small businesses in pursuit of a paperless supply chain. The goal of the [...]
Read More» APICS The Association for Operations Management recently published results of a comprehensive study they undertook to analyze the role Supply Chain Risk Management currently plays within organizations. This report titled “APICS 2011 Supply Chain Risk Challenges and Practices” involved over 9,000 professionals mostly representing production and manufacturing organizations invited to participate in this research. I [...]
Read More» Last night’s World Series game between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals has to be one of the greatest games of all time. Both in the ninth and the tenth innings the Cardinals rallied after being down to their last strike. Although the series has yet to be decided with one game remaining, [...]
Read More» Over the past couple of years a number of technology developments have brought us to the edge of a mobile B2B revolution in the enterprise computing space. Enterprise adoption of cloud computing technologies, introduction of tablet devices and the development of enterprise specific apps will lead to the mobilization of the B2B space in 2012. [...]
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