Free Shipping: Pros and Cons
June 9, 2011
An employee of mine recently ordered replacement batteries online for the cordless phones in his home. He found a site that sold the batteries for $4.64 each, which sounded like a much
Category: Supply Chain
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Big Data Supply Chains
June 8, 2011
Supply chains come in all shapes and sizes. Supply chain complexity increases as it becomes larger or more geographically extended or more data intensive. Lora Cecere, a partner at Altimeter Group, recently
Supply Chain Evolution and Transformation
June 6, 2011
In a post entitled On the Bandwagon: Supply Chain Orchestration, among other discussed topics was Gartner’s Four-Stage Maturity Model. The model (shown in the figure below) defines maturity in terms of organizational
Information Sharing and Collaboration
June 1, 2011
Supply chain analyst Trevor Miles insists, “Collaboration can bring tremendous value to outsourced supply chains, such as we see in electronics and apparel.” [“Visibility is a Start. Collaboration is the Goal.” The
On the Bandwagon: Supply Chain Orchestration
May 31, 2011
Bill McBeath, from ChainLink Research, asserts, “For many industries and companies, merely managing their own immediate suppliers is no longer sufficient. Someone has to step in and coordinate key activities across the
Shiver Me Timbers — A New Age of Piracy
May 27, 2011
Less than a decade ago Jack Martin, a private agent who worked for insurance companies and banks to recover stolen and hijacked ships and cargoes, wrote, “Maritime piracy is a threat neither
Manufacturing and the Supply Chain
May 26, 2011
In his famous book entitled Pilgrim’s Progress published in 1678, John Bunyan wrote about a swamp of despair that he described as “a very miry slough that was in the midst of
"Barcodes" get New Life
May 25, 2011
Rachel Beck writes, “It used to be that the only time you’d notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are
The Japanese Crisis and Supply Chain Risk Management
May 24, 2011
As the Japanese begin to rebuild areas devastated by earthquakes and the tsunami, supply chain analysts continue to examine the consequences of supply chain disruptions that resulted from those devastating events. For
More Thoughts on Social Media’s Impact on Supply Chains
May 23, 2011
Following the publication of two posts about the relationship between social media and the supply chain [Social Media and the Supply Chain and More on Social Media and the Supply Chain], I
