Two Views on the Future of RFID Tags
November 18, 2010
Back in August of this year, I wrote a post entitled RFID Tags: Where They’ve Been and Where They’re Going. The overall message of that post was that the future of RFID
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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Some Thoughts Concerning Sales & Operations Planning, Part 2
November 17, 2010
In yesterday’s post, I provided a bit of a primer on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) by focusing on some thoughts that Lora Cecere wrote in her blog Supply Chain Shaman. Lora
Some Thoughts Concerning Sales & Operations Planning, Part 1
November 16, 2010
In a post concerning Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), Lora Cecere wrote, “Supply is tightening, international currency is changing, prices are more volatile, and the future is less certain. Supply chain leaders
Maritime Shipping Forecasts Remain Positive Despite Slowing Growth
November 12, 2010
In a couple of posts published earlier this year (Stormy Seas Seem to Be Calming for Shipping Lines and Shipping News Keeps Getting Better), I reported that headlines concerning maritime shipping have
Next Generation Procurement
November 10, 2010
According to Neil Deverill, a columnist for a magazine called Procurement Leaders, today’s procurement systems suffer from the same kind of industrial age silo thinking as a lot of other business sectors.
The On-line Supply Chain: Google Eliminates Competition through Acquisition
November 9, 2010
Last month the cover story in an issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek asked, “Can two guys from Jersey outsell Amazon?” [“What Amazon Fears Most: Diapers,” by Bryant Urstadt, 7 October 2010]. Urstadt’s story
Has Supply Chain Innovation Stagnated?
November 8, 2010
Supply chain analyst Lora Cecere reports that over the past year supply chain executives have indicated to her that the importance of supply chains is increasing but that spending on improving supply
CEOs Recommend the U.S. Government Transform Its Supply Chain
November 4, 2010
In a report entitled One Trillion Reasons, executives from prominent technology companies provided a series of recommendations to the U.S. Government on how it can save a trillion dollars over the next
Terrorism and the Supply Chain
November 3, 2010
The latest terrorist scare that involved packages found onboard cargo aircraft is a good reminder that evil people are still trying to disrupt our lives and the world’s economy. Fortunately, no one
Sense and Respond Supply Chains
November 2, 2010
A number of supply chain analysts believe that, to remain competitive, companies will eventually have to transform their supply chains from being “focused on trying to predict demand to … customer-driven chains
