Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Best practices, tips, hints, how-to, and more about supply chain management, including how to plan, implement and control all operations in the supply chain and how supply chain software can help you manage your supply chain.
SEC Investigating Past JDA's Past Fiscal Years, Stock Falls
IBM Tracks Pork Chops From Pig to Plate
Mon, December 19, 2011 - IBM is deploying technology that allows meat suppliers to track a single pig all the way from farm animal to pork chop.
IBM Buys Emptoris for Contract Managment, Supply Software
Thu, December 15, 2011 - The move adds to IBM's family of commerce-related applcations
The CIO as Supply Chain Manager
Wed, December 07, 2011 - There will come a day, soon, when even large companies will have very little technology in-house to manage. CIOs can prepare by adopting a supply-chain mentality and approach to IT.
Software Vendor Says Partnership with SAP Led to Stolen Trade Secrets
Tue, November 22, 2011 - It's the latest turn in a long-running dispute between Wellogix and SAP
The Cloud Solves Those Lingering Supply Chain Problems
Fri, October 28, 2011 - When consumes ship FedEx packages they get a reliable, impressive IT experience as part of that $10 service. Yet many of the world's biggest corporations still only dream of having FedEx-like technology to support their global supply chain operations, but cloud-based services promise to change that.
Enterprise Startups: A Long Road Ahead
Tue, September 13, 2011 - This year's crop of DEMO startups targeting the enterprise space face big challenges.
Drug Maker Fixes Supply Chain with Social Tools
Mon, August 08, 2011 - Generic drug maker Ratiopharm, now part of Teva Canada, turned to social networking tools to solve communication problems that choked its supply chain and made it difficult to respond to fluctuations in customer demand.
Drug Maker Goes Social to End Supply Chain Crisis
Mon, July 25, 2011 - Generic drug maker Ratiopharm, now part of Teva Canada, turned to social networking tools to solve communication problems that choked the supply chain and made it difficult to respond to fluctuations in customer demand.
New SCM Deployments Help Food and Beverage Companies Streamline Business Operations
Thu, July 21, 2011 - By finding efficiencies and integrating disparate supply chain systems, Tate & Lyle and Maple Leaf Foods are gaining competitive advantages. Could this help your enterprise, too?
Four Ways the Red Sox are Scoring with SharePoint
Tue, June 07, 2011 - The Boston Red Sox IT group had been left stranded on base by manual processes that handled ticket requests, invoices and fan mail. But now that they've built an intranet portal using SharePoint 2010 they're speeding towards home.
The Long and Windy Road to Oracle's Fusion Applications
Wed, January 05, 2011 - Oracle has laid out the Fusion Apps roadmap for its customers. But how each customer actually gets to the Fusion Apps destination is another question altogether.
SAP's Not-So-Secret Weapon: Its Own CIO
Tue, December 14, 2010 - Oliver Bussmann, now a year into his tenure as CIO for SAP, has re-invented and raised the profile of the ERP vendor's CIO role. One key: Sharing with customers his ongoing experiences with a huge SAP environment.
Greenpeace's Cool IT Leaderboard Rates Climate-Change Leaders and Laggards
Thu, December 09, 2010 - Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu earn top honors for their efforts in climate solutions, remote collaboration and telecommuting offerings.
11 Hot ERP Topics for 2011: Analysis and Predictions
Tue, November 30, 2010 - From courtroom trials to executive shake-ups, 2010 was quite a year for the ERP marketplace. But 2011 has even more drama in store: Here's our analysis of the key problems, players and products.



