Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Four Ways AI Is Impacting Logistics and Supply Chain Management

August 7, 2019

Dan Khasis, SCB Contributor

Global logistics companies are creating a new normal in how they manage data, run operations and serve customers.

Improving Vendor Management by Streamlining Approvals

August 5, 2019

Dave Charlesworth, SCB Contributor

Businesses must figure out how to streamline the approvals process in order to ensure effective vendor management.

Solving Pricing Challenges in Healthcare

August 5, 2019

Susan LaFountain, SCB Contributor

Contract price misalignment is among the leading causes of pricing issues in the healthcare supply chain. Price discrepancies are costing healthcare providers more than $92m annually.

How to Create a Successful Business Intelligence Strategy

August 2, 2019

Danielle Canstello, SCB Contributor

Business intelligence is a mandatory tool for companies that wish to survive in the current economy.

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Q&A | Striking a Balance Between People and Technology

August 2, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Companies that place their entire focus on new supply-chain technologies are in danger of losing sight of their larger business goals, warns Roger Thomas, industry principal with SAS Institute.

Digital Network Platforms: The Opportunities Ahead

August 1, 2019

Roddy Martin, SCB Contributor

All stakeholders in market-based ecosystems stand to realize breakthrough opportunities with the adoption of digitally enabled network platforms.

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Q&A | A Vision of the Supply Chain of the Future

August 1, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Sean Elliott, global chief technology officer with HighJump, describes his view of the supply chain of the future -- as well as the obstacles that stand in the way of that vision becoming a reality.

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Q&A | When Technology Outpaces Human Skills

July 31, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

For companies looking to simulate and optimize their supply chains, technology is getting ahead of organizations' ability to manage it. Bill Benton, chief executive officer of GAINSystems, has a solution.

Here's How the Internet of Things Advances Supply Chain Management

July 31, 2019

Andrew Thomson, SCB Contributor

IoT-enhanced supply chains are driven by three improved capabilities that come from integrating objects and devices into a multi-connected network.

Can’t Cope With a Mass of Customer Complaints? AI to the Rescue

July 29, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The old days of the Quality movement seem quaint in retrospect: the banners, the slogans, the prizes and team-building events. Today, quality management is all about information — or, more to the point, how to keep from getting buried in it.

Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for big data, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) and their impact on supply chain management. Big data describes the large volume of data that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis and can be analyzed for strategic business insights. IoT is the means that collects and sends data from a range of “things” — anything from watches to fridges to cars — that are connected to the internet with sensors or computer chips. Learn how companies around the world are using big data, blockchain and IoT for supply chain optimization and competitive advantage.