Data Management (Big Data/IoT/Blockchain)

Benchmark Study 2015: Leveraging Supply Chain Data for Competitive Advantage

June 12, 2016

Qlik Tech

Balancing Priorities in the Supply Chain: How Data Discovery Reveals Unseen Associations and Opportunities

June 12, 2016

Qlik Tech

3 Big Data Benefits for Global Supply Chain Management Performance

June 12, 2016

Qlik Tech

Chemical Industry to Be Transformed by Continuous Collection, Analysis of Data - PwC

June 10, 2016

ICIS

The advent of continuous data collection and analysis has the potential to change the face of the chemical industry, and will create the need for platforms allowing companies to analyse a material throughout its value chain, consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said.

Investment Urged in Tracking Technologies to Protect Consumers From Food-borne Illnesses

June 10, 2016

IDC Retail Insights

One in six Americans get food-borne diseases each year with 3,000 of those cases resulting in death. Food and beverage retailers are strategizing to avoid such risks for consumers while keeping their profit margins intact. A report from IDC urges them to invest in tracking and other technologies.

Controlling the Uncontrollable in Supply Chain Management

June 7, 2016

ChainLink Research

If you think about it, the supply chain's action is outside the office. It is in a factory making things, a warehouse packing and shipping things, in a store where customers are shopping, or in a conveyance on the move.

Five Trends Driving Digitization of the Supply Chain

June 6, 2016

Ross Valentine, Director of Solutions Innovation, Jabil Inc.

The digital economy is putting pressure on traditional supply chain models to conform to the "now" generation. To avoid disruption, companies must give customers what they want, when they want it and how they want it.

Forensic Data Analytics Keeps Tabs on Fraud Committed Internally

June 3, 2016

Industry Today

According to the EY 2016 Global Forensic Data Analytics Survey, 77 percent of respondents use forensic data analytics to combat internal fraud, which includes travel and entertainment abuse, collusions, and other fraud committed by an insider.

Are You a Manufacturer or a Provider of Solutions and Services?

June 3, 2016

BCG Perspectives

As they witness the proliferation of sensors, software, computing power and connectivity embedded in everything from motor vehicles to home appliances, equipment manufacturers of all kinds are asking an existential question: is it time to stop thinking of themselves primarily as hardware and systems companies and instead to view themselves as providers of software solutions and services?

To Be Proactive to Consumer Demand, Electronics Supply Chain Needs Big Data Strategy

June 2, 2016

EBN

Perhaps no industry deals with volatility in consumer demand quite as much as consumer electronics.

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.