Cloud & On-Demand Systems

JDA Issues App to Manage Customer Engagement for Retailers

January 24, 2013

JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA Customer Engagement Cloud, an application that supports multichannel retail commerce and optimization logic in real time.

Don't Underestimate Importance of Mobile and the Wide Array of Uses in B2B World

January 24, 2013

ChainLink Research

Of course mobile is important"”really important. There is a huge platform war under way among the Android, iOS, and Microsoft operating systems that intersect with an array of hardware players that intersect with social and search giants. And for the aggressive and innovative players, the stakes are high as they move in the battle for market share.

LogicSource Teams With Coupa to Market Spend-Management Tools

January 23, 2013

LogicSource

LogicSource is partnering with Coupa Software to provide spend-management applications and services to customers.

TMS at Ace Hardware: "The Gift That Keeps on Giving"

January 22, 2013

Scott McLean, Director of Transportation, Ace Hardware Corp.

Topco Saves Big With Transportation Solution

January 22, 2013

Lorne J. Brown, Director of Logistics, Topco Associates

Integrating Planning & Execution; Supply Chain's Holy Grail

January 21, 2013

Mark Cosway, Vice President of Industry Sales, GT Nexus

Power of One: Collaborative Planning and Execution across the End-to-End Supply Chain

January 18, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Breaking down functional silos to create transparent and responsive end-to-end supply chains has long been an intractable supply chain challenge, but many companies are finding success using a control tower concept that gets everyone working off the same plan and focused on the same outcome. To learn more about this approach, SupplyChainBrain convened a Power Lunch"”a roundtable discussion"”with four experts in the field: Paul Bittinger, former supply chain transformation manager, Procter & Gamble (now retired); Lora Cecere, founder and CEO, Supply Chain Insights; Don Gaspari, director, global materials and inventory, NCR Corp.; and Kirk Munroe, vice president of marketing, Kinaxis.

Celestica Pioneers the Model for Supply Chain Managed Services

January 18, 2013

Erwin Hermans, Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions, Celestica

Power of One: Collaborative Planning and Execution across the End-to-End Supply Chain

January 16, 2013

Paul Bittinger, Lora Cecere, Don Gaspari, and Kirk Munroe

With All Its Benefits, Cloud Computing Does Not Come Without Risks

January 16, 2013

McKinsey Quarterly

The use of highly scaled, shared, and automated IT platforms"”known as cloud computing"”is growing rapidly. Adopters are driven by the prospects of increasing agility and gaining access to more computing resources for less money. Large institutions are building and managing private-cloud environments internally (and, in some cases, procuring access to external public clouds) for basic infrastructure services, development platforms, and whole applications. Smaller businesses are primarily buying public-cloud offerings, as they generally lack the scale to set up their own clouds. But as attractive as cloud environments can be, they also come with new types of risks.

Cloud & On-Demand Systems

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions for cloud, software as a service (SaaS) and on-demand systems and their impact on supply chain management. New technologies in cloud computing are transforming the way companies do business — and allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these solutions continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving operations through their strategic use of cloud computing and on-demand systems for supply chain management.