Cloud & On-Demand Systems

FusionOps Issues Analytics Suite for Retail

June 24, 2015

FusionOps, a vendor of cloud-based supply-chain analytics applications, has developed FusionOps Retail.

JDA Teams With Google in Public Cloud Offering

June 23, 2015

JDA Software Group Inc. is teaming with Google to offer its cloud-based supply-chain applications for the omnichannel via the Google Cloud Platform.

Supply Chain and the Cloud

June 23, 2015

Michael Wohlwend, Global Head of Cloud Services, Infor

Late to the Party: Healthcare Giants Embrace RFID, With Immediate Results

June 19, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

BJC HealthCare joins with Cardinal Health and Cook Medical in a three-way pilot to apply RFID tags to items at the supplier stage. Will their success goad a technologically backward industry to follow suit, and eliminate billions of dollars of waste from the supply chain?

Three Tech Categories in MHI's 2015 Industry Report

June 18, 2015

John M. Hill, Director, St. Onge

How Retailers Can Ensure Their Supply Chains Deliver on Consumers' Expectations

June 12, 2015

CIO

Retailers and their suppliers are under more pressure than ever before to deliver more goods to more destinations faster. To stay competitive, "retailers need to know where things are at all times so they can redirect shipments, rebalance inventories and respond to new demands on the fly," says Rich Becks, general manager, Industry Value Chains, E2open, which delivers cloud-based supply chain collaboration solutions.

Improved Data Accuracy and Shortened Delivery Times at LP Group

June 11, 2015

Softlink Global

Internet of Things Gives Companies Opportunities in Customer Service Management

June 11, 2015

Industry Week

New market opportunities are available to companies in almost every industry from the data that IoT delivers. These new opportunities could be as simple as getting information from sensors about what is happening on the manufacturing plant floor causing automatic manufacturing updates, potential adjustment to customer order delivery dates or even a maintenance work request to handle a detected equipment malfunction. All of these opportunities cause changes to be made to the supply chain.

RFID Gets Renewed Focus as Enabler of Internet of Things

June 9, 2015

FierceRetailIT

An old killer app rides again. Radio frequency identification will become a key component of the Internet of Things because it bridges the physical and digital worlds, enabling the identification of objects and linking them to the internet.

Internet of Things to Enhance Building Management Systems, Report Says

June 9, 2015

ABI Research

More than eight million building management systems (BMS) will be integrated with some form of Internet of Things (IoT) platform, application or service by 2020, according to an ABI Research report. However, like many suppliers in established markets today, commercial building management system vendors face both opportunities and threats when navigating the emerging IoT ecosystem.

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.