Choosing a solution for supply chain visibility really starts by defining the business problem and the kind of visibility that’s required. Many vendors tout supply chain visibility among the benefits of their solutions. But each comes at the visibility problem from a different angle, depending on what audience or specific industry it serves and depending on where the need for …
SaaS POS Boosts Data Analytics for Small Manufacturers
Small manufacturers, typically unable to afford the cost and manage the scale of a demand signal repository (DSR), are finding new options. Source: TechTarget.com “A lot of retailers are offering up data to manufacturers,” said Amy Drevna, senior vice president of marketing at One Network, which provides planning, execution and business-intelligence services on a federated cloud-computing platform. “We try to …
Quick Payback Supply Chain Visibility Projects
Solving the challenge of end-to-end visibility As manufacturers’ supply chains go global and become increasingly complex, getting end-to-end supply chain visibility across an extended value chain is a little bit like trying to keep pace on a treadmill. Therefore, experts suggest manufacturers take on the visibility challenge by narrowing the scope of their efforts to the primary pain point surrounding …
Retailers Help Del Monte See Future
Del Monte CIO Marc Brown shares strategies for improving demand-planning accuracy with Industry Week. A recent AMR Research report suggests the economic downturn should have served as a “wake-up call” for the importance of sales and operations planning (S&OP). An S&OP plan is typically characterized as a consensus process that involves stakeholders internally and externally throughout an organization, says Jane …
Embracing Not Replacing Asset Management
Marine Corps uses One Network to manage critical ammunition assets. “The Marine Corps is using a new system to manage its ammunition assets that ensures interoperability with other military systems, has helped dramatically reduce errors, added significant functionality and can evolve smoothly to add major new capabilities. The Corps chose an innovative solution that built on prior systems and was …
