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- Ramco Systems Case Study: DE Controls
- DE Controls was using a standalone system; this made it difficult to have real-time visibility of the overall inventory especially finished goods. As the inventory was manually maintained it was difficult to track the stocks that were returned from various regions. Valuation of stock on a real-time basis for raw...
- Tags: Ramco Systems, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Investment, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Sales
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- AMR Research: Apple has the best supply chain; Dell No. 2
- AMR Research on Thursday unveiled its annual ranking of enterprise supply chains and Apple and Dell finished No. 1 and No. 2. AMR's Supply Chain Top 25 is a report that ranks companies based on their ability to use their supply chain as a competitive weapon. According...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Dell Computer Corp., AMR Research, Apple Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains
- Following on from yesterday's riff on traceability technology for Vietnamese fisheries, it turns out Silicon Valley may yet be its own best customer. Despite common knowledge of serious human rights abuses relating to the mining of cassiterite in the Democratic Republic of Congo the industry has not gone far enough to guarantee...
- Tags: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Accounting, James Farrar, Mineral, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), U.S. Congress
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Atoms or electrons: How does Hasbro make money?
- The global supply chain reaches all the way from Rhode Island to China and back. Tonka trucks, GI Joe action figures and my Little Pony are all real products sold to real kids. People who obsess about "good manufacturing jobs" fret about how nothing is made in the USA anymore, and toys...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Hasbro Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, AMR Research
- Blog posts 2009-05-01
- Cisco's random acts of green-ness
- Two disclosures before I get to the body of this entry: First, an apology to the Linksys executive that I spoke with several weeks (maybe, ahem, two months ago) about their sustainability issues. Sorry it has taken so long to actually WRITE this post. Sorry for having...
- Tags: Sustainability, Supply Chain, Cisco Systems Inc., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- China and IP: the piper will get paid
- As everyone knows, and as our quarterly supply chain risk data proves, China is a den of thieves as far as IP is concerned. Today's New York Times has a lengthy and prominent article on brand piracy in Shenzhen's cell phone industry. The practice of making and selling black market...
- Tags: Brand, Branding, Business Operations, China, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, IP, Kevin O'Marah, Marketing, Network Technology, Networking, Piracy, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- Next big land rush: believe it or not, is knowledge management
- This sounds silly for anyone who has ever been involved in the typical hapless library exercise of a digital "knowledge management" initiative. The lasting image for most of these efforts is of a black hole - everything goes in, nothing comes out. But get ready for a change of tune....
- Tags: Supply Chain, Collaboration, Knowledge, IP, Entertainment, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Knowledge Management, Strategy, Network Technology, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Kevin O'Marah
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Sun and IBM Breaking Up: Who Wins?
- The news today about IBM and Sun possibly going separate ways leaves a door open for others to dodge what could have been a pretty blockbuster combination. I remember back in late 90's how cool Java was and what it meant for Sun. Unfortunately, the heavily engineer-driven culture at Sun...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Programming Languages, Java, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Kevin O'Marah
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- IBM's latest green tech product for transportion
- Remember a few weeks back when I wrote that IBM was starting to look a whole lot more like a green tech company than an IT company? Well, its latest product and service in the sustainability space is a solution for reducing energy use across the transportion industry as the...
- Tags: Green Technology, Information Technology, Omron Corp., IBM Corp., Transportation, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-05
- Enterprise Geeks demo SAP ABAP server on iPhone
- In what many are calling a technology breakthrough, the Enterprise Geeks have managed to shoehorn an SAP ABAP server onto the iPhone. Per the blurbs: There were some obvious technical challenges to getting a piece of software that was designed for 64-bit memory architecture and...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SAP AG, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Programming Languages, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Oando Group Reduces Cost of Ownership for Its IT Systems by Over US$500,000
- Oando Group wanted to reduce downtime caused by unfamiliarity with Oracle software across entire group through improved expertise in Oracle EBusiness Suite, including Financials, HR Self Service, iProjects and Supply Chain Management and reduce daily backup times for entire group Increase speed of financial reporting. The challenge was to establish...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Microsoft Division Connects Systems and Virtualizes Servers to Improve Productivity
- Based in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in software, services, and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft lacked real-time visibility into its supply chain. It wanted to connect its existing line-of-business applications with manufacturers' systems. The division implemented Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft BizTalk Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web Services, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Surround SCM 2009 (Mac)
- Surround SCM, a highly scalable cross-platform software configuration management solution, controls access to source files and other development assets. All data is stored in industry-standard relational database management systems for greater security, scalability, data management, and reporting. Feature-rich Surround SCM includes changelists and atomic transactions, LDAP and Active Directory support,...
- Tags: Software Configuration Management, Apple Macintosh, Server, SCM, Seapine Software, Feature-rich Surround SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2009-03-23
- Surround SCM 2009 (Windows)
- Surround SCM, a highly scalable cross-platform software configuration management solution, controls access to source files and other development assets. All data is stored in industry-standard relational database management systems for greater security, scalability, data management, and reporting. Feature-rich Surround SCM includes changelists and atomic transactions, LDAP and Active Directory support,...
- Tags: Software Configuration Management, Server, Microsoft Windows, RDBMS, SCM, Seapine Software, Feature-rich Surround SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-03-23
- Business Management Quality Innovation With Market-Based Global SCM System Implementation
- Samsung Electronics is the highest order of global company with more than 90 overseas offices in 52 countries all over the world. Samsung Electronics entered into a business management system with scenarios that can instantly recognize signs of environmental changes and counteract accordingly. To accomplish this, the company turned to...
- Tags: Innovation, Business Management, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SCM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management
- Case studies 2009-03-17
- From Blackberry to Greenberry: RIM Goes Green at CeBIT
- Even with attendance and exhibitor numbers down CeBIT this week was still full steam ahead on green. Luis Neves, Head of Sustainability at Deutsche Telekom and Chairman of the Global eSustainability Initiative GESI, during his keynote announced GESI's newest member will be Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry. GESI is...
- Tags: Sustainability, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, GESI, Sustainability Performance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-03-07
- Cydia and Apple: Lawsuits will be a sideshow
- Today’s Wall Street Journal has a big article about a new renegade competitor that is challenging Apple’s App Store and in the process whetting the appetites of IP lawyers. With all due respect to the legal eagles involved, technology and the global supply chain should make this debate moot. ...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Lawsuit, Apple Inc., Cydia, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Kevin O'Marah
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Industrial Machinery Group Cuts Costs by 15 Per Cent with Business Management Software
- Picanol Group, a Belgium-based manufacturer of industrial machinery and mechatronics, decided to reengineer its processes to achieve a more integrated supply chain and support diversification into other sectors. By deploying Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2009, Picanol no longer requires other proprietary software to manage its global operations. In moving to the...
- Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Business Management, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, Product Marketing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2009-03-05
- EMC joins SmartWay fold
- Storage tech giant has become part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership. What this means, mainly, is that the company is putting a sharper focus on its distribution practices over the next three years. That means it will be looking at ways to improve its trucking operations,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Supplier, EMC Corp., SmartWay Partner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- RFID Technologies for Cold Chain Applications
- RFID is a promising technology that can provide numerous benefits in temperature monitoring and performance of perishable supply chains. The main limitations are: a relatively high cost; difficulties in calculating a ROI; and reliability and accuracy, which should be further improved for cold chain applications. A temperature-controlled supply chain is...
- Tags: Supply Chain, AIRAH, RFID, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-03-01
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