Are you Multi-Tasking or Asleep at the Wheel? A Lesson from Home Depot

Posted by on Jan 23, 2011 in 3PL Insights, Cost Efficiencies, Process Improvement, Reporting & Analytics, Strategy, Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Thoughts | Comments Off So I just finished reading an interesting article in Business Week entitled “Home Depot‘s Fix-It Lady“. The article was from the magazine’s JAN 17-23, 2011 issue and was sub-titled “Chief Financial Officer Carol Tome has a shot at CEO, if she can solve the retailer’s technology problems”. Of course the mention of technology and a brand like Home Depot...
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Geolocation Integration the Next Frontier for Supply Chain Entities

Posted by on Nov 5, 2010 in Business Intelligence, Event Management, Geolocation, Reporting & Analytics, Sensor Technologies, Smart Phones, Software as a Service (SaaS), Supply Chain Thoughts, Supply Chain Visibility | View Comments As the old saying goes, “change is a coming”. These winds of change are multi-variant and are carrying a wonderfully potent mixture of geolocation, analytics, and SaaS to today’s businesses. In fact, the supply chain stands to be one of the biggest benefactors of this sweeping change. For many years, supply chain practitioners have discussed and envisioned a future whereby...
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