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Loraine Lawson
Loraine Lawson
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12.272012

To Stock Supply Chain Surplus or Not, That is the Question

Companies can operate so lean, a single disaster can disrupt the entire supply chain, causing downtime in manufacturing plants and lost profits. The past few years show the risk of depending too much on “just-in-time” supplies.

On the other hand, overstocking supplies and goods can also lead to problems. A recent Strategic Sourceror post outlines the potential risks of a maintaining supply chain surplus. The piece points out that overstocking materials or finished goods can create financial risky, particularly in situations where:

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Navdeep Sidhu
Navdeep Sidhu
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01.072013

Is B2B Consolidation Your New Year’s Resolution?

As the economy improves and B2B activity grows across the globe, what is your plan? If you are still running clunky old solutions that need an army to run and maintain then you need to make a New Years’s resolution to modernize and consolidate your B2B systems.

Why? Good question. As with every technology, solutions becomes out dated. The EDI-VANs of 1980s and standalone EDI translators from 90s are as out-dated as the first Palm Pilot. There might be a few Palm fans still using their Pilot but its not as feature rich and productive compared to modern iOS and Android devices.  Its outdated but still works, so why do I need to change?

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Loraine Lawson
Loraine Lawson
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04.162012

Improving Buyer-Supplier Relationships Part I: How B2B Technology Can Help

A recent survey found that unpaid invoices are a serious concern, even for buyers, with 38 percent of 550 surveyed CFOs saying that they knew late payments can seriously impact their suppliers’ business. The question is: How can you stop late payments and improve buyer-supplier relationships?

Often, payment problems boil down to transparency issues in the invoice and payment system. A large company, with thousands of suppliers, may not realize that an account is passed due or that the payment was incorrect. In some situations, it literally takes the supplier threatening to withhold shipments before the buyer becomes aware of the problem.

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Sean Riley
Sean Riley
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10.122012

Understanding Current Supply Chain Trends

There are several consistent supply chain trends that are easily noticed when interacting with Manufacturers, Retailers and Logistics Providers.

The trends share a common objective: creating a collaborative, agile supply chain that does not trade off execution for decreased costs.  Additionally, the trends share a common underlying factor: sharing end-to-end supply chain visibility shared by all trading partners used to identify supply chain events and then collaboratively executing against those events with a unified response.

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