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Oracle Releases Version 12.2 of E-Business Suite
Oracle Corp. has released version 12.2 of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
Indian Automotive Supply Chain Faces Challenges
The country's automotive supply chain is likely to get affected due to various factors, including escalation of costs to supply chain operations and shortage of professionals, a study has revealed.
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Competitiveness in Supplier Management: Emerging Tools
Emerging technologies are changing the way in which suppliers are monitored in the ever-increasing quest for control over the supply chain. Today's supply chain, with its complexities and exposure to a variety of risks, is best managed through having strong visibility into the darkest corners. An ongoing question surrounds the definition of "visibility", which means different things to different people. Even that definition is changing, as a result of emerging technologies.
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Is 'Warped Geography Syndrome' Affecting Your Omnichannel Delivery Strategy?
New York City is clearly not in Wyoming. But you would never realize it based on the omnichannel strategies that you see in many organizations today.
Nearly Half of Marketers Plan to Launch Holiday Campaign Before Halloween
Holiday promotions, including so-called Black Friday deals, are expected to begin even earlier this year than last, according to Experian Marketing Services, a cross-channel consumer information firm that recently surveyed more than 200 marketers.
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Taking a Snapshot of U.S. Manufacturing
Surveys are snapshots. They don't tell you what respondents were thinking a year earlier, or a day later. They offer up opinions that are frozen in time.
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Tackling the Challenges of E-commerce Fulfillment
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The Accent Should Be on Carrier Program Management, Not Just on Slashing Transportation Spending
What comes to mind when you hear "transportation costs"? For many, the immediate thought will be "carrier rates". It's a valid response, but, unfortunately, it is also one that can reveal a limited point of view about the best way to manage those costs.
When Things Are Bad, Can You Afford to Innovate? When They Are Good, Do You Need to Innovate?
In good times and in bad, companies often struggle with whether or not to invest in innovation. In a recent Accenture survey, only 18 percent of chief executives at 519 companies across more than 12 industry sectors in France, Britain and the United States said their investments in innovation were giving them a competitive advantage. Forty-six percent said their companies had become more risk averse when considering new ideas. And CEOs are supposed to be the optimistic ones.
Air France to Get Rid of Some Cargo Freighters, Cut Workforce
Air France is phasing out its B747-400s, beginning with its three B747-400ER freighters, and closing one of its cargo centers.
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In Many Parts of U.S., Amazon's Same-day Delivery Plan Said Not Ready for Prime Time
How close is Amazon to same-day delivery for most U.S. customers? Maybe not as close as we thought. While a report in May said that by the end of 2013 Amazon will have a distribution center within five miles of most major U.S. cities, a new calculation by supply-chain consultant Marc Wulfraat suggests Amazon has a lot farther to go before it can even reach 20 percent of U.S. shoppers.
Conditions, Confidence in European Freight Forwarding Market Improve
Increasing confidence in the outlook for the transport and logistics sector helped raise the overall Stifel Logistics Confidence Index 0.6 points to 53.0. This is the eighth consecutive month the index registered above the 50 threshold, indicating improving conditions in the overall European freight forwarding market.
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