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Basware Creates Procurement Module for Invoice-Management Tool
Basware, a vendor of software for electronic invoicing and purchase-to-pay processes, has developed a procurement module for its InvoiceReady product.
Distribution Centers Lose Nearly 3,000 Hours a Year on Unproductive Workflows, Study Says
Recent Intermec research reveals that in the last six months alone, 79 percent of warehouse managers have been tasked with finding an average 19-percent cost saving from existing operations. Despite this mounting pressure to cut costs and the need to find efficiency gains in every process, managers admit to losing time and money through known inefficient workflows.
Global Supply Chains As Competitive Weapons
In an environment of increasingly global competition, companies are depending on their supply chains to differentiate themselves in key markets, says Michael Woore, former program director of IT services with Technicolor.
Is POS Information Being Utilized to Full Advantage?
The payment point in a retail environment is an under-utilized opportunity to up-sell and cross-sell. It says that both retailers and brands could benefit from considering ways to capitalize upon this crucial step in the consumer journey, as apart from driving sales, it is an excellent moment to increase customer loyalty.
LeanLogistics Debuts On-Demand TMS for NetSuite Platform
LeanLogistics, a vendor of transportation-management system (TMS) software, has created the On-Demand TMS SuiteApp.
Memo to Megaports: These Guys Want Your Business
The reshoring of manufactured goods from Asia to North America is bound to take some import business away from U.S. ports. But there are other developing threats to the continued dominance of gateways like Los Angeles-Long Beach - specifically, a couple of upstarts to the north and south.
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Judging by Global Flow of Trade, Capital, Data and People, the World's Connectedness Is 'Declining'
The DHL Global Connectedness Index, a comprehensive analysis of the state of globalization around the world, concludes that the world is less globally connected today than it was in 2007. The report, drawing on over one million data points from 2005 to 2011, documents how global connectedness, measured by international flows of trade, capital, information and people, grew robustly from the report's baseline year of 2005 to 2007, and then dropped sharply at the onset of the financial crisis. Despite modest gains since 2009, global connectedness has yet to recapture its pre-crisis peak.
Consumers' Concern About Product Safety Impacts Manufacturers' Supply Chains
A survey that examines manufacturer and consumer perceptions about how products are made, sold, bought and consumed reveals a focus on quality, supply chains that are more transparent than ever but a decline in overall optimism, according to Underwriters Laboratories.
Cross-Border Supply Chain Finance Market Could Top $646Bn, Research Suggests
The cross-border supply chain finance market space for companies employing over 500 employees and which are domiciled in the UK, France and Germany is estimated to be more than €460bn, or about $646bn, according to Demica's latest research report.
Traditional ERP Wasn't Very User-Friendly, But That May Be Changing
ERP software was notorious for years for its tenuous usability, due to the software's overall complexity and lack of appropriate technical instrumentality to provide desired interface features. Not any more.
Customer Relationships Drive Growth at Jacobson Companies
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