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Infor Issues Update of Customer Relationship Management Software
Infor is offering a new version of its customer relationship management software.
SAP Unveils Apps for Digital Asset Management
SAP SE has introduced SAP Asset Intelligence Network and SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service.
Linking Risk Management, Procurement Yields 'Optimal' Results, Study Says
Procurement organizations struggle with resiliency due to a lack of bandwidth and sufficient budgets, according to "Is Your Luck Running Out? Managing Supply Risk in Uncertain Times," a report from A.T. Kearney and Rapid Ratings International.
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Procurement, Business Leaders Spar Over Who Knows Supply Management Better
Few supply management leaders think that their businesses' management teams appreciate the potential of modern supply management. Business leaders disagree. They are adamant that they understand the strategic potential of modern supply management, but that doesn't mean that their businesses are reaping the benefits.
Post-Recession, Mid-Sized Suppliers Seek New Avenues of Trade Financing
Global businesses are still experiencing the aftereffects of the Great Recession of 2007-2009. But perhaps no sector has felt the pain more acutely than mid-market suppliers.
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Robots May Conquer E-Commerce's Problematic Last Mile
In the shadow of Greenwich's 02 Arena - the futuristic dome originally built as London’s showpiece for the Millennium - what looks like a picnic cooler on wheels zips among groups of gawking children. This little delivery robot, designed to autonomously navigate sidewalks, not roads, later this year will begin making deliveries from local businesses direct to customers. In doing so, it may just conquer e-commerce's final frontier: the Last Mile, the least efficient and most problematic step in the delivery process.
Is Widespread Adoption of Robotics Imminent?
Robotics has played a significant role in shaping the manufacturing environment for decades. Yet the impact of robotics in manufacturing has traditionally been directed at industrial manufacturing (think automotive manufacturing). This is all about to change as the new wave of robotics are equipped with intelligence systems, designed for flexibility and mobility, armed with sensors to enable human and robot collaboration, and are priced more attractively for a broader base of buyers.
You Say You're Customer-Centric, But Are You Really?
Most business leaders stress the importance of understanding customers to stay relevant in today's fast-changing competitive environment. Why, then, do many companies focus inward and, as a result, overlook or underestimate change signals?
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Weak First Quarter Doesn't Dampen Confidence of Air Cargo Executives Going Forward
Now that the first quarter of fiscal 2016 is in the past, results are in from IATA's most recent airline business confidence survey, and gauging from the responses of airline CFOs and cargo heads surveyed - their outlook is bullish for the remainder of the year, despite a perceived weak first quarter.
Blood on the Water: The Dismal Outlook for Ocean Carriers
Too many ships, too much rate discounting, and too many service providers for the market to support: the outlook for ocean carriers is "pretty bleak indeed."
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Cellcontrol Partners With TomTom to Reduce Truck Driver Distraction
Cellcontrol has developed a customized version of its safe-driving platform specifically for TomTom Bridge, a semi-rugged navigation device built for vehicle fleets.
Big Data Has Made Decision Making Worse, Not Better, Report Says
Across many industries, both business planning and key decision-making are increasingly informed by big data. As pressure mounts to match business operations to the record pace of current, aggressive market innovation, more organizations are looking to base decisions on hard numbers in order to mitigate risk and raise return. But faulty interpretation of data invites error in deriving and applying insights.
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