The Brief – July 24 2012

Published on: July 24, 2012
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Analytics, Retail Simulators, HarrisData, Cross-docks, Customer Reference Programs

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Best practices, technology, and new takes on critical business topics from ChainLink Research

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 – Published twice monthly.

Analytics Strategies Compared

By Ann Grackin

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

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Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, UNIT4 and others take very different paths to providing analytics with high performance. [ Read: Analytics Strategies Compared ]

Story of a Cross-Dock … and the Transportation Sector

By Bill McBeath

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

My tour of a cross-dock revealed some of the reasons for the chronic labor shortages in the transportation sector and why they will get worse. As well, how advanced technology is meshed with tried and true manual methods in these settings. [ Read: Story of a Cross-Dock … and the Transportation Sector ]

Customers Want Evidence Before Buying Solutions

By Ann Grackin

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

ROI and references are as important in technology sales as features and functions are. [ Read: Customers Want Evidence Before Buying Solutions ]

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technology | supply chain, enterprise, RFID & sensors, and more

HarrisData – Building a Better Mousetrap

HarrisData technology strategy includes Apple and IBM PureSystems technologies.

[ Read: HarrisData – Building a Better Mousetrap ]

If You Build It, They Might Not Come! The Value of ‘What-If’ Simulators in Retail Environments

Solution providers offer simulation tools that help retailers try things out in a virtual environment before trying them in the real world. JDA 3D and Impinj SPS are good examples.

[ Read: The Value of ‘What-If’ Simulators in Retail Environments ]

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