The Brief - June 4 2013 - ChainLink Research

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

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 – Published twice monthly.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

One of the main themes at SuiteWorld 2013 was NetSuite’s commitment to building out its capabilities for manufacturers beyond what they have already done. [ Read: SuiteWorld 2013: NetSuite’s Commitment to Manufacturing ]

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Last but not least, Manufacturing becomes big business in the cloud. [ Read: Cloud Manufacturing Heats Up! ]

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Tens of thousands of companies are still sitting on old ERP platforms. What will it take for them to upgrade? [ Read: ERP’s Dilemma ]

Highlights and observations about JDA’s direction and the JDA Focus 2013 conference.

Manhattan’s 2013 user conference showed that supply chain is as much about commerce as it is about operations.

QAD Explore 2013 Customer Conference.

Industry applications dominate at RFID LIVE; in manufacturing, returnable transport items, cattle tracking, paper pulp, and more.

PLM market looks beyond design – Dassault, PTC deals.

Manufacturers with complex MES requirements have a pure-SaaS option in IQity combined with NetSuite.

ANN INC.’s EVP of Ecommerce gives five great insights from his experience taking Ann Taylor and LOFT into an integrated omni-channel model.