The Brief – October 28 2014

Published on: October 28, 2014
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SKU Proliferation, IoT’s Distributed Architecture, Omni-Channel for Xmas, Supply Chain Finance

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

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 – Published twice monthly.

To Have or to Hold

By Ann Grackin

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Mailer Art

Managing product portfolios to avoid SKU proliferation and gain profits. [ Read: To Have or to Hold ]

Distributed Intelligence in the IoT

By Bill McBeath

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Internet of Things has intelligence distributed throughout many integrated layers. Algorithms and analytics are needed to make sense of the raw data. Often this intelligence needs to reside on the edge of the network close to the source of the data—near the ‘things’ comprising the IoT. [ Read: Distributed Intelligence in the IoT ]

It’s 58 Shopping Days till Christmas

By Ann Grackin

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Impact of Omni-Channel, Home Delivery, and the Biggest Christmas Ever on Logistics. [ Read: It’s 58 Shopping Days till Christmas ]

Reinventing Supply Chain Finance — Part 3: Continuity of Supply and Time-to-Market

By Bill McBeath

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Here we discuss how holistic supply chain finance can be used to improve supplier’s health, accelerate time-to-market, and enable postponement of differentiation. [ Read: Reinventing Supply Chain Finance — Part 3: Continuity of Supply and Time-to-Market ]

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