Moving forward, yet focusing on the basics.
Managed / Outsourced Services
Business models and practices involving outsourcing of functions from one organization to another, allowing companies to focus on core competencies. The evolution from product to service to outcome-based business models.
Telematics Transformation: Part Six – Desirable Platform, Device, and App Characteristics
Selecting the right ELD solution requires assessing not only the device itself, but also the software platform, driver’s app, other value-add applications and services, and solution provider. Here we look at platform, device, and app characteristics.
Multifaceted Businesses: Part Three – New Capabilities Required
The journey from a monolithic business model to a more diverse multifaceted business model requires companies to acquire many new people and skillsets, develop new relationships with customers and providers, implement new processes, and deploy new technology/systems.
Outcome-based Business Models for Enterprise Software
A few pioneering enterprise software solution providers offer pricing and business models based on achieving specific outcomes for their clients, rather than just charging for software.
Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders at the Crossroads
At the crossroads, many freight forwarders have some fundamental questions as they contemplate the road ahead. What will we provide our customers in the future? How can we continue to grow and win business–profitably?
Looking Forward: Outsourcing and the Age of Rapid Startups and Hyper-specialization
Technology is enabling ever more rapid formation of multi-entity project teams, distribution of finely-grained tasks, and a growing set of resources for rapidly starting new enterprises. The overall impact is positive for the world economy and individual firms.
Congestion? Headache? The Flu? No. It’s the Port of LA.
Although retailers cry foul about labor, the real issue is business process change. What can and is being done about port congestion?
Customer Stories from Ariba LIVE 2014
The journey and lessons from three engaging customer stories — how they moved to centralized procurement, achieved sustainable savings, understood cost drivers, used cost modeling in negotiations, and more.
JDA’s Opportunity for Reinvention
With the RedPrairie merger and past acquisitions, JDA has amassed what is arguably the most powerful collection of supply chain planning and execution software on the planet. At their recent annual conference, they laid out their strategy for turning that collection of assets into a more cohesive and value-generating whole.
Logility Customers Stay Connected
Updates from Logility Connections 2014.
The Journey to Visibility
Technology market landscape report on visibility solutions.
Control Tower is a Myth, but we can achieve greater visibility, responsiveness and resiliance. This report compares major supply chain visibility solutions approaches and how they help achieve visibility.