This Week in Logistics News (November 5-9, 2012)
The US presidential election is finally over. $6 billion (yes, billion) was spent on the presidential campaign to end up where we started: same president, the Republicans in control of the House, the...
View ArticleGE Implements a Social Network Platform: 4 Lessons to Consider
Since most companies are still in the “early observer” stage when it comes to using social networking tools for business processes other than marketing and customer service, it’s great when an early...
View ArticleFacebook Graph Search, Through a Supply Chain Lens
There were plenty of rumors about what Facebook was going to announce yesterday, everything from the launch of a Facebook phone to the introduction of a “Dislike” button. But the big announcement was...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: 6 Impacts of Social and Mobile on Supply Chain Management
You wake up in the morning and grab your smartphone. You notice you have 5 notifications from your network about important events pending. You quickly scan your news feed to see what conversations and...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (May 6-10, 2013)
After spilling coffee all over my desk this morning and cleaning up the mess, I am short on time, so let’s go straight to the news this week: C.H. Robinson Reports First Quarter Results XPO Logistics...
View ArticleAriba: At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks
Last week at the Ariba LIVE 2013 conference, I led a discussion session titled “At the Intersection of Social and Business Networks” with about fifty senior executives in supply chain and procurement....
View ArticleA Pulse on Social Networking for Supply Chain Management
In this month’s issue of Supply Chain Management Review, I share my perspective on the role and future of “social” technologies in supply chain management (see “The Social Side of Supply Chain...
View ArticleThe Collaborative Enterprise: A Focus on People-centric Collaboration
Back in 2000, my colleague Greg Gorbach introduced a Collaborative Management Model (CMM) to help companies think through the interdependencies among a company’s various departments and locations, as...
View ArticleSocial Media and Hiring Supply Chain Talent
Erik Qualman, author of “socialnomics,” was a keynote speaker at RedPrairie’s Redshift 2011 conference in May. He gave the most interesting conference speech I have seen in years. The following week...
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