Platform, Posts, Supply Chain
E-commerce Distribution: How to Embark on a Digital Transformation
According to the Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide, 2018, “Digital commerce is a major component of a superior customer experience, with a growing ecosystem of technologies, vendors, and services.” Opportunities abound when trading partners work together to create a seamless, automated, and error-free supply chain with a focus on providing a simple, effective, and enjoyable…
Platform, Posts, Supply Chain
Electronic Data Interchange: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Although electronic data interchange (EDI) has been around since the early 1970s, many businesses are taking a fresh look at how this powerful commerce platform can affect their cash conversion cycle. A strong EDI strategy can increase efficiency and reduce errors, streamlining trading partner onboarding and transactions. In this post we’ll review expectations for the future of this technology as well as how it’s changing.
Platform, Posts, Supply Chain, Warehouse Management
The Future of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Must Support Complex Warehouse Requirements for a New Era of Buyers
A new era of buyers has arrived, and they are focused on the customer experience. It’s not enough to simply deliver a product into a buyer’s hands. No matter the industry, today’s savvy consumers expect a seamless, superior experience that delivers on a company’s brand promise.
Platform, Posts, Software Development, Supply Chain
Can You Have Everything and Still Be Unique?
I find it fascinating that today, in our personal lives or in business, we need so many things that we did not have before. I personally never thought I needed that much, but when I look back at when I started my career, I realize that today compared to then, I do.
Platform, Posts, Software Development, Supply Chain
The VISION thing
“If you don’t stand for something you’ll fall for anything!” That was one of my Dad’s favorite expressions and I think it’s wise; I try to live by it every day. It applies nicely to software development too where I put it in the following terms: “If you don’t have a vision for your product you’ll clutter it with lots of unnecessary features!”
Platform, Posts, Software Development, Supply Chain
Agile Software Development: It’s Not a Process
Once upon a time, agile software development was revolutionary and cellphones were for making cellphone calls, but those times are long gone. Agile is a mainstream best-practice and if you aren’t applying it then I must brand you a laggard. But agile has changed in the last decade, and not always for the better.
