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Supply Chain Management Transformation: Technology Shifts the Focus from Process Efficiency to Adding Strategic Value

Supply Chain Management Transformation: Technology Shifts the Focus from Process Efficiency to Adding Strategic Value

Cost shedding and process optimization are the typical drivers of supply chain technology purchases. No surprise there. However, according to Gartner, a shift is taking…

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Creating a “Tabbed” HTML Report Design

Creating a “Tabbed” HTML Report Design

I responded to a forum post the other day about having a “tabbed” output so that the user could choose what section of the report…

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Marketplaces and The New Sell Side of Retail

Marketplaces and The New Sell Side of Retail

Not every retailer is enjoying high levels of success with online sales.  In fact, many are abandoning their storefronts altogether – particularly small and midsize…

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How EDI ASNs Enable Warehouse Cross-Docking

How EDI ASNs Enable Warehouse Cross-Docking

The ASN is a useful document if you are looking to support cost-saving business processes like Cross-Docking. Cross-Docking is a logistical practice of transferring materials…

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The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) — 20/20 Vision

The Advance Ship Notice (ASN) — 20/20 Vision

While hindsight may be 20/20, when applied to an enterprise supply chain, it’s not as impactful as foresight. In order to reduce supply chain costs,…

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Use JSON as a Scripted Data Set

Use JSON as a Scripted Data Set

I was doing some work with JSON this weekend and I thought it might be fun to build a scripted data set from a JSON…

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NACHA Global Payments Forum 2013 – a GXS Waltz in Vienna

NACHA Global Payments Forum 2013 – a GXS Waltz in Vienna

In a recent announcement GXS highlighted the reasons behind our new membership to the National Automated Clearing House Association’s Global Payment Forum. Last week, I…

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AS2 or Traditional EDI – Which is Better?

AS2 or Traditional EDI – Which is Better?

Companies of all sizes have found significant cost savings by automating high-volume or time-consuming processes—B2B commerce is no exception. Automating the exchange of business documents…

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How to Pass a Multi-Select Parameter to Subreport

How to Pass a Multi-Select Parameter to Subreport

This week I was asked a question regarding multiple value list box parameters. Additionally they wanted to know how to pass these values from a…

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Marketing automation tools and WEM

Marketing automation tools and WEM

While reminiscing about a recent trip to London, England I was reminded of my travels on the Underground. With every step onto or off the…

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Why You Should Consider AS2

Why You Should Consider AS2

Electronic exchange of B2B commerce documents will help to eliminate errors, minimize processing time, and provide better visibility into your business processes. AS2 (Applicability Statement…

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Eight Ways to Mitigate Operational Risk in the Cloud for Financial Services

Eight Ways to Mitigate Operational Risk in the Cloud for Financial Services

GXS recently sponsored a webinar titled “Compliance in the Cloud: Raising the Bar in Financial Services.” CEB TowerGroup Senior Research Director Rod Nelsestuen joined me…

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