Creating a BIRT Report as a Calendar View
Products
April 7, 2010
Creating a BIRT Report as a Calendar View
I encountered a forum qustion recently asking about creating a calendar view in a BIRT report to show a job…
Custom/Dynamic Page Breaking in BIRT
Products
March 24, 2010
Custom/Dynamic Page Breaking in BIRT
BIRT’s standard options for page breaking is to set a page break interval on a table, set a before/after page…
Managing Transformative Insurance Reform
Technologies
March 23, 2010
Managing Transformative Insurance Reform
Earlier today, US President Barack Obama signed into law a healthcare reform bill that will mandate major fundamental change in…
80% of Manufacturers Experience 1% or Greater Error Processing for Supply Chain Transactions
Technologies
March 8, 2010
80% of Manufacturers Experience 1% or Greater Error Processing for Supply Chain Transactions
In 2009 we conducted a study on the inter-relationships of B2B e-commerce deployments and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects. One…
Sorting a Crosstab by a Field Not Displayed in the Crosstab
Products
March 5, 2010
Sorting a Crosstab by a Field Not Displayed in the Crosstab
Say you want to create a crosstab showing payments or orders by year for each customer. That is easy enough.…
Could Community Source be a Better Approach for Supply Chain Applications?
Technologies
January 10, 2010
Could Community Source be a Better Approach for Supply Chain Applications?
In my last post I described the relatively small number of B2B integration vendors which have embraced open source. I…
Dr. Hau Lee’s Triple-A Supply Chain
Technologies
December 1, 2009
Dr. Hau Lee’s Triple-A Supply Chain
One of the best strategy concepts that I have encountered in recent years is Dr. Hau Lee of Stanford University’s…
Modernization vs. Innovation: Getting Ahead in the Era of the New Normal
Technologies
November 23, 2009
Modernization vs. Innovation: Getting Ahead in the Era of the New Normal
For the past 18 months (or there about), analysts, journalists, bloggers and sometimes people who are all three rolled into…
Ten Reasons the B2B e-Marketplaces Failed
Technologies
November 9, 2009
Ten Reasons the B2B e-Marketplaces Failed
After reading my earlier post on B2B e-Marketplaces, someone asked me – Why write about the B2B e-Marketplaces? It was…
B2B e-Marketplaces – A Look Back Ten Years Later
Technologies
October 28, 2009
B2B e-Marketplaces – A Look Back Ten Years Later
Some call it the Golden Age of B2B e-Commerce. Others call it the height of insanity. Regardless of your perspective,…
The Incredible HULFT – My Favorite B2B Network Protocol
Technologies
August 27, 2009
The Incredible HULFT – My Favorite B2B Network Protocol
Of all the various B2B Communications and Managed File Transfer (MFT) protocols in the market, HULFT is probably my favorite. …
How B2B Outsourcing Can Help Keep ERP Projects on Schedule
Technologies
May 7, 2009
How B2B Outsourcing Can Help Keep ERP Projects on Schedule
In my previous blog entry I highlighted a number of business drivers that could lead a company to want to…
What are some of the key drivers for integrating ERP and B2B systems?
Technologies
April 30, 2009
What are some of the key drivers for integrating ERP and B2B systems?
In my previous blog entry relating to ERP I discussed how the automotive industry has become so reliant on these…
Where Supplier Portals Went Wrong
Technologies
March 20, 2009
Where Supplier Portals Went Wrong
There is no dispute that portals have changed supply chains forever. However, as with many disruptive technologies, not only has…
Benefits of Supplier Portals
Technologies
March 18, 2009
Benefits of Supplier Portals
Portals were one of the innovative new technologies introduced during the dot com era. But unlike marketplaces, exchanges and other…
Managing Cash–Visibility is Key
Technologies
December 1, 2008
Managing Cash–Visibility is Key
With Thanksgiving and Black Friday now behind us, the Holiday Season has officially kicked off in the States. For consumers,…
It’s Not Easy—Green Banking Continues to Grow
Technologies
November 18, 2008
It’s Not Easy—Green Banking Continues to Grow
“It’s not easy being green.” When this tune started floating around my head for this post, I thought Kermit the…
What can Dominos Pizza Teach us About Supply Chain Visibility?
Technologies
May 16, 2008
What can Dominos Pizza Teach us About Supply Chain Visibility?
Last weekend we had some friends over to visit our house and rather than cooking we decided to place an…
The Long Tail of B2B Standards
Technologies
May 13, 2008
The Long Tail of B2B Standards
In July 2006 Chris Anderson published a book called The Long Tail which illustrated how new Internet business models from…