supply chain
How B2B Integration Automates the Procure-to-Pay Cycle for Manufacturing Companies
Large companies in the aerospace, automotive, high tech and industrial manufacturing sector purchase trillions of dollars of goods every year. …
Read more »Reconsider Your B2B Strategy – Reason 1: Reduce Costs
Whatever the economic conditions, it makes good commercial sense to drive cost from your business processes by identifying inefficiencies and…
Read more »It’s hybrid, but not as we know it
One thing I know for sure is, hybrid B2B solutions are here to stay. Over my last couple of blogs…
Read more »How EDI enables the Retail Supply Chain
Suppose a company such as Walmart, Carrefour or Metro needed to place an order for $1 million from a clothing…
Read more »Hybrid B2B: A help or a hindrance?
In my last blog we were debating the pros and cons of hybrid B2B solutions. The main thread to our…
Read more »Hybrid isn’t just for cars. Why not in B2B?
We’ve been discussing a hybrid approach to B2B integration strategies here recently. The official definition of hybrid is a something…
Read more »2012 B2B Predictions – So far so good..?
Earlier in the year we offered 2012 predictions in the world of B2B and I was asked for my perspective…
Read more »Benefits of using ASNs (Advanced Shipment Notices)
I continue to be surprised by at how many companies are still not requiring Advanced Shipment Notices (ASNs) from their…
Read more »Top 10 EDInomics Posts for the 1st Half of 2012
Having just passed the halfway point for 2012, I thought I would provide a recap of the top EDInomics posts…
Read more »Re-shored, re-shaped and re-emergent B2B?
High Tech, as I’m sure you are aware, is all about the latest cool device. In fact I’m sitting on…
Read more »How the Brazilian Government Plans to Stimulate Growth Across Their Automotive Industry
Over the past few years I have spent some considerable time looking at automotive industry developments in the BRIC countries.…
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What Are The 4 Best B2B Models For Your Business?
When your company exchanges business documents electronically with your trading partners – your customers, suppliers, logistics providers and/or banks –…
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To Drop Ship or Not to Drop Ship? That is the Question (to ask Your Suppliers)
For retailers, meeting customer demand no longer relies on how much free space is in your back room. Online shopping…
Read more » After Abandoning Commerce One, SAP Ends Up Acquiring Ariba
Yesterday, SAP announced its intention to acquire B2B e-commerce vendor, Ariba for $4.3 billion. In addition to its suite of…
Read more »Will Technology Innovation end the Recession?
I was recently invited to attend the Deloitte Indirect Taxation conference in Westminster, London. This is an annual event that…
Read more »The world turned upside down: The three R’s of supply chain.
Having just spent a few days in Germany at the EDIFICE High Technology conference, I’ve concluded strange things are happening…
Read more »The Second Biggest Risk in Supply Chain?
It’s been tough, but I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking recently. And I’ve been thinking about risk in…
Read more »Why Pay Suppliers on Time?
It is not news that buying on credit (open-account) dominates global trade. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) generally acknowledged…
Read more »EDI Invoices are e-Invoices. Right..? (part 2)
There are plenty of EU rules and regulations to help us understand what constitutes a compliant electronic tax invoice. EDI…
Read more »Gazumped ! The benefits of B2B
For those of you to whom this delightful English slang word is unfamiliar it describes what happens when someone out…
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