Logistics Viewpoints: A Blog for Logistics, Supply Chain, and 3PL Executives

SAP Buying Ariba: Because Software Alone is Not Enough

Adrian Gonzalez — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:00:45 +0000

The cloud frenzy continues, with SAP announcing yesterday that it will acquire Ariba for $4.3 billion (a 20 percent premium over the May 21 closing price, and about 10X fiscal 2011 revenues). You can read the press release for all the details, but here is a quote from SAP Co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann [...]

Guest Commentary: Is Your Traceability Solution Sophisticated Enough for Today’s Complex Food Supply Chains?

Tom Kozenski — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:34:39 +0000

The complexity of our food supply chain has increased exponentially over the past decade as evidenced by the enactment of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in early 2011 and a list of recent food recalls. Three of a dozen or so recalled items in the last six weeks were from India, Vietnam and The [...]

JDA Software Focuses on Time to Value

Steve Banker — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:10:37 +0000

All too often, when companies buy and implement supply chain software, you hear a similar story: the implementation took longer than planned and the company grossly underinvested in training. Also, the needed software customization made future upgrades costly and time consuming to the point where upgrade cost and effort often rivaled a brand new implementation. [...]

This Week in Logistics News (May 14-18, 2012)

Adrian Gonzalez — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:11:06 +0000

Let’s go straight to the news… SAP Unveils Accelerated Cloud Strategy LeanLogistics Introduces On-Demand TMS® SuiteApp For NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Computing Platform FedEx Closes in on Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule FMCSA Releases New Shipper, Broker, and Insurer Resources USDOT Proposes Groundbreaking Rule to Prevent Rollover Crashes for Nation’s Large Trucks, Buses [...]

Macy’s, Distributed Order Management, and Cloud Computing: Takeaways from Manhattan’s Momentum 2012 Conference

Adrian Gonzalez — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:52:31 +0000

Last week, I attended Manhattan Associates’ Momentum 2012 conference. The theme of this year’s conference (its largest ever with more than 1,000 attendees) was “Platform Payoff”– a continuation of the “Platform Thinking” message the company introduced two years ago. Now that Manhattan (an ARC client) has about 200 customers live on its platform solutions, the [...]