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  • Welcome to E2open Blogs!

    Welcome to E2open Blogs!, an interactive forum where the E2open community can exchange ideas about the latest trends, technologies, and topics of contention in the supply chain world. Here's where we share relevant news, useful insights, industry best practices, and lessons learned in the field—and we welcome your feedback and participation. Comment, ask questions, make recommendations, and collaborate with us to solve today’s most pressing supply chain challenges.

  • Supply chain is now a top 10 priority for CIOs. It’s about time.

    Dave Hale, Chief Information Officer, E2open - Friday, February 17, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Dave Hale - Supply chain is now a top 10 priority for CIOs. It’s about time.

    The Japanese tsunami and the flooding in Thailand last year were wake-up calls for many companies, forcing them to see the need for serious investments in better collaborative execution tools. More »

  • Tier 1 is just the tip of the iceberg

    Phil Kaminsky, Department Chair, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley - Friday, February 10, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Phil Kaminsky - Tier 1 is just the tip of the iceberg

    More and more, we're seeing supply chain technologies and capabilities that we were only able to "theorize" about a few years back. The ability to see and exchange information across multiple tiers of the trading network is one of these game-changing advancements. For industry-leading manufacturers and brand owners, tier-1 suppliers are just the tip of iceberg.  More »

  • Multi-tier cost management: Defying the uncertainty principle?

    Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Sean Rollings - Multi-tier cost management: Defying the uncertainty principle?

    I had coffee a while back with a customer from a high-tech manufacturing company. He told me how incredibly challenging it is to try to keep up with all the moving parts in his trading network. He rattled off an impressive number of SKUs, assemblies per finished item, components in the assemblies, and so on. As my eyes glazed over trying to do the math, he said to me... More »

  • What’s really the cheapest shore? Why nearshore, and how do you decide?

    Andrew Atkinson, Director, Product Marketing, E2open - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Andrew Atkinson - What’s really the cheapest shore? Why nearshore, and how do you decide?

    In a recent report, Gartner projected that by 2014, "20 percent of Asia-produced and U.S.-consumed goods will be nearshored in the Americas." This nearshoring shift will be part of a more general move from low-cost country sourcing strategies to optimized-cost country strategies. What does this really mean?  More »

  • Bridging the gap between profitability and social responsibility

    Rich Becks, General Manager, High Technology, E2open - Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Rich Becks - Bridging the gap between profitability and social responsibility

    Apple controls one of the world’s top supply chains, which has been shrouded in secrecy for years—until now. The beloved consumer electronics company recently revealed the name of 156 companies that represent 97 percent of its supply chain. This is an unusual move for an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins, especially for Apple, a notoriously secretive company.  More »

  • E2openTV: Supply chain content for the rest of us

    Nadjya Ghausi, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, E2open - Friday, January 13, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Nadjya Ghausi - E2openTV: Supply chain content for the rest of us

    I admit E2open was a bit late in jumping on the YouTube bandwagon, but I must say we have made a lot of progress in the past several months churning out what we think makes for some pretty interesting video content for our YouTube channel page, E2openTV. Would you call it entertaining? That's a relative term... More »

  • Adapt or die: Our supply chains are learning the hard way

    Phil Kaminsky, Department Chair, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 0 Comments
    Phil Kaminsky - Adapt or die: Our supply chains are learning the hard way

    If 2011 taught us anything, it’s that our supply chains need to be better prepared to deal with global disruptions. From my perspective, being better prepared means being more flexible—and that means having the systems and processes in place to sense and adapt quickly as environmental and market conditions shift. More »

  • You can get more value from VMI, even with imperfect forecasts

    Rob Schoenthaler, Senior Vice President, Deployment, E2open - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Rob Schoenthaler - You can get more value from VMI, even with imperfect forecasts

    A recent article in Supply Chain Quarterly suggests that some consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers are cutting back on their use of vendor-managed inventory (VMI) because accurate demand forecasts, upon which VMI depends, have proven elusive. This isn’t completely shocking, given that effective forecast collaboration is a cornerstone of any VMI program.  More »

  • A short history of floods, quakes, and volcanic eruptions: Have we learned anything?

    Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Edward Toung - A short history of floods, quakes, and volcanic eruptions: Have we learned anything?

    2011 was hard-hit by natural disasters—but can we really afford to expect anything less for 2012 and beyond? A quick look at the recent past suggests that disruptions in the macro-environment are pretty much par for the course. And with today’s trading networks sprawling from China to India to Brazil and everywhere in between, it’s about time our supply chain organizations started thinking seriously about what it takes to drive resiliency into the equation.  More »