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• Collaborative execution: Innovation and growth, not just grinding margins

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Friday, April 06, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  Collaboration between trading partners is not a new concept. However, as technology has become more sophisticated, the way suppliers and OEMs communicate and work together has started to change rather dramatically. Companies who’ve mastered the technique of learning-by-doing at scale have accelerated organizational learning. More »

• Don’t believe the hype! The truth about supply chain control towers

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  There are a lot of people talking about supply chain control towers lately – but what’s all the hype? And are we all talking about the same thing to begin with? Probably not. It’s easy enough to slap a “control tower” label on a piece of software, but actually delivering a more agile, intelligent control structure is quite a different feat.  More »

• Five things your procurement officer isn’t telling you

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Friday, February 24, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  Managing an end-to-end supply chain requires a collaborative effort across a wide spectrum of departments and job functions. Employees in the procurement field have an important part to play in ensuring that the supply chain profitably meets the needs of its customers. Here are five things your procurement officer knows (or should know) -- but isn't necessarily telling you. More »

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

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  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 »

• Breakthrough performers and pervasive connectivity: Notes from the CGT Business & Technology Conference

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  I made my way to the Sunshine State this week for the Consumer Goods Business & Technology Leadership Conference in Orlando. And while the keynote sessions and panel discussions cover a gamut of topics, everyone is really here for the same thing: learning and collaborating on the “what’s next” for technology and the consumer goods business.  More »

• Top 5 reasons to start thinking multi-tier…

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  I'm sure you've heard it before: linear supply chains are a thing of the past. Today's marketplace is run by sprawling trading networks, and that means it's no longer good enough to keep tabs on your most critical suppliers. In today's outsourced and unpredictable manufacturing landscape, even your Tier-2 suppliers have the power to make or break a new product launch...  More »

• The call for collaborative execution at E2open Leaders Forum 2011

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  At E2open Leaders Forum in Bachelor Gulch, Colorado last week, I was struck by the vision—and confidence—supply chain leaders maintain for the medium term. Product companies are mired in the same market malaise the rest of the world will endure in the short term. But with little control over the immediate, the true leaders are investing heavily in business transformation initiatives to make the best of the short term while capitalizing on the upturn. More »

• Outsourcing, cloud, and multi-tier visibility: Final thoughts from Scottsdale

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Friday, June 03, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  Talk about closing with a bang! The final day – and a Friday, no less – of the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference was loaded with lots of great content. I walked away with a ton of notes, but there were three sessions on topics that I felt would resonate with the E2open community. Here were the highlights... More »

• Supply chain collaboration and visibility fueled by tamales and margaritas: Day 2 of the Gartner conference

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Thursday, June 02, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  Day two of Gartner’s supply chain fest took the growth theme a level down by focusing on visibility and collaboration – better supply/demand collaboration within the enterprise (especially in advancing S&OP) and across the supply chain network with the multitude of partners and their varying skills, cultures, and sophistication. More »

• Did he just say the “G” word? Momentum and discovery at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

  Sean Rollings, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open - Wednesday, June 01, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  Day one got off to a great start with a joint keynote by Gartner analysts Jane Barrett, Simon Jacobsen, Matt Davis, and Kevin Sterneckert. The first thing that struck me is that attendance has doubled from 500 last year to more than a thousand this year. And the feel among attendees and keynote speakers is that companies are breaking free from their recession-driven retrenchment and readying for growth.  More »