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• A fresh look at E&O inventory

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  I recently spoke with a supply chain leader who said inventory was like fruit: if you have too much and have it too long, things get rotten. I’ve heard other metaphors for excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory, such as bad cholesterol in the supply chain. However you choose to think of it, E&O isn’t good for your company’s health, whatever business you’re in. More »

• The sun never sets on today’s BOM

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 0 Comments
  

  A bill of materials (BOM) used to be a simple thing. A BOM is a list of the parts or components required to build a product. It provides the manufacturer’s part number (MPN) and the quantity needed for each component. At its most complex, a BOM is a multi-level document that provides build data for multiple sub-assemblies (products within products) and includes for each item the part number, approved manufacturers list (AML), mechanical characteristics, and a range of component descriptors...  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
  

  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 »

• Innovation and collaboration: The new normal in the Chinese supply chain landscape?

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  In our work with customers in the Greater China region as well as interacting with leading supply chain practitioners at the recent SCM Logistics China Conference in Shenzhen, there is a definitive change, albeit a slow one, in tone and attitude towards current supply chain management practices More »

• Building a Supply Chain Control Tower: What it takes and what it gets you

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  The concept of a Supply Chain Control Tower is getting some major buzz among leading global manufacturers. In fact, many of my recent conversations with customers have been dominated by the topic – What does it take to build a Control Tower? How much does it cost? How quickly can I expect to see returns on my investment? And while I could easily bore everybody to tears with the details (after all, who isn’t totally jazzed about the idea of a Control Tower?), I’ll try to stick to the basics.  More »

• Houston, we’ve had a problem: The case for a Supply Chain Control Tower

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 0 Comments
  

  At E2open, we have the privilege of serving global companies with some of the fastest moving and most complex supply chains. And while their planning challenges may not be as daunting as landing a spacecraft on the surface of the moon, few would argue that the coordination required to successfully build out the infrastructure to run some of the world’s largest and most complex telecom networks is in and of itself a monumental task. More »

• The state of B2B integration in Asia: AsiaB2B Plenary in Hong Kong

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Wednesday, December 01, 2010 - 0 Comments
  

  The AsiaB2B Plenary just finished up in Hong Kong, and as usual, it was a don’t-miss event. AsiaB2B is a user-driven organization formed by leading organizations interested in furthering the adoption of B2B integration in the Asia Pacific region. For those of you familiar with EDIFICE in Europe, this is its Asian sibling. AsiaB2B hosts two plenary conferences each year, and I’ve made a point of attending them all (yes, they’re that good). More »

• To Asia and back: Notes on the telecom industry value chain

  Edward Toung, Vice President, Asia Pacific, E2open - Tuesday, November 02, 2010 - 0 Comments
  

  Few would argue that Asia is home to some of the most dynamic business environments on the planet. Even against the backdrop of one of the worst global recessions in decades, companies in the Greater China region are currently experiencing growth rates akin to those experienced by Silicon Valley during the Internet build-out days. This is particularly true of companies in the telecom space. This past month, I had an opportunity to visit with three of Asia's most exciting telecom companies and came away with some interesting observations... More »