E2open in the News
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Lack of visibility, process automation are leading causes of elevated supply chain risk, says Gatepoint Research, E2open
December 21, 2009 | Manufacturing Business TechnologyE2open a provider of on-demand multi-enterprise demand-supply network solutions, and Gatepoint Research, a business-to-business research organization, today announced the results of a Supply Chain Benchmark survey focused on trends in managing supply chain risks. View Now »
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2010-Risk or Opportunity?
November 30, 2009 | SupplyChainBrain2010 is upon us. And much to our relief, economists are suggesting the possibility of an economic upturn somewhere in the next 12 months. But when exactly can we expect consumer behaviors to change? And how long will the entire recovery period last? View Now »
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Visibility called key to managing complex supply chains
November 23, 2009 | DC VelocityWhen the global recession hit last year, companies around the world found themselves stuck with inventory that suddenly stopped moving. Within days, the repercussions for cash flow started to become apparent. All that inventory meant lots of working capital was tied up in product —and was not available to pay the bills, says Rick Becks, senior vice president of E2open, a company that offers Web-hosted supply chain visibility tools. View Now »
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Visibility called key to managing complex supply chains
November 23, 2009 | DC VelocityWhen the global recession hit last year, companies around the world found themselves stuck with inventory that suddenly stopped moving. Within days, the repercussions for cash flow started to become apparent. All that inventory meant lots of working capital was tied up in product —and was not available to pay the bills, says Rick Becks, senior vice president of E2open, a company that offers Web-hosted supply chain visibility tools. View Now »
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Oh, What a Year
November 19, 2009 | SupplyChainBrain2009 is winding down. Sigh. Well, not so fast. While many economists are promising that the worst of the recession is over, we’re certainly still far from the carefree, day-to-day hum of a decade ago. So while it’s important to start preparing for better times, it’s equally as important to remain vigilant and educated about the current ecosystem in which we live, work, profit—and sometimes fail. View Now »
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E2open Logistics Network Now Available for Oracle Transportation Management
November 13, 2009 | Industry WeekOracle and Foster City, Calif.-based E2open Inc. recently announced that E2open Logistics Network (ELN) is available as an integrated connectivity solution for Oracle Transportation Management, which simplifies the effort of establishing electronic integration between shippers, transportation carriers and logistics service providers, according to the two companies. View Now »
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An Overlooked (But Critical) Component of Transportation Management Systems
November 13, 2009 | Logistics ViewpointsEarlier this year, I wrote a piece highlighting the expanding footprint of transportation management systems (TMS)—i.e., how software vendors are transforming TMS from a fragmented collection of applications to a unified platform where users across the enterprise and value chain can execute role-specific processes via configurable user interfaces, workflows, and web services. View Now »
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Oracle and E2open Integrate Solutions
November 9, 2009 | Logistics TodayOracle and E2open announced E2open Logistics Network (ELN) is now available as an integrated connectivity solution for Oracle Transportation Management. This simplifies the effort of establishing electronic integration between shippers, transportation carriers, and logistics service providers, say the companies. View Now »
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Oracle the Partner-Friendly Partner, Round Two: E2Open, Oracle, and Transportation Management
November 6, 2009 | Enterprise IrregularsOne of the largely unheralded changes at Oracle this year has been its sudden willingness to partner at a strategic level with other enterprise software companies. This departure from previous strategy has been noted here before, as has its implications for the enterprise software community. (Great if you’re an ISV looking for a strong partner with long reach and a huge sales force, bad if you’re an Oracle competitor trying to build your own partner community.) View Now »
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Supply Chain Management: Oracle and E2open Partner to Turn a Product into a Solution
November 4, 2009 | Modern Materials HandlingI’m not the smartest guy in the world, but every once in a while I notice that I'm hearing the same sort of thing from a couple of vendors, put two and two together, and come up with a trend. Of late, I’ve noticed something I’m calling “from product to solution.” In fact, it’s going to be one of our lead features in the December issue. View Now »
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The Times They Are a-Changin’: New Strategies for Effective Risk Mitigation
November 3, 2009 | Supply Chain BrainIn the wake of the recent economic collapse, the effects of poor risk management are painfully obvious in businesses around the globe. From mom-and-pop shops to international giants like General Motors, the economic recession has had crippling effects on nearly all business sectors and industries. View Now »
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Oracle, E2open Partner Up
November 2, 2009 | Managing AutomationInching its way a bit further into the software-as-a-service (SaaS) realm, Oracle Corp. today announced a partnership with supply chain network service provider E2open that will deliver packaged integration between Oracle’s Transportation Management application and E2open’s managed Logistics Network. View Now »
