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Global Trade Contracts – Are you Prepared for 2020 and Beyond?
Suzanne Richer / Director, Global Trade Academy
Five contract “must-haves” to help reduce risk and increase global trade compliance in supply chains.
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Realizing Value from Order Promising
Sudy Bharadwaj, Senior Director, Value Engineering, E2open Turning Your CFO into a Supply Chain Fan Value measurement for solving supply chain problems has been a challenge in the past. However, the emergence of analytics frameworks [...]
S&OP as an Organizational Decision-Making Process
Mohit Dubey, Senior Director, Product Marketing, E2open "S&OP is dead," the caller said. This unsettled me – “Are lead-times dead, too?” I wondered. I had to find out. Work is changing – from the tools [...]
E2open Holds User Forum on New On-time In-Full (OTIF) Package
Will Thomas, VP of Sales, E2open Effective February 2017, Walmart is requiring its suppliers to meet either a same-day or two-day shipping window instead of its previous four-day window. It has also upped its required [...]
E2open and Steelwedge Join Forces: Analyst Reaction to our Vision for Collaborative S&OP
E2open It has been a little over a month since E2open acquired Steelwedge and the media and analyst receptions to the announcement have been extremely strong. It’s great to see so much positive coverage and [...]
How E2open’s Scalable DSR Platform Delivers a Competitive Advantage for CPG Companies
Will Thomas, VP of Sales, E2open In late 2016, E2open acquired Orchestro, a leading provider of Demand Signal Repository (DSR) technology and preemptive analytics for retail and omnichannel fulfillment. Orchestro’s data, visibility and analytics solutions [...]
A Moment of Reflection for the New Year
Each January, the pundits are abuzz with talk about the new food trends for the year. Whether it’s antibiotics, sugar levels, food waste, GMO-labeling or cauliflower being the new kale, one thing is for certain: [...]
The Journey to a Customer-Driven Supply Chain
Patrick Lemoine, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open A Challenging Planning Environment For consumers, the world of electronics is full of exciting new gadgets. For the companies involved in designing, manufacturing, and bringing these products to [...]
Removing the Bullwhip Effect Across the Network
Pawan Joshi, Senior Vice President, Products & Strategy, E2open In 1961, Jay Forrester formalized the recognition of the bullwhip effect in his book titled, Industrial Dynamics. 55 years later, companies still struggle to deal with [...]
A Better Approach to Managing Your Extended Supply Chain
Patrick Lemoine, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open Outsourcing various parts of manufacturing started in the high tech industry a few decades ago. Today, outsourcing is now the new norm in most industries today. In fact, [...]
In Pursuit of Productivity
Does planner workload affect productivity? Can technology help companies achieve a step-change in productivity? The answer to both of these questions is yes. Here are some data-driven facts to consider in your pursuit of productivity. [...]
The Power of Predictive Analytics
The use of predictive analytics is rising According to KPMG’s 2016 Global Consumer Executive Top of Mind Survey, the use of predictive analytics will double by 2018. In addition, 46% of companies plan to use [...]
How to Build an Agile Supply Chain – Lessons From the Best Companies
Patrick Lemoine, Vice President, Product Marketing, E2open One of the top priorities for executives is to improve the agility of their company. It is not hard to understand why: competition is more global and [...]
Turning Your Consumer Goods Supply Chain Into a Competitive Advantage
Today’s modern supply chains are multi-enterprise, starting with consumers, retailers, distributors; and flowing through an extended network of suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other third parties. Successfully managing such supply chains requires visibility, planning, and execution [...]
How the Terra Acquisition Fits Into the Future Supply Chain
Robert F. Byrne, VP and GM, Forecasting Solutions, E2open This is probably not a surprise but supply chains are inherently multi-enterprise. Despite this, companies have tried to manage their supply chain with ERP systems which [...]