Recent Posts by Larry Simcox

What does Order Management and a Rideshare Experience Have in Common? I recently did some research on a marketing project I was doing for Oracle’s Order Management Cloud product and it got me thinking of a common practice of using a rideshare app like Uber and Lyft. Everything starts with an order! An order is the unique bind between a customer or supplier and the company. Even a request to hail a rideshare driver from Uber or Lyft starts with an order from the customer. The...

- Webcast on Thursday, August 18 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time / 10:00 am Pacific Time - Register now to attend  Companies are looking to move more and more of their Supply Chain IT infrastructure over to the Cloud. Inspirage recently undertook a major research study to specifically understand how these trends are playing out in the Supply Chain Management space. Join me and Mo Khurana from Inspirage to review the key findings from the market research study “The Future of Supply Chain...

I would like to share a recent article on ForbesBrandVoice — More Than Cosmetics for Digitizing Innovation. The article does a nice job articulating how Mary Kay is leveraging Oracle's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications to improve its processes and results by incorporating 6 best practice for innovation recommendations from Kalypso, a Gold level member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork with a specialization in Oracle's Product Lifecycle Management application: Articul...

The Next Industry Disrupter – Hybrid Semis. All Hype or Reality? I have to admit that I have been a car and truck geek since I was a little boy. I was an Air Force brat growing up and when we traveled to our family’s home on holidays to Knoxville Tennessee I was always amazed by all the big rigs on the road. Always wondering where they were going and what they were hauling. This love of trucking led me to my current role at Oracle on the Supply Chain Cloud go to market team. CNG...

If you have been reading my blog recently you have noticed I am following the modern business transformation that is currently taking place and its impact on our supply chains. Cloud applications are a key technology enabler to modern business transformation, also called digital transformation. I recently attended a market study webcast (Replay available here) that was published by Inspirage Management Consulting Services, an Oracle Platinum Level member in the Oracle...

Earlier in April, Oracle executives hosted Oracle Industry Connect, a conference where industry peers shared modern best practices, deep-domain expertise and insights about mission-critical applications that are core to the success of their business. Leaders from communications, education and research, energy and utilities, engineering and construction, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, project intensive and retail industries attended to learn how...

Congratulations to the entire Oracle Supply Chain Management team on being selected by Inbound Logistics as a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2016. Oracle was selected by the editorial staff from over 300 applicants. This award continues to show Oracle’s commitment to building and developing best-in-class supply chain applications for our customers and demonstrates that Oracle’s logistics technology solutions are a best fit for their readers. Look for our listing in the...