As new technologies, markets, and ideas converge, the world’s most successful business leaders are transforming their supply chains into modern value chains.
Check out the latest Value Chain customer video and discover how companies like Cisco, NCR, Cummins, Hologic, and Pepsi/Frito Lay are becoming more customer-centric, innovative, responsive, and empowered.
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A recent blog post at the Harvard Business Review discussed "What Business Can Learn from the Greatest Comeback in Sports History." They presented six points, and the original article is well worth reading. I'd like to boil down their advice to supply chain specific suggestions, and here we go:
Everyone is talking about cloud applications. There are different definitions of cloud, but the simplest is that an application in the cloud
It seems like a subtle difference to users. Why does it matter if their application is in their company’s data center in a faraway location or someone else’s? But in reality it can be greatly beneficial. This article explains why companies are really buying applications in the cloud and what that means to application software vendors from a product development and sales perspective.
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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to sit down with our
resident expert on Innovation Management, Gayle Hayes. I picked her brain on what’s going on in the world
of product and service innovation and how Oracle is helping. A new phenomenon is sweeping product
development – thanks to an explosion of ideation tools and techniques such as
crowd-sourcing, big data, mashups, customer immersion labs, etc, finding ideas
is not the problem. With so many to
choose from, the biggest questions are now “which
idea?” and subsequently, “how do you translate
the right idea into a profitable product?"
This is precisely the challenge the new Oracle Innovation
Management is designed to address. To
learn more about the idea glut and how the new solution helps organizations
improve return on innovation investments, read the transcript of our discussion
below or stream our podcast. You can
even find us on iTunes!
If you are attending this month’s SCOPE Spring 2014 event in Chicago be sure to catch the session entitled “Business Intelligence for Transportation” taking place on Monday, April 14th at 2:00 p.m.
Hear the Director of Logistics Systems at Sears Holdings describe how they are using Oracle solutions within their transportation management processes.
Don’t forget to also stop by the Oracle booth #412 to meet with Oracle supply chain experts.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago.
The Oracle OpenWorld 2014 Call for Proposals is now open!
Are you making breakthough innovations with Oracle offerings? Do you have something interesting to present at this year's event?
Well, OpenWorld attendees want to hear from you. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to share your organization's expertise at one of the most important technology and business conferences of the year.
Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Click here to learn more about the submission process.
Oracle Debuts Innovation Management Application
According to the vendor, the tool enables “bottom-up” innovation, allowing all partners to participate in product invention and definition.
At the same time, it offers top-down financial-impact analysis and strategic-fit visibility to portfolio owners, during and after investment decisions. Users can more easily create, refine and evaluate product concepts for cost, risk, customer requirements and design goals.
They can also define and manage product-development projects in the context of their overall product portfolios. Oracle Innovation Management integrates with Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management, to help streamline the process of moving concepts through the design, development and manufacturing phases.
Over 350 attendees, coming from 22 different countries, found their way to the Mövenpick hotel in Amsterdam for a great 2-day program. More than 40 presentations were provided by Oracle’s executive Jon Chorley, external gurus, partners, Oracle experts and many customers. There were 3 tracks: Value Chain Execution, Value Chain Planning and Enterprise PLM. The customer sessions from companies like Smithers-Oasis, DHL, McDonalds, Uponor, IKEA, Marel, Cummings, Sennheiser, Belron (and many more) were very popular.
If you weren't able to attend, see some of what you missed in this video.
A recent survey report entitled “From Customer Orders through Fulfillment: Challenges and Opportunities in Manufacturing, High-Tech & Retail” showcased how supply chain executives are tackling their order fulfillment challenges.
Don’t have time to read the full report?
Not to worry, the key findings for the Retail and Manufacturing sectors are now available in an infographic format.
Infographic: Overcoming Order Fulfillment Challenges in Retail
Infographic: Overcoming Order Fulfillment Challenges in Manufacturing
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