Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day
Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day Google Cloud Has Hired A Brain Trust Of Industry Vertical Leaders On March 31st, 2021, Google Cloud hosted an industry vertical analyst roundtable. Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, opened up the day with a warm introduction on the role industries will play in the growth of Google Cloud. […]
Corporate social responsibility and the moral supply chain
I’d love to say that this is my work but it isn’t. Its the work of Dr. Stephen LeMay, a professor at University of Western Florida who has a long history in both supply chain and CRM. The supply chain is not morally agnostic and, stretched as it is now, it still is accountable.
2018 Will be A Breakout Year For Supply Chain Analytics
While 94% of supply chain leaders say that digital transformation will fundamentally change supply chains in 2018, only 44% have a strategy ready. 66% of supply chain leaders say advanced supply chain analytics are critically important to their supply chain operations in the next 2 to 3 years. Forecast accuracy, demand patterns, product tracking traceability, […]
President Trump: Procurement, Supply Chain and Policy Perspectives
Our European readers are likely looking at the news out of the U.S. this morning and feeling shocked in the same way they felt following the Brexit vote. Granted, both elections were equally as close. (Clinton appears to have won the popular vote in the U.S., although the Electoral College makes the election look more […]
Apple, cloud computing, and enterprise supply chain management
Apple’s recent announcements around renewables and supply chain transparency, put the major cloud providers to shame. Apple had a couple of interesting announcements last week. The first was that they were investing $848m in a 130MW solar farm being built by First Solar in California. With this investment, Apple enters into a 25 year power […]
Why true disruption requires putting the last mile, first.
I have a deep aversion to the word disruption. Mostly because in the context of innovation in technology, it’s carelessly used to invoke sensationalism that just ends up blurring the lines between baby and bath water. We saw this movie before with Facebook-esq Social Business where the use of the term ‘disruptive’ in the media […]
Trends: 9 Actions to Consider Before 2015 For Digital Transformation
Digital Strategy From The Analysts At Constellation Research Constellation’s year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions to ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year. 1. Matrix Commerce: Scrub your data By Guy Courtin When it comes to Matrix Commerce, […]
The White House and SupplierPay: From the Basics to the Behind the Scenes
Right around the time that the Spend Matters analyst tasked with covering the intersection of purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash, trade financing, and payments left the country for a few weeks, President Obama and his team had the nerve to fast-track what is perhaps the most important thing to happen to procurement in decades in terms of government […]
Lack of emissions reporting from (some) cloud providers is a supply chain risk
We at GreenMonk spoke to Robert Francisco, President North America of FirstCarbon Solutions, last week. FirstCarbon solutions is an environmental sustainability company and the exclusive scoring partner of CDP‘s (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), supply chain program. Robert pointed out on the call that there is a seed change happening and that interest in disclosure […]
ThomasNet and ISM Partner on “30 Under 30” – Winners Get a Free Spend Matters Plus Seat!
Earlier this month at ISM, Thomas Kase and I talked to some of the ISM and ThomasNet team members responsible for organizing a new award – the “30 Under 30 Supply Chain Stars” (readers can nominate a potential candidate via the link). The award will likely become the most important contest for the future of […]
