Electronic Product Code
What is it? The next generation of the Universal Product Code (UPC) system. What’s new about it? While a UPC symbol registers a product’s make
What is it? The next generation of the Universal Product Code (UPC) system. What’s new about it? While a UPC symbol registers a product’s make
TRUE FALSE My company produces or sells physical goods, not virtual ones. We need to get our out-of-stock crises under control. We would join
The attached diagram (in PDF format) illustrates how a company might synchronize supply and demand with its vendors and trading partners through the business-process model
In 1936, when John Tyson hauled his first truckload of chickens from Arkansas to Chicago for a profit of $235, he could not have imagined
You know Unilever. It sells products that 150 million of us use every day to wash clothes (Wisk, All), wash bodies (Dove, Lever 2000), dine
These charts walk through the processof deciding whether to build a seriesof ordering applications in-house or tobuy them. In this scenario, a continuous-flowmanufacturer wants to
The two market leaders, Ariba and Commerce One, are bleeding tens of millions of dollars, yet vowing to be profitable sometime soon. But at least
To Cathy Nelson, new technology provides a gift of time: an extra five hours each week, to be exact. That’s the time Nelson, director of
Times are hard for Commerce One. The company has cut 65% of its staff since October. This month, its chief operating and financial officers both