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Closing the Loop, Optimizing the Supply Chain

I'd like to start a series of blog entries titled "Close the Loop" and addressing how, through a better use of supply chain information, companies can improve their operations, creating a more agile ecosystem while reducing risk. In this...

Published 11-20-2009 6:50 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Visibility, Supplier, Operations Research, ecosystem

The Cost of Cloud

Does the cost of cloud computing limits the usability of a community cloud to support a supply chain? This is really the question I'd like to address today. Last April, McKinsey and last September, IDC have done an exercise of costing the difference...

Published 11-13-2009 10:33 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Visibility, Cost Reduction, Governance, Cloud, finance, Community

Culture and the Supply Chain

In my previous post, I spoke about the tangibles and intangibles of Supply Chain Collaboration , but intentionally did not address one element, the cultural aspects of Supply Chain Collaboration. Companies have increased the outsourcing of their manufacturing...

Published 11-09-2009 10:10 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, outsourcing, ecosystem, culture

The Tangibles and Intangibles of Supply Chain Collaboration

The latest recession has gotten a profound impact on many supply chains and forced rethinking strategies . In a quest to reducing costs, many have diminished safety buffers, established lean thinking, and redesigned their flows. In that process they have...

Published 11-02-2009 11:38 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Lean, Supplier, Procurement, thought leadership, Community

Is Supply Chain Data safe in the Cloud?

At the Gartner Symposium, last week, HP's CEO Mark Hurd was quoted about the lack of security in the Cloud . This is only one of the voices heard about cloud computing security. So, should we stop thinking about linking our partners in the cloud to...

Published 10-26-2009 12:28 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, End-to-end, Web 2.0, Cloud, Manufacturing, outsourcing, Community

Could Community Clouds improve Supply Chain Collaboration?

As President Obama announces a cloud computing initiative for the US , it is interesting to note that in their definition of Cloud Computing , the federal government includes an interesting deployment model, called community cloud. In their definition...

Published 09-18-2009 1:17 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Cloud, Community

Don't forget the Cloud Supply Chain

There are an increasing number of cloud based Supply Chain services, offered as SaaS, appearing on the market. But that is not the subject of this blog entry. Actually the question is way simpler. Are you aware of all the players participating in providing...

Published 09-11-2009 7:09 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Experience, Collaboration, Supply Chain, Supplier, Cloud, ecosystem, Community

A Cloud ecosystem for Inter Enterprise Visibility

As part of HP's latest press release on its partnership with GS1 Canada, HP is announcing the HP cloud computing ecosystem for manufacturing industries. This is a real exciting development. Let me explain why. In many entries of this blog, I have...

Published 08-24-2009 12:03 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Web 2.0, Cloud, Innovation, Social Networking, ecosystem

Collaboration, let's look beyond the tools

Two weeks ago I was asked to run a workshop on collaboration at an event in China. Based on some of the ideas I shared in an earlier blog , I developed the content of the workshop. What daunted on me, listening to people in the audience, is that both...

Published 08-18-2009 10:10 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Web 2.0, Supplier, ecosystem, hub

New ways to collaborate, build a virtual community

Earlier in the year, I was asked to organize a summit for some of our key customers. The objective was to share with them some key thought leadership and start a dialogue around a number of topics including sustainability, cloud computing and innovation...

Published 07-07-2009 9:13 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Web 2.0, business, Social Networking, thought leadership, Virtual, Community

Building an ecosystem information backbone

A couple posts ago, I discussed the role of IT in manufacturing outsourcing . I'd like to come back to this topic, and discuss more in details the need for a cross-enterprise backbone allowing the companies members of the ecosystem to share information...

Published 07-02-2009 12:19 PM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Cloud, ecosystem, hub

Ecosystem collaboration, from tools to an integrated approach

Delays encountered by both Airbus and Boeing have demonstrated the importance of cross-enterprise collaborations as eco-systems become increasingly global and complex. As both companies continue battling for the number one position, they rely increasingly...

Published 06-25-2009 9:13 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Supplier, PLM

Should Manufacturing Companies move to the Cloud?

As already stated in earlier entries, the Cloud started with Web 2.0 and the Social Networking phenomena. Since, it has taken a life of its own, and is attracting many SMB's (Small and Medium Businesses) allowing them to fully rely on a cloud provider...

Published 05-28-2009 7:13 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Visibility, Downturn, Cloud, Internet, Social Networking, Manufacturing

Cloud Computing in Manufacturing

I have been asked to write a short page on the potential role of Cloud Computing in Manufacturing and would like to share with you some of my findings in this area. First, let me remind you that HP works with a very specific definition of Cloud Computing...

Published 05-25-2009 8:02 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Supply Chain, Cloud, McKinsey, Manufacturing

Do we need a "Business Cloud"

A couple months ago I was in a meeting where an interesting question was asked: "Are you using Amazon Web Services?". The answer was an eye opener, as it sounded like: "Well, we looked at the employee expense system and found a number of...

Published 04-14-2009 9:42 AM by christianverstraete

Filed under: Collaboration, Web 2.0, Cloud

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