Industry Week recently ran another good article, and this one was on the five myths of import compliance that is worth focussing on.The five myths harbored by US importers of record that the article highlighted were as follows: Our risk exposure is limited to the Customs duties. An […]
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Yes folks! the doctor just keeps on giving! In addition to the specific questions on Spend Analysis, e-RFX and e-Auctions, Decision Optimization, Contract Management, e-Procurement, and e-Payment functionality that you should ask your prospective vendor before you even think about making any commitments, as x-emplified during the 12 Days of X-emplification, there are […]
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Austin Tetra has been relatively silent since their acquisition by Equifax a little over a year ago. And it’s not because Equifax is in a hurry to dissolve the name (unlike D&B who appear to be trying to dissolve the Open Ratings brand as soon as possible), but because they want their new division […]
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As I said yesterday, everywhere you look, someone is summarizing the best of 2007 or making their predictions about the forthcoming year on a technology-by-technology or vendor-by-vendor basis. However, since the nature of futurism is that it’s virtually impossible to get the micro-level details correct, I’m instead asking the Magic 8-Ball what’s in store […]
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Everywhere you look, someone is summarizing the best of 2007 or making their predictions about the forthcoming year on a technology-by-technology or vendor-by-vendor basis. However, since the nature of futurism is that it’s virtually impossible to get the micro-level details correct, I’ll instead ask the Magic 8-Ball what’s in store for a bakers dozen […]
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Market Intelligence is defined as information relevant to a company’s markets, gathered and analyzed specifically for the purpose of accurate and confident decision making in determining market opportunity, market penetration strategy, and new market development metrics on Wikipedia. For our purposes, it is essentially the information you need to make the right buy from […]
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I don’t care what it’s made of - there isn’t a container in existence that won’t explode if filled to a point where the internal pressure exceeds the external pressure by a sufficient amount. Remember the second law of thermodynamics - the entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to […]
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Did you know that, right now: You could be eligible for VAT rebates? You could be eligible for Import Duty refunds? or that … You could be overpaying for freight? You […]
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Supply & Demand Executive recently ran an article by Aatish Goel & Murali Krishnan Sundararajan on The Flat Supply Chain that noted that globalization has created a massive increase in supply chain complexity and that supply chain visibility is emerging as a critical differentiator for companies to stay ahead of the competition. The article […]
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The EE Times ran a great article by Romit Dey and Manoj K. Singh last month on Demand Shaping and how it aligns customer trends with supply. But I have to ask, is it really “demand shaping” or is it more “demand sensing”. Is not “demand shaping” what marketing and advertising does? […]
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