The anticipated growth in business-to-business (B2B) online sales is set to transform the supply chain, according to a study by management consultants, AT Kearney. However, the AT Kearney Supply Chain Study emphasised that improving the supply...
A new alliance between HP and SAP offering supply chain management solutions will prove popular with customers despite a crowded marketplace, according to a B2B expert. The two companies have already established centres to pre-configure and pre...
The oil- and gas-producing subsidiary of Centrica hopes the deal will reap operational efficiencies in the supply chain to its offshore production platforms and improve reporting. The portal will provide all of BGHR's supply chain needs and will...
Meanwhile, HP has also launched a broader new initiative, dubbed Adaptive Enterprise, in an effort to boost the return on investment that companies derive from computer systems. HP expects to cut another $1bn from its supply chain, for example, by...
Perhaps the most discussed project due to its sheer size is Wal-Mart in the US, which has been trialling RFID in its Texas stores, and which has placed a deadline of next January on all suppliers to use RFID tags within its supply chain.
Young fashion brand Lipsy has signed BT Expedite to provide a supply chain system, allowing it react to changes in fashion trends and buying behaviours more flexibly. Lipsy MD Jeremy Stakol told silicon.com the company used to track its supply...