All Things Green August 28, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in green supply chain.Tags: go green, suppliers, Supply Chain Digest, the green supply chain
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Supply Chain Digest recently launched a new website dedicated completely to green initiatives in the supply chain. I am very impressed by their new website and have enjoyed sifting through the seemingly endless sources of information for green best practices, discussions, questions, and statistics. The information comes in a variety of forms as well. Whether you’re looking to learn through a video such as their new transportation and the green supply chain video, read opinionated blogs like green supply chains are smart business — get suppliers on board, or go the traditional route with their various green white papers, there’s something for everybody.
A big kudos goes out to Supply Chain Digest for their extensive efforts to promote more environmentally friendly supply chain management. Green definitely looks good on ‘em!
I Spy Inovis August 26, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in EDI.Tags: retail, Retail EDI, SaaS, supply chain, Value Added Network, Vendor management
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Inovis is proud to announce that you can now follow our blog on the new and insightful Retail EDI website. Proudly proclaiming their motto, “learn + share = improve,” the website’s administrators and authors work hard to provide a plethora of insightful and practical content for those in the supply chain space. Whether you’re looking for news in retail, vendor management advice, case studies to read, or helpful info on topics such as SaaS and VANs, Retail EDI is your go-to site. You can also search industry jobs, EDI documents, and provide feedback to the website’s creators. We here at Inovis look forward to a long lasting collaboration of learning, sharing and improving.
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Inovis at Agile 2009 – Part 1 August 25, 2009
Posted by Stephen Chin in Events, Technology.Tags: Agile, agile2009, kanban, lean, SCRUM
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This is the first part of a series of blogs live from the Agile 2009 conference.
This year the Agile conference is being held in Chicago, the windy city, at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Even despite the economic downturn, thousands of practicing agilists have made the trip seeking process enlightenment and deep-dish pizza (not necessarily in that order).
Here is a view from the bridge near the hotel, which is right on the waterfront:
Chicago Waterfront Outside Agile 2009
The conference was in full swing today with presentations from Agile luminaries, such as Mary Poppendieck (creator of Lean), David Anderson (FDD inventor and Kanban expert), Jim Highsmith (creator of ASD), Mike Cohn (author and Scrum expert), and “Uncle” Bob Martin.
Here are some takeaways from the sessions I attended:
- Driving a schedule by utilization produces oscillations and unpredictability, while driving a schedule by throughput minimizes delivery time and also ends up maximizing utilization.
- Mary Poppendieck - Minimize rework (waste) by organizing features by market risk. Do the table stakes first and schedule features with a high amount of market volatility at the end.
- David Anderson - Focusing on quality also has a positive benefit on productivity, helping you deliver faster. The converse is not true… focusing on the speed results in both lower quality and project delays.
- Jim Highsmith
The day ended with a mixer event full of food, spirits, and agile games. You know it is a good conference when they have Wii Tennis, Rockband, and other team games available to geek out at:
Agile Practitioners Rocking Out
Still 4 more days of the conference to go!
Supply Chain Management: What’s Missing? August 24, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in Actionable Intelligence, Business Community Management, Inovis Solutions, Supply Chain Visibility, green supply chain.Tags: Business Performance Management, green, Supply Chain Visibility, The Green IT Review
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The Green IT Review posted an article last week on a recent online survey Business Performance Management (BPM) published aimed at measuring how companies are managing the complexities of supply chain demands, distribution costs and environmental concerns.
125 respondents revealed a multitude of factors that seem to be putting pressure on the executives running the value chain. Some of the issues include:
