Why Water Might be an Issue for Your Supply Chain September 30, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in green supply chain.Tags: go green, green, Harvard Business, Stockholm World Water Week, water
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What is the next critical environmental issue for supply chains? Water, according to Harvard Business. An article posted on their website earlier today explains why the linkage between water and business was a hot topic at the August 2009 Stockholm World Water Week. The idea is that “as fresh water becomes more scarce and supplies uncertain, how companies use water and where it comes from will increasingly affect their business risk and opportunities.”
Question of the Week September 25, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in question of the week.Tags: Chargeback Avoidance, Deduction Management, EDI, supply chain
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EDI is an important link in the supply chain and without a skilled individual at the helm, all sorts of errors, chargebacks and deductions can occur. Today’s question is:
What skills and traits, in your opinion, are necessary for an EDI coordinator?
Answer and we’ll send you a complimentary gift.
Introducing the Inovis Ask the Experts Podcast Series September 22, 2009
Posted by Meg Sewell in News, outsourcing services.Tags: Ask the Experts, BPO, business process outsourcing, Podcast
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We here at Inovis are pleased to introduce our new podcasts series where a group of our top experts meet in a roundtable discussion to confer about the latest industry trends, answer customer questions, and provide helpful product tips and tricks.
Several of our company gurus recently sat down to discuss BPO dashboards and how to maintain control when outsourcing. You can listen to the first part of our Business Process Outsourcing Podcast here:
Inovis Ask the Experts Podcast for Business Process Outsourcing
We’d love to hear from you! Leave us a comment about a future topic you’d like our experts to discuss.
Services and the ‘09 MFT Magic Quadrant September 21, 2009
Posted by johntinovis in MFT, News, Technology.Tags: Gartner MFT Magic Quadrant, Managed File Transfer
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How companies approach their file transfer needs is undergoing some massive changes, causing a shift to a services approach to deal with legacy systems, partner complexity and governance needs.
Gartner’s Frank Kenney recently took a look at the “perfect storm of compliance, risk, governance and performance” in the hot-off-the-press Magic Quadrant for Managed File Transfer. (Check out the full report here).
At Inovis, we use a number of frameworks in working with customers on MFT capabilities.
One approach is to split the MFT process into three buckets: topology, visibility, and the services portfolio.
Today, I’d like to focus on the topology model, following up on prior posts. (more…)
