While supply chains for many manufacturers in the Gulf were disrupted by Hurricane Isaac, advances in online, mobile, and cloud technologies may have softened the blow.
ERP giant SAP announced this week that its subsidiary, SAP America Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire Ariba, a 15-year old cloud-based supply chain management technology provider for roughly $4.3 billion.
Among the final points made in “IDC Manufacturing Insights’ Supply Chain Top 10 predictions 2012,” is that cloud applications for supply chain will move from a total-cost-of-ownership focus to a total-values-in-ownership focus.
Monday, May 2, 2011 · Derek Jones and Thomas Schramm
Cloud computing—an emerging technology that gives users wide access to computing capabilities without the costs of ownership—has huge potential for the supply chain. In fact, the cloud is poised to usher in a new era of high-performance SCM. But before making the…
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