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Blume Global Acquires LiveSource Deal expands sourcing, procurement and quality capabilities for logistics execution technology leader Pleasanton, Calif., January 04, 2022 — Blume Glo [...]

Everyone knows that Supplier Relationship Management is important. Obviously: no manufacturer can produce its goods without suppliers. You rely on your suppliers, but do you have a go [...]

Product launches are complex. They’re chaotic. They involve every part of your operation. You know the flow: it starts with a new program from sales. Then engineering designs the init [...]

Internal organizational silos can lead to inconsistent and undefined processes, disparate or missing data sources and systems, and misalignment across the supply chain. These challeng [...]

The internet of things (IoT) is transforming how we live and work in the 21st century. Nearly everyone has a connected device in their home, such as smart thermostats, lightbulbs, spe [...]

Supply chains are full of surprises. As manufacturers face increased cost pressure in a fiercely competitive global marketplace, and as just-in-time models demand precision while rais [...]

Organizations regularly struggle with building versus buying when it comes to software. While developing a purpose-built solution in-house may seem like the best way to address a spec [...]

As manufacturers play in a rapidly growing — and fiercely competitive — global market, prescriptive analysis is allowing them to become more agile. Machine learning automates the anal [...]

Built on relational databases, data warehouses were adopted throughout the end of the 20th century and became a standard business requirement after the turn of this century. Data ware [...]

With ever more data being generated across modern businesses, companies are looking for actionable intelligence to drive optimization, increase margins and avoid supply chain distribu [...]

Data lakes are cool, but you don’t have to jump in head-first. It’s easy to start by dipping a toe: Integrating a legacy data warehouse into a data lake leverages the structured syste [...]

This Supply Chain Radio Now podcast features Bo Hagler with LiveSource, speaking with Chris Barnes and Scott Luton about the complexities of communication for the direct materials sup [...]