How GXS Managed Services has Contributed Towards the Growth of JLR in Recent...
Over the last few years the global automotive industry has seen extensive consolidation and restructuring across the entire automotive supply chain. The premium or luxury end of the automotive market...
View ArticleCommsbursting
Every night retailers around the world batch up their Point of Sale (POS) data and transmit it to their suppliers shortly after the stores close. Suppliers can gain a great deal of insights from...
View ArticleEDI will Support Japan’s Implementation of the WCO SAFE Framework for...
In June 2005 the World Customs Organisation (WCO) council adopted the SAFE Framework. This is a globally agreed set of standards to secure and facilitate global trade that acts as a deterrent to...
View ArticleTop Ten Trends that will Impact Automotive Supply Chains in 2014
I recently published my thoughts on some of the key high tech related industry trends for 2014, so now I thought I would follow up this blog with my predictions on what could happen across the...
View ArticleSanta Deploys the ‘Internet of Things’ Across his North Pole Operations
Over the past five years I have been providing updates on one of our more secretive customers based out of a large factory in the North Pole. Nearly all of our B2B solutions have been implemented...
View ArticleFrom BRICs to MINTs – the Second Round of Emerging Market Growth Begins
The BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries have seen significant growth over the last decade since the group of countries were defined as emerging markets in 2001. Brazil is currently...
View ArticleBringing it Altogether – EIM, B2B and IoT
This is my first blog writing for OpenText. OpenText I hear you say, have you changed companies?, well yes, GXS was acquired by OpenText on 16th January. Now you can read about the acquisition HERE and...
View ArticleFrom Super Powers to Supply Chain Power 50, a Busy Week for Driving B2B
So time for reflection, last week I attended the last ever GXS sales kick-off event in Washington DC. Last event I hear you say, well yes because in January GXS was acquired by OpenText. It was great...
View ArticleAdoption of Cloud B2B Services Continues to Grow in Japan
It has been 18 months since I first discussed how Japanese companies were taking a keen interest in moving to cloud based B2B services. In that particular blog entry I highlighted five reasons why...
View ArticleHow the Internet of Things will Provide ‘Fuel’ for Future Digital Supply Chains
In an earlier blog post I described how future business environments will be more tightly integrated with information flowing from EIM, B2B and IoT based platforms. I outlined how information can be...
View ArticleGetting the Most from Your B2B Network
Two weeks ago I was on a Eurostar train bound for Brussels. I was attending the 122nd EDIFICE plenary, a high tech industry association that GXS™ has been involved with for more than 25 years. EDIFICE...
View ArticleWhat’s the Difference Between Van Morrison and a Value Added Network?
Well put simply one is still doing the same thing they were doing more than forty five years ago and the other has evolved into something very different, but which is which? When I was a child, my...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Digital Manufacturing Business
In my last blog entry I discussed my own adoption of ‘digital’ technology over the years and how digital was currently going through another renaissance. However compared to the 1980’s when the...
View ArticleHow do you Manage a B2B Environment Following Divestiture?
There has been one story dominating the media in the UK over the past few months, Scotland’s attempt to seek independence from the United Kingdom. Despite losing the referendum to go their own way,...
View ArticleIt’s not Just Harry Potter Casting a Spell at Enterprise World This Year!
We are just a few weeks away from Enterprise World, OpenText’s premier conference for customers and partners from around the world. This year’s conference will take place at the Walt Disney World Swan...
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