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Re: Benefits of RFID for Supply Chain and Logistics Operations

Closed loop supply chain — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:49:58 -0000

These are some great benefits which companies can avail and improve there results. i am looking forward to search more on RFID Technology.

Re: Phone Services Tips For Small Businesses

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Re: Phone Services Tips For Small Businesses

phone system — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:08:13 -0000

Great post! these tips is a big help for those entrepeneurs who are into small businesses...

Re: What if We Gave All Suppliers Free EDI Software?

ECommerce Solution — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:07:56 -0000

There are no user-friendly EDI clients AND even if there were, the small
biz has to map it correctly for each of their trading partners.

Re: What is Automatic Identification Technology?

Braxton_Knight — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:53:09 -0000

Identification technologies is being used in various field. Department of defense is also using this technology in the form RFID. Identification technologies is really a extensive informatics administration program with regard to purchase, restore, as well as implementation associated with purchase procedures more proficiently.
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Re: Bar Code Technology Explained

LoraAroy — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:38:58 -0000

There are many types of bar code formats to include UPC, EAN, GS1 DataBar, ITF Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 93, Code 128, Code 39, PDF417, Data Matrix and MaxiCode. But there are lots of difference between these all.
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Re: Supply Chain Integration – Are We There Yet?

Micalaryas Micalaryas — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:15:20 -0000

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Re: B2B Trends in the News -

NABH — Tue, 24 May 2011 05:17:30 -0000

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Re: Selecting the Right EDI Company

awilensky — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:20:02 -0000

Thank you for your kind mention of ECGridOS - currently the only EDI Communications API for managing large, multitenant hierarchical
virtual trading networks. We are pure communications solution especially designed for Service Providers and specialist EDI integration ventures that need to create their globally routed own EDI network, for themselves, or for their clients . Having access to all of the functions of an EDI network provider available as function calls is a breakthrough in the industry. There is no other technology like ECGridOS - so please, visit us sometime at ECGridOS.com

Thanks again.

Re: Banks rated for ID theft

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Re: Concise Timeline and History of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

mcislog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:51:43 -0000

Thanks Steve ref EDI timeline. Still not sure if I have ID first VAN that offered translation, standard msgs, & comms; before starting this I thought it would have been GXS / GEIS

Re: Concise Timeline and History of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Steve Keifer — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:59:09 -0000

Excellent summary of EDI's lineage. I've never seen anyone compile this into a single timeline. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

Re: Why RFID is Harder to Implement Than Bar Codes

mcislog — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:48:56 -0000

Thanks for your comments on Why RFID is Harder to Implement Than Bar Codes. You are right. I was too focused on paper-based bar codes labels when comparing the physical aspects of bar codes versus RFID tags. I'll update the posting

Re: Why RFID is Harder to Implement Than Bar Codes

Metalcraft — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:09:22 -0000

While I do agree with the majority of this article, I must point out that bar code tags also come in many "flavors" and in many cases are more durable than their RFID counterpart. Take extreme heat and chemical exposure - metal bar code nameplates are designed to withstand both of these elements while RFID tags are not.

Re: RFID DASH3 - the Catalyst to Move The Tempest Out of the Teapot

mcislog — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:29:24 -0000

Pat - thanks. RFID DASH7 shows a lot of promise to make a significant impact on supply chain operations

Re: Where Does RFID Fit Within the Supply Chain?

mcislog — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:21:22 -0000

Pat - thanks for the comments. Good point on using active RFID tags on high-value perishables and tires. I'll update the posting that there are definitely niche solutions today for using active RFID at box and item level.

Please elaborate on your comment that supply chain visibility is becoming more multi-dimensional. I did not get your meaning.

Re: RFID DASH3 - the Catalyst to Move The Tempest Out of the Teapot

Pat Burns — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:26:32 -0000

delayed response here ... great post!

Re: Where Does RFID Fit Within the Supply Chain?

Pat Burns — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:25:20 -0000

Very thorough piece. I would like to add add that increasingly active RFID is already making its way into smaller conveyances like boxes and cartons, particularly for perishables. Active is already used for pallets. Longer range active RFID like DASH7 (www.dash7.org), with multi-km read ranges, are likely to displace at least some fleet management apps. Items themselves (e.g. tires with TPMS) are increasingly being outfitted with active RFID. One thought: the definition of supply chain visibility is becoming more multi-dimensional.

Re: Situational Awareness Technology for Logistics Operations

mcislog — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:38:16 -0000

Roy,

Thanks for the comments. I'll have to remember the term "spinning baloney". I have always like Green, Yellow, and Red to represent the state against a given metric. The challenge is to identify a metric that really is actionable, and that the decision maker will actually make a decision based on the information.

Re: Situational Awareness Technology for Logistics Operations

royhayward — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:55:03 -0000

The situation that comes about where time and money have been spent by IT to create an information gathering system that is not used by decision makers is all too common. One thing that IT needs to pay attention to is how people are going to use their data or dashboard.

I had a friend who introduced me to a term called "Spinning Baloney" This was representing progress or states with pretty graphics and animations. If your CFO can log into your invoicing system, and see a tiny plane fly up in the sky when things are good. Fly low in the sky when things get bad and crash when... well when things crash. I bet he is looking every day.

Not everyone is excited by a spread sheet of numbers.

Re: B2B eCommerce Implementation Checklist

mcislog — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:14:23 -0000

7 Simple Steps of Integration - http://bit.ly/1cvsOF @RoyHayward - another great checklist for B2B eCommerce implementations

Re: B2B - Confusion Over Data Formats and Protocols

Tracey Ganesh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:05:24 -0000

Here is the link to the webinar on automating faxed-in orders directly into your supply chain mentioned in the comment below: http://www.easylink.com/utilit...

Re: B2B - Confusion Over Data Formats and Protocols

Tracey Ganesh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:02:47 -0000

Thanks for the good article. Here's a link to a webinar recording that readers of this article might find interesting. It is about a process for automating faxed-in orders directly into a company's supply chain (i.e. Fax-to-EDI)

Re: What if We Gave All Suppliers Free EDI Software?

Ian Sweeney — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:51:28 -0000

Guys,

I think you've identified the two reasons why EDI does not penetrate the SMB space - there are no user-friendly EDI clients AND even if there were, the small biz has to map it correctly for each of their trading partners.

Our approach is to provide a free, user-friendly client for the SMB to send or receive electronic invoices. We do the leg work of mapping that into a format digestable by their trading partners EDI, Accounting or ERP system. This becomes a one-size-fits all solution for the small business and for the large trading partner.

Ian

Re: What if We Gave All Suppliers Free EDI Software?

mcislog — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:26:32 -0000

Roy,

I always appreciate your comments. I may be an optimist, but I do believe that EDI client software can be developed that could be used by the small "Ma and Pop" suppliers and manufacturers.

I would think that most small suppliers are computer-literate to use QuickBooks and online banking to schedule payments. Why does an EDI client communications software application need to be any more challenging?

The challenge is to get large manufacturers, large retailers, and large service providers to map or provide a map with lookup tables that can link to the same group of data elements. The EDI map can be transparent to the small suppliers where they either enter the data or provide a standard .csv or Excel file as input.