Anne Field

Anne Field is a former freelance writer for iSource, which is now Supply & Demand Chain Executive.

Interview with Tom Slaight: Fight Resistance. Embrace Change.

The B2B industry no longer exists in shadows that obscure prices and information. Visibility, afforded by the light of enabled technologies and processes, has created some resistance in the marketplace. Tom Slaight, interim president of eBreviate, warns that this resistance should be aggressively counteracted, lest companies lose their competitive edge.

The Price Point Crusader

If there was ever a prize for Most Convoluted Supply Chain, the oil industry would probably win first place. But Kristen Irvin, founder of TeamFuel, is not interested in the complexity; rather, she's interested in the victim of the complexity: the end customer. And that's why she set out to make the balance of power just a little more equal.

An Interview with Randy Ford

The world of e-commerce may be fast-paced, but Randy Ford knows that, instead of rushing through the implementation process and leaving it riddled with inefficiencies, taking it slow and being thorough is invaluable. As the director of BMO ePurchasing Solutions, Ford talks with iSource about this challenge and how technology enablers often become the catalyst for making traditional organizations improve their business processes.

When Great Isn't Good Enough

ERP systems are big investments that shouldn't be ignored while Web-enabling software is being favored. One company found a way to jump the integration hurdle, discovering that ERP doesn't have to be a roadblock, but a building block.

Interview with a Supply Chain Fan

The ability to forecast the future is a pretty nifty trick, for anyone. In business, it's especially handy. Just take a look at Tehseen Ali, co-founder of Charlotte, N.C.-based Verian Technologies, who zeroed in on the potential for supply chain management seven years ago while attending the University of South Carolina business school. I found it was a space that faced many challenges and that current technology wasn't addressing them, he says. It was a ripe area for change.