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As Business Uncertainty Rises, Procurement Faces 2016 Balancing Act

The Hackett Group Inc.

To improve agility and reduce cost, procurement needs to harness the value of Big Data and control tail spend

Procurement

Software & Technology

Omnitracs Taps The Weather Channel’s Sathish Gaddipati for Vice President of Data Product Engineering

Omnitracs | Solera Fleet Solutions

Gaddipati understands business intelligence, data integration, cloud computing, Big Data, Internet of Things and more

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e-Commerce Companies Are Moving into Brick-and-Mortar and Vice Versa

They're the switch hitters of retail—players with a growing presence on the other side of the selling field

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NetSuite Acquires IQity’s Cloud Business, Adds Manufacturing Capabilities to Cloud ERP

Oracle NetSuite

Combination can enable manufacturers to transform their business and improve profits through operational efficiency

E-Commerce Solutions

China e-Commerce Market to Hit $1.1 Trillion by 2020, India $75 Billion

Forrester Research, Inc.

Total online retail revenue for China, Japan, South Korea, India and Australia will hit $1.4 trillion in 2020

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Risk/Compliance

High-Tech Pirates Hacked a Shipper to Determine the Perfect Vessels to Plunder

While piracy is a common problem for global shipping, the company said the pirates acted differently than in the past

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Risk/Compliance

m-Commerce Security Failing? Mobile Payment Must Come with Protection, Education

Acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments are expected to double in the next two years

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, a person tries a smartphone loaded with Google Wallet at the National Retail Federation in New York. Apple Pay has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks, but there are lots of other mobile-payment systems. Google Wallet uses a similar wireless technology called NFC, or near-field communication. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Sourcing & Procurement

Metric of the Month: IT Risk Management Practices Are Not Fitting the Bill

The risk presented by IT disruptions is critical given the technology needed to support complex global supply chains

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2016 Predictions: The Year of the Business-to-Business Customer

The business-to-business e-commerce game is changing: Here’s what you need to know for 2016

Mark Johnson

E-Commerce Solutions

More Women Are Working around the e-Commerce Gender Barrier

Women dominate e-commerce, yet face venture capital and boardroom bias, but times are changing

Monica Eaton-Cardone

4 Ways You Can Reap the Benefits of Omnichannel Technology

Sixty-six percent of suppliers are already investing (or planning to invest soon) in omnichannel initiatives

Ian O'Brien

Mobile Experience to Lead the Next Retail Revolution

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)

The U.S. lags behind emerging markets on mobile purchasing activity; brand trust and convenience drive shopping decisions

FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, Eddy Cue, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, demonstrates the new Apple Pay mobile payment system at a Whole Foods store in Cupertino, Calif. More than 200,000 payment locations in the U.S. are equipped to accept so-called contactless payments, including Apple Pay. Smaller merchants tend to be among the several millions that don''t have the required equipment yet. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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