Beyond sales: Eight reasons why the DOD EMALL works for government

I was asked the question earlier:  ”How is the DOD EMALL important other than as a sales tool?”

Apparently, the question took some people by surprise, but not me. The DOD EMALL provides several acquisition services that extend beyond traditional eCommerce (though that is certainly a big part of it).

Here are my top eight reasons why DOD [...]

Governments using BPM for optimizing acquisition processes

Last week, Matt Langan of Appian had an excellent post on the emerging use of Business Process Management (BPM) software in the government acquisition process. He stated that, “we are seeing government embrace Business Process Management (BPM) acquisition solutions (versus COTS) in order to gain process transparency, react quickly to change and improve process efficiency; thereby [...]

How to Increase Accuracy in Supply Chain Management

Accuracy is an essential ingredient in supply chain management. Without it, managers have a more difficult time making the right decisions for their organizations.

There are three main ways organizations can improve the accuracy of their supply chain system. First, use barcodes and scanners. Second, use inventory management software to organize the data. Third, automatically update the [...]