Special Report: Modern Supply Chain

One thing is certain: The traditional supply chain is a thing of the past. But what should a world-class supply chain look like today?

Here, discover how company executives from around the globe are using new technology to make their supply chains leaner, greener—and generate more innovation. Plus, find out how to attend SCM Central @ Oracle OpenWorld—taking place September 18 to 22 in San Francisco—where experts will discuss how disruptive trends like the cloud and the Internet of Things are changing the game for supply chain leaders.

If You Build It

"Software and the internet opened the door to allow individuals to be innovative and create and globally publish their own videos, music, and new service applications," says Bob Monahan, vice president of product management for Oracle's JD Edwards business unit. "In a similar concept, the Maker Movement is empowering entrepreneurs and innovators to create and make new physical items in industries such as manufacturing."

Five Considerations for Moving Supply Chain Management to the Cloud

"Leveraging best practices can help companies manage the complexities of moving to the cloud while reaping the benefits of digital transformation," says Dr. Madhavan Veeravalli, Oracle Insight.

Ebook: Why Supply Chain Leaders Are Moving to the Cloud

See how modern, cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain management can help you lower costs, increase profit margins, and gain the flexibility today's markets demand.

Highlights from Cloud Worldwide

• Capital Investment

  Going "all in" on Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud boosts business and IT process effectiveness at KBBO.

• A Taste for the Cloud

  How Max Hamburgerrestauranger is becoming Sweden's latest breakout star.

• Cloud on the Curriculum

  Brazilian university Unisul retools for innovation.

Highlights from Oracle’s blog on Forbes.com

• How Pokémon Go Will Influence Enterprise Computing and Business Forever

  "[Augmented Reality] has been talked about and hyped for years, but it never really found a strong use-case for consumers until now," notes Reggie Bradford, Oracle's senior vice president of product development.

• Businesses Need CIOs Today More Than Ever

  Once the CIO has proved to the CEO and other executives that he/she can effectively consolidate the company's digital assets and reduce costs holistically, it will be all but a given that the CIO should be driving the company's digital strategy as well.

• Why Oracle Still Engineers Its Own Chips

  John Fowler, Oracle's executive vice president of systems, while announcing Oracle's new SPARC S7 chip, called Oracle unique: It's the only company doing super-scale cloud computing, while also offering those exact same systems to customers to run in their data centers.

The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Platform

John Fowler, Oracle's executive vice president of systems, announces major new additions to the Oracle SPARC platform. For the first time, Oracle brings the effortless security, efficiency, and simplicity of SPARC to the cloud.

Register for Oracle OpenWorld

September 18-22, 2016 | San Francisco

Choose from more than 2,500 sessions, check out hundreds of Oracle partners, watch Oracle technology demos run by the experts who helped build the products, and get hands-on in labs where you can dig into the details. Early-bird discount rates apply until July 31.

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