Christiane Soto, Senior Content Manager at Oracle, spoke with Charles Chamberlain, Director of IT at Srixon/Cleveland Golf, a golfing equipment manufacturer, about how his company leveraged Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud to improve on-time shipments. Chamberlain has been with the company for over 32 years and recently led the company’s implementation of Oracle SCM Cloud.

In this interview, Chamberlain discussed the challenges that they faced during the implementation, what the old process looked like before SCM Cloud, why they chose Oracle as their Cloud provider, the benefits they have noticed since implementation, and much more. Check out his answers below.

Oracle Transportation Management Cloud was named a 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Transportation Management systems. Multimodal domestic transportation management systems (TMSs) are a subset of the global TMS market. TMSs generically refer to the category of software that deals with the planning and execution of the physical movement of goods across the supply chain. This Magic Quadrant specifically focuses on holistic multimodal domestic TMSs for use by shippers (such as manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and wholesalers) or non-asset-based, third-party logistics (3PL) organizations. “Holistic,” in this context, means a TMS that incorporates all basic capabilities, as defined by Gartner, for a TMS, and “domestic” refers to movements within a region, mainly through domestic modes of transportation.

A recent report from engineering.com, which was sponsored by Oracle, explored the digital transformation of product design and how design teams are using and planning for design technology that is fueled by data.

CIMdata, a leading PLM research and analyst firm, recently released an eBook sponsored by Oracle that discussed how to digitally transform your business through Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Cloud. The eBook examines the evolution, strategy, and future vision of PLM, how PLM solutions are being rearchitected as product innovation platforms, and how companies can change from designing unsuccessful products to delivering winning offerings.

Michael Walker, global lead for healthcare in Oracle’s Industry Solutions group, wrote in Forbes about how a patient-centered supply chain plays a crucial role in the future of healthcare.

Sue Shaw, Director of IT Operations for ATCO Group, spoke at COLLABORATE 19 about how to manage change after you’ve made the move to the Cloud. Sue discussed the scope of ATCO’s Cirrus Cloud Project, the types of changes companies may face during Cloud projects, and tools that are available to help with Cloud implementation change management.

Dominic Regan, Oracle Senior Director for Value Chain Execution, wrote about the future of supply chains and six ways to future-proof your supply chain moving forward.

John Soat, a freelance writer for Oracle, wrote an article in Forbes about four emerging technologies that could drastically transform supply chain operations. Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and predictive analytics, augmented reality, and blockchain have the power to change the way supply chains operate moving forward.

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What is blockchain and how are organizations utilizing it? Blockchain is the networked distributed ledger technology, and it is continuously gaining relevance in today’s global supply chains. They provide a jointly managed, tamper-resistant mechanism for recording validated information for their participants.