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EDInomics

  1. Amazon finally improving working conditions for laborers in its distribution center businessinsider.com/amazon-improve…
  2. PayPal quickly becoming the world's fifth payment network pymnts.com/briefing-room/…
  3. Great study on the legal and administrative challenges to implementing #einvoicing in Macedonia eeiplatform.com/7700/macedonia…
  4. Telco in Bahrain launches #einvoicing eeiplatform.com/7724/zain-bahr…
  5. Summary of media/analyst coverage on the Ariba-SAP deal eeiplatform.com/8018/sap-buys-…
  6. Covisint still on track for IPO - potentially 20% equity sale in winter freep.com/article/201205…
  7. T+1 reborn? BCG to study shorter securities settlement time frames for the US markets finextra.com/News/Fullstory…
  8. One counterfeit part is discovered every 15 seconds evertiq.com/news/22125
  9. SAP acquires Ariba after abandoning Commerce One 10 Years Ago - new post #supplychain gxsblogs.com/keifers/2012/0…
  10. SAP to buy Ariba! This is huge! reuters.com/article/2012/0…
  11. H&M, Caterpillar, Cummins & Kimberly-Clark - the four new entrants to Gartner's Top 25 #supplychain
  12. Apple, Amazon, McDonalds, Dell and P+G make the top 5 of this year's Gartner Top 25 #supplychain ranking
  13. Great walk this morning to support the Be Great Foundation @BeGreatFound. Glad @GXS could sponsor this event! twitter.com/EDInomics/stat…
  14. @KirstyStead, @PradSam, @ediworld, @ChasteenMike - Thanks for the recent RTs and mentions
  15. Cheques survive predicted extinction in Australia finextra.com/News/Fullstory…
  16. GBI publishes new supply chain finance guide with focus on new basel capital accord tradefinancemagazine.com/Article/302980…
  17. Over 500 copies of my new book (Herding Geese) on B2B e-Commerce have now shipped. Check it out at amzn.to/herdinggeese
  18. $15M+ invoice fraud discovered in Singapore #einvoicing sharedserviceslink.com/file/94574/mul…
  19. How do Hubwoo and Crossgate both fit into SAP's network strategy - good post from spendmatters, but I'm still confused. spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2012…