Best practices, technology, and new takes on critical business topics from ChainLink Research If you are having trouble viewing this, click here to view in your browser Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -- Published once each month.   Beyond The Control Zone—Part One: Confronting a Global Connected World By Ann Grackin Wednesday, May 18, 2016 In an outsourced and virtual world many critical operations and data are outside our control. However, supply chain managers need to gain control in order to ensure better outcomes. [ Read: Beyond The Control Zone—Part One ] RFID Journal LIVE! 2016 Delivers Diversity of Applications By Bill McBeath Wednesday, May 18, 2016 At the recent RFID Live conference, once again we saw an enormous range of new technologies, applications, and use cases. [ Read: RFID Journal LIVE! 2016 Delivers Diversity of Applications ] The World of Integration—Part Three: Innovators and Innovations By Ann Grackin Wednesday, May 18, 2016 Integration is an evolving field, blending data, things and people across systems, mobile devices and the web. Over thirty systems and some important innovations are included in this article. [ Read: The World of Integration—Part Three: Innovators and Innovations ] JDA Focus: Thought Leadership in Practice By Bill McBeath Wednesday, May 18, 2016 As usual, there was a plethora of thought leadership at Focus, JDA’s annual conference. It seems that they also realize thought leadership only counts if people actually implement it. They are increasingly focused on ease of implementation and use and broader adoption … so that all that integrated end-to-end intelligence turns into realized value. [ Read: JDA Focus: Thought Leadership in Practice ] Epicor Insights 2016 At the annual user conference of Epicor Software, aptly called Insights, we saw their strategy for bringing along their customers as they continue to modernize their rich portfolio of mid-market enterprise solutions. Wednesday, May 18, 2016   -   Read: Epicor Insights 2016 For additional information or questions please contact ChainLink Research • 617-762-4040 www.ChainLinkResearch.com • © 2012 ChainLink Research, Inc.