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 Thursday May 8, 2014 -- Published twice monthly.   Is Business Social? By Ann Grackin Thursday May 8, 2014 How will Social be implemented in the enterprise? Research Findings from ChainLink Research. [ Read: Is Business Social? ] Insights on Epicor By Ann Grackin Thursday May 8, 2014 Highlights from Insights—Epicor User Conference. [ Read: Insights on Epicor ] Impinj Monza R6—Another Significant Step in RFID’s Progress By Bill McBeath Thursday May 8, 2014 With the new Monza R6 chip, Impinj continues its relentless improvements to the performance and reliability of UHF RFID. [ Read: Impinj Monza R6—Another Significant Step in RFID’s Progress ] JDA’s Opportunity for Reinvention By Bill McBeath Thursday May 8, 2014 With the RedPrairie merger and past acquisitions, JDA has amassed what is arguably the most powerful collection of supply chain planning and execution software on the planet. At their recent annual conference, they laid out their strategy for turning that collection of assets into a more cohesive and value-generating whole. [ Read: JDA’s Opportunity for Reinvention ] Customer Story and SCM Highlights from SAP’s Manufacturing Forum SAP’s Manufacturing Industry Forum had excellent presentations by customers and SAP. Here we highlight one manufacturing customer’s journey to transformation, as well as a presentation on SAP’s supply chain management capabilities for manufacturers. Thursday May 8, 2014   -   Read: Customer Story and SCM Highlights from SAP’s Manufacturing Forum Customer Stories from Ariba LIVE 2014 The journey and lessons from three engaging customer stories—how they moved to centralized procurement, achieved sustainable savings, understood cost drivers, used cost modeling in negotiations, and more. Thursday May 8, 2014   -   Read: Customer Stories from Ariba LIVE 2014 For additional information or questions please contact ChainLink Research • 617-762-4040 www.ChainLinkResearch.com • © 2012 ChainLink Research, Inc.