Blogs From an Organizational Standpoint

Although it may not be overtly obvious at first, blogs can serve a purpose in the workplace. They present an easy, quick, and most importantly free way for employees to voice their opinion and provide suggestions and feedback. Given the ubiquity of internet connections in work environments today, blogs can be accessed at any point by anyone, making them an efficient way of keeping records of ideas and sharing concepts with anyone interested in reading them. This in itself poses a potential problem, however, seeing as how loss of privacy and identity theft can occur if bloggers do not properly protect themselves. Since anyone can sign up for a blog account, there is also the chance of spam, obscenities, and maliciousness being spread around needlessly. Despite a few setbacks, blogging should be used in organizations looking to save on money and storage space, as well as those striving to keep employees interconnected.

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Impacts - The Pros and Cons of Logility

Pros:¹

• increases supply chain visibility, which gives clients a competitive advantage
• greater collaboration in all sectors of the organization
• much faster turnover
• great return on investment times
• simple to maintain
• long-term support is offered to those who implement the software

Cons:

• expensive to implement
• time/costs involved with training employees
• older employees may have trouble adjusting to the new system²

As you can see, the pros heavily outweigh the cons of implementing Logility's supply chain management software in an organization. It's therefore no surprise that an increasing number of companies of all sizes and industries are considering Logility Voyager Solutions.

¹http://www.logility.com/solutions/why-logility.cfm

²http://derekstockley.com.au/lgpro.html

Logility - What is it?

According to its website, this leader in the functional application software market for supply chain management provides "the collaboration to outthink, the visibility to outplan, and the velocity to outdo"¹. With a 2008 revenue of $44,910,000, it cemented its status as a principal provider of supply chain management solutions. Offering tools such as performance monitoring capabilities in an Internet-based framework, providing supply chain visibility, planning for demand and inventory, supply and inventory optimization, manufacturing planning and scheduling, transportation planning and management, and warehouse management, Logility Voyager Solutions is the only supply chain management software a company needs to succeed in this fast paced society.²
Founded in 1996, the company's software is now used by over 1250 companies worldwide, catering to the needs of small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies alike. Businesses that have adopted this software include McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation.

¹http://www.logility.com/

²http://www.linkedin.com/companies/logility