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Solar Vest is the Ugliest Good Idea I Have Ever Seen
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...y that is charged via the four solar panels across its back, enough pockets for a small Radio Shack inventory, and the words "Solar Vest" emblazoned across the back. I can't imagine this...
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...Lord will lead research in the chemical and process industries, concentrating on transportation and inventory optimization, manufacturing, and supply chain excellence. Paul has 25 years of experience ...
Beware the China bubble
in Sox First, on June 29, 2009
...y speculators are just using cheap money to speculate and the spring recovery will be exposed as an inventory spike. That would be followed a big downturn into next year as the stimulus wears off. Th...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
... Transportation costs rose 2 percent, but that was not enough to offset the 13.2 percent decline in inventory carrying costs, primarily due to record-low interest rates last year. Transportation ($872...
Swisslog introduces new solution for medication supply chain
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
... PRWeb reported that Swisslog has released its next generation of Inventory Management Software (IMS) for the hospital pharmacy. The software controls inventory costs, improves workflow efficie...
The future is Battery Powered Passive RFID Tags
in The RFID Weblog, on June 24, 2009
...s could offer benefits in terms of cost, time and visibility:
Manufacturing and Supply Chain: Inventory management and asset tracking of parts, materials, work-in-process or finished goods in fact...
Get a Handle on Expenses
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 23, 2009
...ious areas to pare back, but others-those vampire expenses-can be less obvious. She looks at how to inventory your expenses in some detail and then goes on to point out seven areas you can consider am...
Improving working capital through effective supply chain management
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...day's uncertain environment regarding tight credit situation and released a report titled "Inventory Management: 3 Keys for freeing working capital". The report highlights that today is ...
Higher mortgage interest rates putting a scare in homebuilders
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
...uyers for new homes.
No wonder home builders are so edgy. First they had to deal with a surplus of inventory, homes that most buyers could no longer afford once the housing slump hit and home values ...
Will rising mortgage interest rates stop housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 11, 2009
... to compromise on everything from price to closing dates to repairs.
At the same time, the housing inventory is high, meaning that buyers have plenty of homes from which to choose.
And if you're...
Save Money By Taking Inventory Before Shopping
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...nly need one or two more things to make it into a great dish. You can save money by taking a quick inventory before going shopping.
Once you know what you have in your cupboards, you should think abo...
伊朗封锁Facebook和Twitter
in Wangtam, on May 25, 2009
...世 各地网友纷纷表示哀悼
• Russian Investment Firm Poking Facebook For Board Seat ...
VHA Selects Eight Health Care Organizations for Supply Chain Excellence
in Supplychainer, on May 21, 2009
...rformance in one of three areas:
- Sourcing and resource management
- Distribution, logistics and inventory management
- Supply chain innovation and creativity
The 2009 winners are:
1- Cape Cod H...
Bad retail figures expose recovery myth
in Sox First, on May 14, 2009
...ing markets. So far, in most markets, housing prices seem far from their bottom and the outstanding inventory continues to be very high. Moreover, there is a risk that the increase in commodity prices...
Innergie mCube90 has Universal Appeal
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...going on a rather long trip this summer; I will be gone for six weeks. I have started to do a rough inventory of the gear I will need to take, I am think I might be over my weight limit with just elec...
Smart Software becomes SCM best practice company for the third year
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
... Niche SCM company, Smart Software, which is a provider of demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization solutions, announced recently that two supply chain industry publications,Supply ...
Window 7 coming early, as expected
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...etbooks, and it hedges one's bets that, by 2014, a substantial portion of one's application inventory may be OS-independent anyway. Won't you feel silly having sunk capital into maintenanc...
Supply chain consultants introduce new inventory reduction analytic tool
in Supplychainer, on April 29, 2009
... Supply Chain Consultants announced last week a new inventory management module for its Zemeter family of supply chain management software tools. Reducing inventories and conserving working capit...
Celestica receives a supply chain award
in Supplychainer, on April 15, 2009
...re(TM) by Celestica, provides real-time information on customer demand and improved visibility into inventory data. LiveShare increases collaboration between Celestica and its trading partners, thereb...
Apple's Plans to Keep Next iPhone Quiet Foiled
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...lashing the price of their current iPhone 3G stock attributed to claims that they were clearing out inventory in preparation for the update to the handset.
The new iPhone is suspected to have a 3.2-...
Cool comedy video on supply chain...
in Supplychainer, on March 31, 2009
...medy thing on a situation where the people in the company were using Excel files instead of a solid inventory management system..very cool, I laughed for almost a minute (well not because the scene wa...
Lockheed Martin opens supply chain command center
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
... Sustainment Command Center will be staffed by experienced logistics professionals who will oversee inventory forecasting, order management and distribution to ensure cost effective and reliable opera...
Ideas for social entrepreneurship in crisis times
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 22, 2009
...ken) and it's mostly not because the medicine is not there but because there is right amount of inventory to mix and create the right combination for patients (combination of drugs is different fo...
Booz & Company's online working capital profiler
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
...t is a listed company) and get a comparison with the peers in the industry in terms of receivables, inventory and other financial/operational ratios.
You can find the profiler over here . I did try...
Free eBook on Inventory Management Best Practices
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
... Smart Turn has recently published a free ebook titled "Inventory and Warehouse Management Best Practices". I am not usually in favor of such docs because they have marketing look and...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...k in this type of financing could make it difficult for some of the weakest retailers to get needed inventory and could even translate into more bankruptcies."
The scarcity of equipment to tran...
Married to the Job: A very cool supply chain comdey!
in Supplychainer, on March 5, 2009
...or managing different parts of the value chain. From time to time funny things happen in respect to inventory, forecasting and relationship with suppliers and that's what the episodes are all abou...
Schenker of Canada selects SmartTurn's web 2.0 enabled supply chain solution
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
... Schenker of Canada Limited, said last week it has selected SmartTurn Inc.'s Inventory and Warehouse Management System to track its inventory and streamline the delivery process, SDCE reporte...
Managing fragmented data remains a supply chain challenge, IBM research finds
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...ed ERP systems that capture real time visibility: forecasts/orders, schedules/commitments, pipeline inventory, and shipment lifecycle status. Automating real-time detection with smart devices increase...
New paradigms in supply chain: Warehouse management 2.0
in Supplychainer, on February 9, 2009
...vices.
Beyond adding some simple profile, the solution also seems to be able to connect partners, inventory hubs, or simply internal inventory locations and make a change when you decide to change y...
Jewelry Bargains at Overstock.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 8, 2009
...e Jewelry
In the Spring of 1999, Dr. Patrick Byrne recognized the potential of liquidating excess inventory through the Internet. While there will always be traditional shoppers walking through reta...
Pocket size USB RFID reader/writer for every pocket
in The RFID Weblog, on February 7, 2009
...rt phones, laptops etc.
It can be deployed for commercial and personal applications which include inventory tracking, automatic identification , payment systems and inventory tracking. It offers ...
What are different forms of supply chain fraud?
in Supplychainer, on January 31, 2009
...have to know it first. I came up with two normal ones:
- Basic theft
- Mis-representation of the inventory
How about the other forms? Here is an area I need your help.
...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...ut operations and don't pay much attention to finance and treasury issues. More often than not, inventory levels and other critical business parameters are driven by customer service requirements ...
Infor sells supply chain planning solution to Arco
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...ply chain management (SCM) solution to streamline global sourcing, improve forecasting and optimize inventory. Infor SCM Demand Planning is expected to go live in August 2009 for 30 users.
According ...
American Building Industry Seeking Federal Bail Out Funds
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 22, 2009
... for some help with enticing would be buyers to make a purchase from the nearly year's worth of inventory.
Check out the "L.A. Times" report on the status of America's housing mark...
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in Wangtam, on January 20, 2009
...lished scoops | The DoFollow Network
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Motorola's Announcement Coincides With Poor Economic Conditions
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 16, 2009
...9 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.
It cited weakness in consumer demand as well as customer inventory reductions for its poor handset sales....
There are good costs as well as bad costs in the supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 13, 2009
...ood costs. If somebody starts the cost reduction initiative at the board level ("Let's cut inventory at all divisions by 10%"), he/she might create an un-intended negative effect for the...
Implementing Agile Operations in your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 6, 2009
...ccording to demand.
* If they don't ask for it, don't do it. Base as much of your project inventory and operating processes as possible off of actual end-user demands. Listen to those reques...
Northeastern Supply selects TCLogic for optimizing the inventory
in Supplychainer, on January 4, 2009
... TCLogic, a provider of inventory optimization solutions, announced recently that Northeastern Supply, a Plumbing and HVAC distribution company, has chosen to implement TCLogic's ROI+ inventory...
Home Depot's new pricing strategy and the supply chain restructuring
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
...supply chain overhaul is in place as the company looks to better manage transportation and increase inventory turns by reducing direct-to-store shipments and progressing toward a more regional DC-cent...
PCAOB to auditors: turn up the heat
in Sox First, on December 9, 2008
...e auditors to take a hard look at other areas, such as the collectability of receivables, potential inventory obsolescence and the impairment of other assets, such as deferred taxes and goodwill. The ...
Life's a Clearance Sale
in Bizinformer, on December 5, 2008
...nice piece of consumer psychology on his blog last week to help keep you from being stuck with your inventory and, at the same time, get the most you can out of it in the sales process. The trick is...
Green Hedge Fund Directory Launched By EHFC
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 1, 2008
...und Center (EHFC) announced that it has added a 'green' hedge fund directory to its product inventory. EHFC's Directory of Energy Hedge Funds was launched four years ago, but with the inte...
Converge create reverse logistics competencies
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
...bines the previous asset recovery division and expanded service offerings, including vendor managed inventory programs, service parts testing and screening, intelligent redeployment and warranty evalu...
Strategies for product configuration optimization
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
...omputers or airplanes and many sectors are adopting the practice of postponement in order to reduce inventory of finished products in their supply chain. Below you can see the figure which I have take...
Global Shipping and Logistics makes new moves in the middle east area
in Supplychainer, on November 27, 2008
...s, built on Microsoft(r).NET.
According to Market Watch, as a result of the upgrade, GSL reported inventory accuracy levels of 99.8 percent, improvements in pick time and an almost total eradication...
Supply chain tech market growing, AMR founds
in Supplychainer, on November 23, 2008
...rices - Pressure from higher commodity prices will bring supply more in line with demand and reduce inventory levels from raw materials to the finished product.
- Threats to brand security - Counterf...
CPG supply chains: What are they doing?
in Supplychainer, on November 23, 2008
...ly chain metric in their Hierarchy of Supply Chain Metrics because it is a leading driver of proper inventory investment, customer service levels and distribution needs.
- Collaboration in developi...
The impact of having more product season on supply chain
in Supplychainer, on November 10, 2008
...ve the feeling that this is an established area within SCM ....some impacts are easier to see: e.g. INVENTORY MIGHT BE LESS, and cash to cash cycle would be shorter but I was looking for an establishe...
Financial crisis affects iPhone supply chain
in Supplychainer, on November 6, 2008
...of this external misfortunes on Apple balance sheet; unfortunately the results are usually combined inventory numbers related to all products; However in the case the inventory levels increase in Appl...
iPhone production to be cut? Blame the economy
in Sox First, on November 4, 2008
...urplus of iPhones. Simply put, it sold too many. "At this point, Apple needs only to maintain inventory levels." Zeman writes. "It makes sense, then, that it might ramp down production...
E&HT supply chain should become like apparel supply chains...
in Supplychainer, on October 24, 2008
...gility. He believes they should implement a system which provides:
- multi-tier visibility to all inventory and commitments
- a collaborative environment that includes suppliers and customers
- ra...
In-transit shipment tracking is still top measure for inventory visibility, research finds
in Supplychainer, on October 17, 2008
... Commerce recently conducted a survey among supply chain professionals to see what is the status of inventory management practices in the market. I saw some interesting results when I was browsing the...
How to measure the success of a supply chain project?
in Supplychainer, on October 5, 2008
...to measure the success of the supply chain projects over here. Some of the common KPIs include:
- Inventory Value
- Inventory Turn
- Delivery Lead Time
- Cast to Cash cycle
- On Time In Full Del...
RFID Crystagram label: Hologram and RFID comes together to fight counterfeiting
in The RFID Weblog, on October 3, 2008
...details of the specific product. Combination of RFID and hologram ensures that the former leads to inventory tracking and shipping verification whereas the latter offers visual verification to confirm...
Green supply chain creates shareholder value, research finds
in Supplychainer, on September 30, 2008
According to a new report from Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, companies that take a holistic view of their supply chains and incorporate environmentally-friendly principles at key points along the way will create opportunities to increase shareholder value.
"Becoming gree...
What are the priorities for technology spending in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on September 29, 2008
...turing systems. Another area of spending, specially in Europe, is custom development in the area of inventory optimization and at last transport planning comes as another top selling package.
What I...
Yahoo launches Digital Aedvertising Solution - APT
in The Search Engine Weblog, on September 28, 2008
...ough the ability to connect to new business partners for cross-selling;
Providing ad selection and inventory management tools to match relevant ads to marketers' target audience; and
Allowing pu...
Has Ike caused disruption in chemical-related supply chains?
in Supplychainer, on September 16, 2008
... related products intensively. They may not feel the effect of this problem as they may have enough inventory and no immediate need; however there is a degree of uncertainty about when the operation i...
Handmade World Jewelry at Overstock.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on September 7, 2008
...In the Spring of 1999, Dr. Patrick Byrne recognized the potential of liquidating excess inventory through the Internet. While there will always be traditional shoppers walking through retail doors, a ...
Offshoring decisions as a function of supply chain fuel cost
in Supplychainer, on August 30, 2008
...ase to high levels (around $200), it makes sense to draw back from outsourcing to Asia or hold more inventory.
In this post I've brought another relevant graph based on his research (taken ...
American Paper Maker buys new forecasting solution
in Supplychainer, on August 8, 2008
...martForecasts with the company's SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to help optimize inventory controls, including the accurate estimation of safety stock, cycle stock and inventory reo...
LG looks for a global supply chain management system
in Supplychainer, on August 6, 2008
...aking some reactions: LG Electronics is one of them which tries to reduce fraud and mis-handling of inventory problems in its global operations system.
According to Korea Times , the world's No...
More waste and fraud in Iraq
in Sox First, on August 1, 2008
...e US Government was doing nothing to monitor the work not being done. "SIGIR could not locate inventory records for items purchased by the contractor in support of construction activities and co...
OSRAM uses ToolsGroup's Service Optimizer to improve its inventory levels
in Supplychainer, on July 27, 2008
OSRAM S.p.A. has announced that it will use ToolsGroup Service Optimizer 99+ solution to optimize the planning processes of raw materials and components managed at its production site in Treviso, Italy.
with sales of 4.7 billion euro in 2007, OSRAM is one of the largest lighting manufacturers ...
CherryPal Redefines Cloud Computing
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 21, 2008
...
I made an inventory of the software I use that is truly installed on my computer, and there isn't much. My blogging software, desktop publishing , and media player are on USB Drives. My...
Supply and demand planning in the military
in Supplychainer, on July 20, 2008
... Medical devices .
In the addition to the above mentioned issue, they had lost track of the inventory in many items needed in Afghanistan. This made me think a bit about the complexity of mili...
Things you should do or shouldn't do for making location decisions
in Supplychainer, on July 19, 2008
...and locations of your warehouses and distribution centers, don't just look at the sales data or inventory numbers; try to talk to the people who are working in sales, warehousing or production in ...
