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Supply chain video: If you want to re-negotiate the terms with suppliers, the moment is now!
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
If you're looking for cost reduction or get better prices in your supply base, the moment is now. This is the main message in this part of the presentation by Professor Rob Hanfield. Typcally the options which company have in front of them include the following:
- Discuss the payment terms
- O...
DHL makes exansion in China
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...ase the company is even expanding there:
According to WallStreet Journal , DHL Supply Chain, the logistics unit of Deutsche Post AG's Deutsche Post DHL, plans to add 10 transportation hubs in C...
July 8: China Cleantech Business Forum
in China Venture News, on June 30, 2009
...ion, the business forum is organized by the China Entrepreneurs and will be held at the Shangri-La Kerry Center Hotel in Beijing, China.
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Supply chain video: The result of a new survey among 900 U.S. supply chain executives on this year's trends
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
Here comes another interesting video from Tom Murphy, RSM McGladrey's executive vice president of manufacturing and wholesale distribution. He discusses the results of the company's fourth annual Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution (MWD) National Survey among more than 900 supply chain executiv...
Supply chain video: Massimo Marchi on supply chain risk and innovation
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
Massimo Marchi, Director of supply chain and IT has started a video series on YouTube talking about different aspects of his SCM in his company Beretta. In the video below, Massimo is talking about risk management and innovation in supply chain.
Risks to global supply chains are increasing. ...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
... American transportation and logistics cost is dropping for the first time in a long time; to be exact after six years.
According to a report published by Council of Supply Chain Management Profe...
Siemens becomes a recommended partner for F-35 supply chain
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. announced last week that after extensive testing and evaluation, Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems is strongly encouraging its supply chain to explore the use of Siemens Sinumerik 840D solution line CNC for parts design and manufactuing in the F...
Classic Car Auctions Going Cyberspace
in Classical Drives, on June 26, 2009
...ction venue; consignors' transportation costs are eliminated; and, RM offers successful bidders logistics assistance, including shipping and customs advice."
Is this cyberspace auction the ...
Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
Probably the question of "Which program to choose?" is what many potential supply chain students are facing: Different programs have popped up here and there and many reputable universities are offering supply chain education programs. So AMR Research recently conducted a research to prepa...
Georgia Tech opens a new supply chain center in Costa Rica
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...in the last couple of years and that's internationalization: MIT established a supply chain and logistics center in Spain some years ago ( ZLC ) and recently added some new members to this collabo...
Securing pharma supply chain: Is now the right time?
in Supplychainer, on June 18, 2009
The shadow of economic downturn has decreased the attention and buzz around some previously hot topics: One of those areas is the subject of counterfeit drugs in pharmaceutical industry.
Supply and Demand Chain Executive has recently published a piece covering this area highlighting the fact...
Hard times for logistics and transportation companies...
in Supplychainer, on June 11, 2009
... The economic downturn has given the logistics and transportation a hard time. To give some examples of the reasons:
- As people are buying less, there are less requests to transport products to ...
Health supply chains in Africa to be discussed in CSCMP 2009 conference
in Supplychainer, on June 9, 2009
...presented by Dr. Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management at MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program in Spain covers the new supply chain insights in this area. At the center of the i...
Chiquita receives 2009 Circle of Excellence award by the Distribution Business Management Association
in Supplychainer, on June 7, 2009
Chiquita Brands International, the banana producer, recently announced that it has been awarded the 2009 Circle of Excellence award by the Distribution Business Management Association.
According to Environmental Leader , Chiquita has worked with MIT to address the carbon footprint of its suppl...
Supply chain video: Innovations in air transport
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
Information technology has revolutionized industries such as air transport in the last years but probably the piece of technology which is getting real momentum is not PC but mobile phone. Today there are more than 3 billion mobile user in the world. Mobile technology has the potential to put all pa...
China's today national distribution capabilities
in Supplychainer, on May 27, 2009
...ain matters a lot. 3rd party service providers in the country have now got enough maturity to offer logistics capabilities at the national level.
Sinodis, for example, depending on the product and l...
VHA Selects Eight Health Care Organizations for Supply Chain Excellence
in Supplychainer, on May 21, 2009
...h levels of performance in one of three areas:
- Sourcing and resource management
- Distribution, logistics and inventory management
- Supply chain innovation and creativity
The 2009 winners are:
...
Ariba organizes spend management event in Sweden
in Supplychainer, on May 14, 2009
Ariba, the provider of spend management solutions has launched a series of live events all around the world to share the lessons learned and best practices in the area of procurement, contract management and spend management in general.
For those of you who live in Northern Europe, I came acro...
Smart Software becomes SCM best practice company for the third year
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
...ecently that two supply chain industry publications,Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Inbound Logistics,have chosen the company to be on their "Top 100" lists for the third year in a r...
Supply chain video: Supply chain optimization in the hospitals
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
Health Care system is one of the areas which has been growing tremendously in terms of supply chain opportunities. In this very cool video which I found today, Mary Kay talks to Charlotte Jenkins, a supply chain specialist who is working closely with nurse volunteers to reorganize and color-code...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
... According to a recent article from Logistics Management based on this month's analyst reports, supply chain risk management has got new dimensions for high tech companies operating globally.
...
Walmart Canada extends its supply chain contract
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...thSupply Chain Management (SCM), an Exel company. In Canada, SCM provides dedicated transportation, logistics and value-added services to Walmart's 312 stores and Super Centers across the country....
HP拟1亿美元新建科罗拉多州数据中心
in Wangtam, on April 29, 2009
• 惠普拟1亿美元新建科罗拉多州数据中心
• Inside Steve Jobs' tear-down mansion
• Apple's Mark Papermaster finally ready for work
• Eric Schmidt on Google's New Plan for the News
• Public Booted from DVD Copying Trial Over 'Secret' CSS Code
• Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application ...
Future structural changes in supply chains
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
Bob Ferrari of Supply Chain Matters Blog recently had a Q&A with Kinaxis which he has published on his blog (Read it here ). The topic of the discussion was around the new trends in supply chain space and the structural changes which are coming.
I liked Bob's point of view a lot in th...
Ceva contracts Aston Martin to manage inbound logistics
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
... Ceva Logistics has signed an agreement with UK-based luxury car manufacturer Aston martin to manage the full inbound supply chain, including manufacturing support on behalf of Aston Martin.
...
Using mobile technology to improve medicine supply chain in Africa
in Supplychainer, on April 16, 2009
... Zaragoza Logistics Center, a research institute dedicated to logistics and supply chain management in Spain, recently published the overview of an ongoing research about the use of mobile device...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
... and i2, new niche players are jumping into network optimization services: ChemLogix, a provider of logistics services, announced recently that it has formed a strategic alliance with Automated Decisi...
How popular performance based supply chain contracts are?
in Supplychainer, on April 9, 2009
...o enjoy having a lot of time in the train and used my iPod to listen to a Wharton podcast series on logistics.
One of them which I liked the most was an interview with Serguei Netessine , professor...
Strategies for improving retail supply chain
in Supplychainer, on March 31, 2009
John Roach, Editor of Retail Solutions Online has written a nice piece titled "Four Must-Do Supply Chain Boosters" on the new requirements of the retail companies in this recession times from supply chain perspectives.
As the name of his article shows, he has proposed 4 main strate...
Lockheed Martin opens supply chain command center
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...ter to support the Fleet Automotive Support Initiative-Global (FASI-G) program. FASI-G is a Defense Logistics Agency program intended to provide automotive parts support for military vehicles.
Accord...
Fedex announces the quarter earnings are down 75 percent
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
... Economic downturn has had a dramatic effect on the transportation sector, especially the sales of logistics service provider as there is less freight to be relocated. The new quarterly earnings of F...
Supply chain video: Supply chain challenges at Darden Restaurants
in Supplychainer, on March 16, 2009
...upply base but also distracts the firm from its core business.
-Second, might be using third party logistics providers such as UPS which are good in terms of service quality and logistics experience ...
Oracle launches new SaaS Sourcing solution
in Supplychainer, on March 13, 2009
Oracle Corp. has launched a new on-demand sourcing service comprising its Oracle Sourcing and Oracle Sourcing Optimization products.
According to Managing Automation , the new solution is based on the sourcing functionality available in the company's E-Business Suite Release 12 ERP softwar...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...y sound waste management.
Sustainable transportation and distribution. By designing products for logistics, companies can more easily consolidate truck loads so that only full trucks go out. Busine...
New emerging risks of the Chinese supply chains
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
I read a very interesting article in International Herald Tribune on the new risks associated with chinese supply chains (full article here ).
The main discussion line of the article is that, the period of recession and falling demand in the Western countries, has created a serious challenge ...
World Economic Forum publishes a new report including emissions reduction guidelines
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...cument includes a set of steps that can reduce supply chain emissions related to transportation and logistics.
Though most companies have introduced at least one green initiative in their warehouses,...
Is Mexico still a viable near-shore location?
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...nd gangs exploding still exist in border towns, where many U.S. based companies are operating their logistics activities.
Right now, many of the American companies conduct logistics activities in Me...
Simple process to identify critical suppliers
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
John Westerveld of Kinaxis has written an excellent post on supply chain risk management (the post can be read here ). He uses an SCMR article as a basis for his arguments and mentions that you have to gather different set of data from your suppliers in order to assess the risk. This data range...
Inovis takes supply chain to social networking boundaries
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
...t, they can go online to quickly identify and contact the right person at the supplier, third-party logistics (3PL) provider or contract manufacturer who can help resolve the issue before it causes de...
New iPhone App: BargainTravel.com's Travel Toolkit
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 7, 2009
... and an excellent tool for not only those who travel, but those who manage travelers and air travel logistics," writes Flying with Fish .
More here from iGoApps ... and the announcement is ...
Reisen von und nach Europa 2009 leicht rückläufig
in kinkaa blog - das Blog zur Reisesuchmaschine, on February 5, 2009
...hrt.
Auch Martin Buck, Direktor KompetenzCenter Travel & Logistics bei der Messe Berlin, die den IPK-Report regelmäßig in Auftrag gibt, führt das Leiden der Euro-Länder auf die starke Währung zu...
Supply chain video: Visibility and Deployment Options (3)
in Supplychainer, on February 5, 2009
...t players in the supply chain standards and performance level and the supply chain standards in the logistics industry.
One key takeaway here is that standards are necessary for managing supply ...
Infor sells supply chain planning solution to Arco
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...emand Planning is expected to go live in August 2009 for 30 users.
According to Manufacturing and Logistics IT , Arco was particularly impressed with its forecasting accuracy, designed to support th...
Supply chain video: Visibility and Deployment Options (2)
in Supplychainer, on January 23, 2009
This is the second part of the video discussion I sent out some days ago on the topic of supply chain visibility. In this video, the participants highlight some of the other points which have been the drivers behind visibility. One is the change in the terms of the contracts with suppliers: Since mo...
New webinar on supply chain on demand
in Supplychainer, on January 21, 2009
...has organized a webinar on this topic featuring senior management level people from Philips and CAT Logistics.
In the case, you want to attend, the webinar is planned for tomorrow (a last minute pos...
Ariba becomes best supply chain company followed by i2 and CSC
in Supplychainer, on January 18, 2009
Ariba , announced recently that it has been named Best Supply Chain Management Company by Financial-i Magazine. Ariba was selected over Oracle, i2 Technologies and CSC as part of the publication's 2008 Leaders in Innovation Awards within the Treasury and FX category, Business Wire reported....
There are good costs as well as bad costs in the supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 13, 2009
Jonathan Byrnes is one of the greatest SCM lecturers in MIT who has combined many years of experience with theory to offer rock-solid insights.
I recently read a piece from him on managing supply chain in the recession times. He was mentioning his research across a dozen of industries which sh...
Mariott goes for Green SCM as well
in Supplychainer, on January 8, 2009
Bill Mariott has written a new blog post (See it here ) about the new efforts of Mariott Hotel chain to green its supply chain. If you want to go green, it doesn't necessarily require a lot of investment or sophisticated models; sometimes starting from small elements in your procurement por...
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 intelligence and optimization solution.
According to PR.com, Northeastern Supply has a dominant pr...
DHL continues its new investments in Asia
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
DHL is reducing the size of its activities in North America (Read the post: DHL ends its partnership with the American drugstore ) but apparently the investment level is still up in Asia .
According to StarBiz , DHL is offering more economical options for its customers in the current chal...
Ryder System makes a new logistics acquisition
in Supplychainer, on December 27, 2008
...acquisition of substantially all the assets of Transpacific Container Terminal Ltd. (TCTL) and CRSA Logistics Ltd. (CRSA) in Canada, as well as CRSA Logistics operations in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Chi...
Agility receives supply chain innovation award in Asia-Pacific
in Supplychainer, on December 25, 2008
... the Supply Chain Asia Awards function in Shanghai recently.
At a ceremony attended by 350 leading logistics industry professionals, Agility bagged the highlight award of the evening, beating off com...
Some considerations for spend analysis initiatives
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
In a large corporation with distributed geographical and system structure, it's a typical for the procurement department not to know exactly what is the cost of capital, or how much company is paying for different categories of products. Actually, this is not a problem related to procurement guy...
Home Depot's new pricing strategy and the supply chain restructuring
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
...ge.
This has been exactly what Home Depot has done; below you can find some comments from Inbound Logistics Magazine and ILOG blog on this issue:
A major supply chain overhaul is in place as the ...
When supply chain makes two enemies good friends
in Supplychainer, on December 10, 2008
One very interesting article I saw recently in Herald Tribune which has been highlighted by a number of blogs is one which talks about the dynamics of automotive supply chain (You can read the article here )
The basic takeaway I had from that was the following: Even though Asian companies lik...
Zebra Technologies claims world's first mobile RFID printer
in The RFID Weblog, on December 6, 2008
... printer can be easily carried and is perfect for indoor and outdoor applications in manufacturing, logistics, government and mobile field service. Using this mobile printer one can print labels as pe...
Most of the North American executives maintain their supply chain investment level
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
...n technology solutions and services next year, according to the 2008 eyefortransport North American Logistics Technology Report. (the full version can be found here )
Executives agreed almost unanim...
Converge create reverse logistics competencies
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
According to Purchasing Magazine , The MA based electronics distributor Converge has formed a new reverse supply chain solutions group to provide comprehensive materials management services to OEMs and electronics contract manufacturers.
The new division combines the previous asset recovery di...
Strategies for product configuration optimization
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2008
Today, order based configuration is not only limited to products such as computers 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 taken from an interesting Whit...
How to solve the problem of competing with private label products?
in Supplychainer, on November 29, 2008
I think these days there are only few industries which re not affected by economic downturn; an especially CPG companies have a more vulnerable position here.
I read in an story by Business Week that, now many people prefer to eat less outside and that has resulted in a good market for CPG com...
Iowa City to build Wind Energy Supply Chain Campus
in Supplychainer, on November 29, 2008
Iowa City wants to create a "wind energy supply chain" campus to connect suppliers with assembly plants like Acciona, West Branch Times reported. The Iowa City Area Development Group announced recently that it has begun the process of acquiring, annexing and zoning the first 173 acre...
Is GM attacking good complexity in its supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on November 27, 2008
Torbjörn Thorsen, the Swedish author of IBX Group AB has written a short piece about the current SCM movements of GM.
One interesting point I read in his post is the following (the full post can be found here ): "...platform and parts consolidation has been accelerated to such a point th...
Apparel company adopts PLM and SCM together
in Supplychainer, on November 27, 2008
Integrating SCM applications with PLM systems is one of the areas that has become popular these days in certain industries especially consumer goods and apparel. As an example, I can refer to this story by Market Watch:
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, the apparel industry giant, is enhancing ...
Global Shipping and Logistics makes new moves in the middle east area
in Supplychainer, on November 27, 2008
... Manhattan Associates , announced this week that Global Shipping & Logistics (GSL), one of the Middle East's leading logistics service providers, has made key improvements in the service i...
CPG supply chains: What are they doing?
in Supplychainer, on November 23, 2008
There is this interesting interview recently published by SCDigest which highlights some of the developments and priorities in CPG and retail sector in supply chain management. You can read the whole article here , however these are my takeaways:
- The companies in CPG area are considering fo...
和记黄埔将收购 Eircom
in Wangtam, on November 21, 2008
...
《星期日论坛报》消息，，澳大利亚基金公司 Babcock & Brown Capital 主席 Kerry Roxborough 近日透露，和记黄埔曾与该公司进行接触，有意收购爱尔兰最大电信公司 Eircom。
Eircom 是爱尔兰最大的电信运营商，成立于 1984 年，并于 2006 年被 Babcock & Brown 以 24 亿英镑收购。
Roxborough ...
Korn/Ferry International Establishes Global Supply Chain Center of Expertise in China
in Supplychainer, on November 17, 2008
...roles in demand planning, sourcing/procurement, manufacturing (including third-party), distribution/logistics, quality, and customer service in the industrial, consumer/retail, technology, life scienc...
Nintendo's challenge in this year's Wii forecast
in Supplychainer, on November 16, 2008
Las December I wrote a piece on iPhone and Wii supply chain (You can read the post here ) mentioning some of the problems of the Wii's suppliers in scaling up and down and responding effectively to market demands. This caused the mother company, Nintendo, to lose some sales opportunity at t...
State of the logistics industry in Spain
in Supplychainer, on November 16, 2008
...ools globally and also in its homeland Spain, recently published a report as the "Barometer of Logistics in Spain" which included the result of more than 130 interviews with logistics manage...
Some more thoughts on using Web 2.0 in supply chain...
in Supplychainer, on November 11, 2008
I received an email recently from Dr. Aitor Urzelai, a professor of supply chain at MONDRAGON University (Spain) as a response to my earlier post on We 2.0 enabled supply chain post.
So I decided to give the subject more though and write about some of the possible applications of Web 2.0 i...
