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Virginia Nanotechnology Park Moves Forward
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 9, 2009
...es using nanotechnology. In a takeoff on the words nanotechnology, energy, environment and medical operations, the project is being called NEEMO."
"The region has a foothold in nanotechnol...
已经确认 Windows 7 RTM 于本月 13 日完成
in Wangtam, on July 5, 2009
...our Media Operations More Efficiently
• Posterous supports YouTube HD embeds. Also new: Auto-expansion of screencast.com and thedailyshow.com videos
• AOL未来可能收购10大博客
• Apple, Acer and...Arringto...
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...
China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
...ost," says Harold Sirkin, senior partner at BCG in Chicago and global leader of the firm's operations practice. "The key is to bring suppliers up to your standards. Given the potential c...
What VCs Are Worrying About
in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009
...hat's On Tap for Firefox in 2010
• The Pirate Bay Will Decentralize Its Operations (Updated)
• TPB might change owner
• Microsoft to charge Europeans double for Windows 7
• The Pirate Bay ...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...ain and understandable a format as can be managed. A good IT dashboard is a great tool for managing operations and justifying IT as an organization to the rest of the business.
On the other hand, das...
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...s Procter & Gamble and Gillette, Steve held roles in sales, marketing, process improvement, and operations.
Paul Lord will lead research in the chemical and process industries, concentrating on t...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
... and their American clients. When they win contracts to manage the technology, accounting, or other operations for U.S. corporations, the Indian firms typically handle the work with about 20% to 30% o...
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. ...
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 ...
Beverley K Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...its her busy schedule between raising their two young daughters and assisting Morrie with the daily operations of his jewelry firm, often appearing at trade shows across the country.
Lemon Quart...
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...
Microsoft releases new MOF documents
in The CIO Weblog, on June 1, 2009
...ring the hotbed of activity that is the Microsoft MOF and Service Management blog .
The Microsoft Operations Framework Team has released three new documents (linked from this post ) extending the f...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... expanded its SAP and Oracle portfolio through the acquisition of the Australia and South East Asia operations of Supply Chain Consulting Pty Ltd, a market leader of SAP and Oracle enterprise solution...
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...
The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain
in IfEnergy, on May 25, 2009
...d use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment...
Abengoa Solar has started commercial operations at the world's largest solar power tower plant, the Solúcar Platform (PS20) near Sevi...
Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2009
...provide some microenterprise loans of up to $50,000 to help people start businesses. Small business operations run by entrepreneurs seem to be key to restarting the economy. If you haven't thought...
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:
...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...ements the potential attraction." What's to stop the supermarkets cross-subsidizing their operations by offering customers free full service accounts in exchange for their continued patronag...
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...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...;t thinking much or talking to anyone about the big picture.
So I am putting up a new site, AgileOperations.net , to talk about, and keep track of, developments in not just new technologies but in...
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...
HP to Get on the Blackberry Software Train
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 4, 2009
...print emails, documents, photos and Web pages directly from their devices.
HP will also launch HP Operations Manager for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, software to better manage and control IT.
...
Chrysler's Italian job
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...th three new principal owners: the US Government which says it will keep its nose out of day to day operations, the United Auto Workers union and Italian car company Fiat. The question is whether it ...
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...
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....
Supply chain video: Music supply chain
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...sting to as are good examples of supply chains with relatively low predictability of demand, online operations component, and high variety.
Guitar Center is the leading United States retailer of gui...
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 ...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
..., it's a healthy reminder for CIOs that electronic viruses are not the only sort which can lay operations low... for all the automation in today's IT environment, it's still extraordinaril...
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...
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...
Small Wind: GE Is Investing
in IfEnergy, on April 16, 2009
...said on Monday it has raised $10 million from existing investors and General Electric to expand its operations. With the money, the Flagstaff, Ariz.-based company said it intends to grow its European ...
Renegotiating in Down Times
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 11, 2009
Robert Jones made the point recently that in an economy where businesses are failing and everyone's concerned with cutting costs, renegotiating your costs is a meaningful strategy.
Everything can be renegotiated. Everything . If it was negotiated to start with in some way, it can definitely...
Internet Advertising Crash: Could It Take Down Your Business Model?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 3, 2009
... piece, by Eric Clemons, is Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet .
Clemons is Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He se...
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...
Saving precious lives is what RFID intends to achieve
in The RFID Weblog, on March 31, 2009
... any problem the firefighting chief could give instructions from outside to its men so that rescue operations are not hampered and chances of any error are reduced. Researchers at University of Pittsb...
GolfBug TV - Golf On The Web
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 29, 2009
...r called Simply Sports Media which now contains GolfBug TV and two other sports-related internet TV operations.
Recently, I spoke with Andrew to find out how GolfBug TV's been doing and what the ...
Asetek appoints new supply chain lead
in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009
...negotiation and quality control. Over the past 15 years he has served in a variety of manufacturing operations and supply chain positions with companies including Solectron, SanDisk, and Trimble Navig...
Non-profit newspapers? No way!
in Sox First, on March 25, 2009
...the newspaper carnage continues with reports that the Ann Arbor News will fold after 174 years of operations and news that the Daily Mail in England will cut 1000 jobs because advertising is dryin...
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...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
...without warning...
"A source close to the company told CNET News that SpiralFrog has ceased operations and assets have been surrendered to creditors," writes CNET's Greg Sandoval . &q...
Systems and the AIG catastrophe
in The CIO Weblog, on March 18, 2009
...jectives, quite apart from those of the business.
How is this not a problem even during day to day operations? What sort of risk management has been exercised to allow so few people to have a chokeho...
Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...e sorts of changes do not happen as rapidly as their proponents might like, and that traditional IT operations will continue in many organizations for many years to come. But the change is coming, and...
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 ...
Hacking as a Service
in The CIO Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...terribly unusual occurence, but this is the first time I have heard of anyone structuring long-term operations as an outsourced service.
I suppose in some senses most crime is a service-oriented busi...
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...
Jude Frances Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 12, 2009
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Frances, mother of two and former owner of an interior design firm, oversees design and operations for Jude Frances. She was born in the English countryside and favors the more romantic, c...
Managing IT costs
in The CIO Weblog, on March 11, 2009
...d there is.
It's widely recognized that the blanket cuts may pose a significant threat to IT operations, and it's clear to most CIOs that something major has to be done in response. I think...
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 ...
Rohm and Haas selects Profit Point software
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...etwork is a complex and ever-changing process.
"Rohm and Haas has a history of improving our operations to enhance customer service levels and reduce cost," said Dave Shaw, the company'...
Opmanager online
in The CIO Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...One of my favorite SMB/SME IT operations and support management suites has made the leap to SaaS land: ManageEngine by Adventnet (better known in most circles for their Zoho SaaS platform) is now p...
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...
How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
Coupa, provider of on-demand procurement solution has published a whitepaper with the title "10 Secret Strategies To Recession-Proof Your Business". I took a look at it and found some interesting points which I share with you here (Note: Not all of the strategies were at the same lev...
IBM tries to enhance ILOG's S&OP capabilities
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
... expect the merger to bring added capabilities-starting with enhancements to ILOG's sales & operations planning solutions-as well as a higher level of customer service.
"ILOG had a rela...
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...
AOL 宣布裁员 700 人
in Wangtam, on February 3, 2009
TC 消息 ， AOL CEO Randy Falco 上周在致全体员工的备忘录中表示，受经济衰退的影响，公司将裁员 700 人。
Falco 在备忘录中称公司将裁员 700 人，占员工总数的 10%。同时还将冻结 2009 年全年的加薪计划。"全球经济衰退已经影响到每一个角落，包括我们自己。" Falco 表示。
本月初， AOL 的母公司时代华纳其 2008 年的营收预期下调了 3.7 亿美元，这意味着其旗下 AOL 的广告营收同比下降了 18%，大约为 6400 万美元。
上周，Google 承认其于 2005 年收购 AOL 5% 股份已成为一笔亏本生...
Internal threats alive and well
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2009
...f from performing their work. There is a certain innate resistance in IT staff, particularly on the operations side, to being locked out of anything, but it's a cultural problem that it's time...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
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Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin...
