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Should we do strategic planning for our supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on July 14, 2009
...so on, preferably under a comprehensive corporate profit maximization umbrella that includes all of operations as well as marketing."
Without a strategic plan, companies are forced to rush to ju...
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...
Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 8, 2009
...unt from a mortgage lender through a short sale. Perhaps the most painful fraud are the foreclosure rescue scams. In these cases, criminals pretend that they are helping borrowers who are facing forec...
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...
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...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...ons of ordinary citizens broke and starving, they begin the entire process over again, riding in to rescue us all by lending us back our own money at interest, selling themselves as men above greed, j...
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...
DHL makes exansion in China
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
... Some months ago I published a post about DHL operations in the U.S. which had some problems because of the economic downturn. Apparently such problems still don't exist in China becuase the co...
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...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
...g-time author of the SoL report.
As a result of the shakeout-more than 3,000 motor carriers ceased operations last year, taking out approximately 7 percent of truck capacity-supply chains are being r...
Healthy Athlete Pass for Special Olympics participants
in The RFID Weblog, on June 23, 2009
...ormation such as age, name and nationality. This certainly helps in identification and comes to the rescue of these special people who have to depend on others for their welfare.
I must say I really...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
..., despite their unit making huge losses and despite Dresdner being sold to Commerzbank as part of a rescue package put together by the German government. As Bloomberg's Ann Woolner notes, they s...
ROI metrics for SOA
in The CIO Weblog, on June 11, 2009
... effort which may will cost more than the benefits could accrue.
Today Joe McKendrick comes to the rescue with a list of metrics that Gartner proposes to evaluate SOA project success.
1. Improve...
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...
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...
RFID Aids War Efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq
in The RFID Weblog, on May 31, 2009
... issues, political unrest, unfavorable weather and road conditions and here RFID data comes to the rescue as it helps in determining the impact of such events. As of now US cargo containers are tracke...
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...
P[acman]-Generated Gene Libraries for Drosophila melanogaster
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...n, construction, and annotation of the libraries.
"You can insert a single copy of a gene and rescue a mutation, or do a structure/function analysis of the gene," Bellen said. "If you ...
Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US
in Wangtam, on May 22, 2009
...tions - Spot on
• Decisions For Heroes Rescue team management, incident records, and analytics software.
• everything for my mobile
• AdDesignlink - Share Your Web 2.0 Taste, CSS Gallery, Web Di...
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...
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...
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...
Is MySpace Past It's Prime?
in The Social Networking Weblog, on May 5, 2009
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Two GigaOm articles late last month about MySpace caught my eye and kind of hung around in my mind. Author Om Malik seems to think that MySpace is (or will soon be) a thing of the past... The legendary New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra is rumored to have said about a restaurant: &quo...
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 ...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...advantage if quality and reliability suffer."
The future of forecasting and that of sales and operations planning (S&OP), is also another area being highlighted. Wehlage noted that in some w...
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...
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...
Ceva contracts Aston Martin to manage inbound logistics
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...ehouse at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
In addition, Ceva will handle sequencing, kitting and line feeding operations incorporating just in time, production line parts replacement based on the Kanban concept...
Re:Collect: It can take care of forgetful nature
in The RFID Weblog, on April 23, 2009
...away from your valuables the bracelet starts to blink, beep and vibrate.
Would surely come to the rescue of people who have the tendency to forget or leave their valuables carelessly. Its still in t...
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...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
...ard winning methodologies to generate strong supply chain improvements over the past 25+ years. The operations research modeling capability is led by Dr. Jeff Camm, Professor and Department Head, Depa...
How popular performance based supply chain contracts are?
in Supplychainer, on April 9, 2009
...stics.
One of them which I liked the most was an interview with Serguei Netessine , professor of operations and information management at Wharton. Serguei and another colleague at Wharton. They hav...
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...
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...
Lockheed Martin opens supply chain command center
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...rsee inventory forecasting, order management and distribution to ensure cost effective and reliable operations. The Command Center leverages Lockheed Martin's proven supply chain management soluti...
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...
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...
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...
Jude Frances Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 12, 2009
...ot;W.
$690
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...
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'...
Search Called off for NFL Players Lost at Sea
in End Zone Buzz, on March 5, 2009
... © Andrew Real
Coast Guard Capt. Timothy Close said Search and Rescue crews were finishing up their search at sunset on Tuesday for the 3 remaining people that were lost at sea when their boa...
Detroit and the rest: how the crash will reshape America
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
... embody," Florida writes."Band-Aids and bailouts cannot change that. Neither auto-company rescue packages nor policies designed to artificially prop up housing prices will position the count...
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...
James Galbraith: Obama not solving the financial crisis
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
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Barack Obama's rescue package won't fix the problem, says economist James K Galbraith . In his testimony to the House Financial Services Committee, reported here , Galbraith says the pr...
Der GOLFmagazin Award 2009
in Eagleparbirdie, on February 25, 2009
...T Titleist AP2
Gewinner: Callaway FT
Kategorie: Hybrid
Nominierte: TaylorMade Burner Rescue Adams Idea Pro Gold Wilson Fybrid
Gewinner: TaylorMade Burner Rescue
Kategorie: Putter
Nom...
Citigroup - first National Bank?
in Sox First, on February 23, 2009
...ministration is talking about creating a "stress test" for banks undergoing a financial rescue. That test would assess whether they would have enough capital necessary to continue lending ...
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
...that again in 2001 after 9/11. This was the Greenspan Put: no matter what goes wrong, the Fed would rescue you by creating cheap money. As a result, a lot of the so-called prosperity was like a Potem...
Simple process to identify critical suppliers
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...r financing to ensure that infrastructure and financial health exists in the future to support your operations).
Step 7) Analyze the financial and operational data of suppliers on a regular basis.
...
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...
Banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...ey are like dead men walking, which in itself raises questions about the Obama administration's rescue package. According to the New York Times reports, Stern School of Business professor of ec...
Geithner's vague debut
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
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Markets slumped when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled his rescue plan and for good reason too. The fundamental problem is that there just isn't enough detail. The plan is to to pur...
Supply chain video: Visibility and Deployment Options (3)
in Supplychainer, on February 5, 2009
...ndards help the level of visibility to increase and company's will have more control over their operations. Unfortunately this hasn't happened completely yet but as it is mentioned in the vide...
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...
"NEC" To Cut 20,000 Jobs
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 31, 2009
... it was a mid-week day in the workplace. The NEC job losses will affect the company's worldwide operations.
A bit earlier Kodak announced the layoff of 4500 additional workers; and last week Sony...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...nteresting:
- Think like a CFO: Supply chain managers generally spend their day thinking about operations and don't pay much attention to finance and treasury issues. More often than not, inv...
Schneider National gets best supplier award from P&G
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...nternational organization aiming to highlight the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. The information Schneider provided to Procter & Gamble f...
Free "XnView" Graphics Program
in Digital Shot, on January 26, 2009
...s among other things.
For a free program this one is surprisingly feature rich and it performs its operations quickly and without glitches.
Here's a page with a description of this program's...
