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Supply chain consultants introduce new inventory reduction analytic tool

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 capital is the number one issue in the supply chain today. According to Business Wire , Supply Chain C...

SCL 2009 will be held in Germany in June 2009

In the case you live in Europe or travel to Europe quite often, there is a nice conference coming up on supply chain! "European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2009" will be held in June 2009 in Dusseldorf, Germany. This 3 day conference which is now in its 11th year, begins with a ...

Establishing China eHealthcare Exchange to improve Pharma value chain

A new platform called China eHealthcare Exchange has been established via a partnership between GXS and Shanghai Agile Supply Chain Information System Company Limited. According to China Supply Chain Council , the platform is intended to improve the efficiency of China's pharmaceutica...

New supply chain event in Europe

...nd Reverse Logistics are among the topics which will be covered in great detail. You can go to www.supplychain.eu.com for more information. ...

Autobranche: Land Rover führt RFID ein

Auch wenn es sich beim Land Rover um einen altehrwürdigen und urbritischen Geländewagen handelt, setzt der Hersteller Ford bei der Herstellung auf modernste RFID-Technologie. Im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts wurden nun 18 Zulieferer mit einer RFID-basierten Güter-Verwaltungslösungen ausgestattet, d...

Unilever: RFID überwacht die Eiscreme-Produktion

Gerade bei einem Produkt wie Eiscreme kommt es darauf an, dass die Kühlkette intakt bleibt und damit gewährleistet ist, dass die sahnige Leckerei nicht mit Keimen verunreinigt wird. Minus 18 Grad Celsius ist dabei die magische Grenze, die nicht überschritten werden darf. Um dies zu gewährleist...

NHS Supply Chain to equip the hospital in Birmingham

The specialist imaging procurement team at NHS Supply Chain is to support a Birmingham foundation trust in equipping a new hospital. The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is to receive goods needed for diagnostic imaging, such as MRI scanners, as development of the priv...

SOX squeezes supply chains

The supply chain is never the sexiest of topics. But it's become absolutely critical in a global economy where consumers have more power and where pressures for accountability are growing. So what impact has it had on supply chains. But what impact has Sarbanes-Oxley had on supply chains? Giv...

The 2007 winners of CHaINA award for superior achievement in logistics were selected

Couple of weeks ago, the China Supply Chain Council presented its CHaINA Awards for the third times to celebrate superior achievements that are enabled by supply chain management in China. Over 150 supply chain senior executives gathered to give recognition and compliments to five outstanding ...

WMS market potential in China

Global Supply Chain Council , one of our oldest partners, published a piece recently about the situation of WMS software in China . The author of the piece which its title is "The WMS industry comes to China" mentions a number of examples which show that WMS is becoming a good mark...

Apprise Software, Inc. expands to China

Apprise Software Inc. , ERP and SCM solution provider, announced the opening of a new full-service center in Nanjing to provide its customers with 24 hour global support. With an eye on the China market, the new office will initially offer support, translation and quality assurance servic...

Chinese people show interest to Supply Chain Execution

Last year I had an interview with Max Henry of China Supply Chain Council and as he described, the state of the supply chain market in China was such that the companies were more interested to stay with basic ERP systems than to move to more sophisticated solutions. The reason was that they had...

China Supply Chain Council Changes its Name to Global Supply Chain Council

The China Supply Chain Council , China's largest professional organization for supply chain professionals, announced today it is undergoing the appropriate procedures to change its organization name to Global Supply Chain Council. As the independent professional organization, the China Sup...

Supply Chain Consultants Partners with Inforg Consulting to Bring Novel Supply Chain Applications to Eastern Europe

Supply Chain Consultants , designer and supplier of the Zemeter suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products, and Inforg Consulting of Katowice, Poland, have formed a marketing agreement for selling Zemeter S&OP in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. According to SDCE , ...

MIT Invites Exostar to Present at Supply Chain Risk Management Conference

The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation has invited Exostar , the leader in secure multi-enterprise collaboration solutions for the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry, to present at this year's conference on managing risk in the global supply chain. Exostar's track record help...

Win a couple tickets for D/C Expo 2007 at Creative Weblogging

A warm welcome to all our readers who would be interested in attending the D/C Expo 2007 which is a Supply Chain and Logistics IT event. This event will be held from May 22nd to 24th at navy pier in Chicago, IL. Being held for the last 24 years Distribution/Computer Expo and Conference ...

Win a couple tickets for D/C Expo 2007 at Creative Weblogging

A warm welcome to all our readers who would be interested in attending the D/C Expo 2007 which is a Supply Chain and Logistics IT event. This event will be held from May 22nd to 24th at navy pier in Chicago, IL. Being held for the last 24 years Distribution/Computer Expo and Conference ...

APS Metal adopts new ERP solution

Following a recent £2 million investment in state-of-the-art presses, automotive supplier, APS Metal Pressings Limited , is now implementing a new ERP solution from Access Supply Chain to drive further efficiencies in the business. APS's factory is set up for high volume batch production an...

Akzo Nobel Surfactants Selects Zemeter S&OP for Demand and Inventory Planning Worldwide

Supply Chain Consultants , designer and supplier of the Zemeter suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products, announced today that Akzo Nobel Surfactants has selected Zemeter S&OP Supply Planner and Inventory Planner for its worldwide operations. Akzo Nobel Surfactants, a $660 ...

Hexion Specialty Chemicals Standardizes on SCC's Zemeter Solution for Global Demand and Inventory Planning

Supply Chain Consultants , designer and supplier of the Zemeter suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products and services, announced today that Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. , the world's largest producer of thermoset resins, has signed a global licensing agreement to standa...

How to evaluate ERP software packages

Eric Kimberling, one of my colleagues at IT Toolbox (Where I write " A day in the life of a supply chain technologist "), has suggested a six step process to evaluate the ERP software packages in his blog. Here is what he has suggested: 1) Define the potential industry-specif...

Universal Guardian Introduces New Cargo, supply chain Technologies

...Monitoring Platform which features ground-breaking applications such as its Container Guardian(TM), SupplyChain Guardian(TM), Explosives Guardian(TM), SeaPort Guardian(TM) and RFID Ready(TM) systems t...

New supply chain event in China

There will be a one-day supply chain event in China: ProcureServices China Conference on April 26 in Shanghai. The speeches will be more about Strategies for service procurement and some case studies will be presented as well. For more information you can go Here

Finalists of 2005 China Supply Chain & Logistics Awards

The China Supply Chain & Logistics Awards are part of CHaINA Summit & Expo , taking place on Nov. 29-30 in Shanghai, offering two days of educational and networking opportunities for all professionals in the extended supply chain sector industry, including manufacturers, retailers, di...

Why Information Technology is Key to Managing Supply Chains

When we say "supply chain management" we tend to think of it as managing physical things, i.e., raw materials or parts, which are then manufactured into products, which are then distributed. But in the 21st century, supply chain management is really about managing information . T...

International Chamber of Commerce calls for uniform supply chain security rules

PARIS-based International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) has called for greater coordination among public authorities on the implementation of supply chain security rules. At its recent meeting, ICC's Commission on Transport and Logistics expressed concern about differing advance cargo info...

Pruning the supply chain has become a common practice

Based on Industry Week's report, Kevin Mixer, research director at AMR Research , is spreading the word about "sustainable supplier structure". In an Oct. 12, Industry Highlight, Kevin discusses recent actions taken by the automotive market to change supply chains by consolidatin...

Airbus in Boeing's Supply Chain?

I read this interesting story in Seattle Times about a Canadian company half-owned by Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence & Space (EADS) that will supply a small part on the new jet directly to Boeing . Composites Atlantic , headquartered in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, will produ...

Asos achieves success in supply chain

Retail Week reported yesterday about this supply chain success story about Asos , famous fashion e-tailer. Asos has revealed a massive sales increase in the past six months as a result of a boosted product offer and improved supply chain. Sales in the six months to September 30 were up 86 ...

Call for Speakers: Traceability & RFID China

The Traceability & RFID China Conference & Expo will take place on January 18, 2006 in Shanghai, China. The event organizers have put out a call for speakers until October 20, 2005: "If you are implementing tracking and/or tracing systems, a provider or an expert in traceability s...

New VP for SCM at Pizza Inn

Business Wire reported on Monday Oct. 3, that Pizza Inn has appointed Jack Odachowski as its new Vice President of Supply Chain Management. Previous to working at RTM, a multi-unit Arby's franchisee, Odachowski served as Director of International Purchasing and Distribution for Wend...

Just In Time or Just To Late?

It's more than 15 years that different comapnies all around the world have been using JIT tools and techniques. The underlying reason to start these initiatives was the thought that JIT helps businesses to decrease the lead-time and inventory and so reducing costs. That sounded like a pr...

Supply Chain as a cause of current oil price hikes

Financial Times reported on Tuesday that The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has had "no takers" for the oil it offered the market a week ago, said Ali Naimi, Saudi Arabia 's energy minister. The problem, OPEC has long maintained, is a major constrain...

Master of Logistics 2005

In a live Webcast, Karl Manrodt of Georgia Southern University, Mary Holcomb of the University of Tennessee, and Logistics Management 's Mike Levans, will discuss this their findings based on the results of a survey from the responses of more than 2,300 logistics professionals. Over the ...

Penn State ranked No. 1 in supply chain education

The result of a survey done by Stephen M. Rutner of Georgia Southern University and Stanley E. Fawcett of Brigham Young University showed that Penn State Smeal College of Business has the most successful supply chain program in the north america. Rutner and Fawcett asked more than 1,000 su...

Is your Supply Chain mature enough to keep up with your new strategies?

One important thing in the process of strategy formulation is considering the capability and maturity level of supply chain. An example of this is the recent challenge of the big 3 auto makers in the U.S. Detroit's Big Three expect to battle for customers looking for hybrid vehicles. To...

Supply Chain Jobs in China

... Recently I saw this new chinese website named SupplyChainJobs which is dedicated to supply chain executive positions in china. SupplyChainJobs is the first website to cater to the highly s...

ID World boasts smart supply chain forum

After successful runs in Paris and Barcelona , the 2005 ID WORLD International Congress re-opens its doors in November (2nd to 4th) in Rome. This year the conference will house the Smart Supply Chain Forum, in tandem with the Electronic Passport Forum. The event will look at issues relat...

Manhattan Associates wins excellence award

Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH), announced today it received the Best Young Asian Supply Chain Solution Provider award at the SCMLogistics Excellence Awards. The award, presented in Singapore on September 8, recognizes the top new Asian start-up that provides technological solutio...

FedEx Supply Chain Services achieves Visibility

According to the Supply and Demand Chain Executive , fedex Supply Chain Service (FSCS), one of the FedEx Corporation companies which offers supply chain management solutions, has implemented a new system provided by Mobitrac that gives it higher level of visibility through its supp...