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New innovative ways to identify supply chain talent: 360 degree feedback
in Supplychainer, on November 9, 2009
These days, more than ever, I get emails regarding new supply chain positions and surprisingly, many of them are related to executive positions. I was wondering one reason for this might be that at the time of cost reduction, supply chain efficiency becomes a key differentiator and companies ar...
Seen that? - A Question Of Ethics
in Bizinformer, on November 6, 2009
...hat if I knew there would [...] Read More DHL makes exansion in China at Supplychainer Some months ago I published a post about DHL operatio...
Seen that? - France Tightens Family Immigration
in Global Mobility Report, on November 4, 2009
France Tightens Family Immigration at Global Mobility Report In September, the French parliament is expected to consider an immigration bill that makes it harder for family-based immigration. Key provisions include: 1. French language and "va...
Seen that? - Challenges of RFID Industry (1)
in Supplychainer, on November 5, 2009
... Challenges of RFID Industry (1) at Supplychainer Today Supply Chains are vulnerable to security threats and the uncertainties associated with them....
Seen that? - Outsourcing to Africa
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 29, 2009
... South Africa will be represented at the APICS conference in Orlando, Florida at Supplychainer South Africa will be represented at the international...
Seen that? - MeeVee Adds Two New Execs to its Senior Management Team
in The Digital TV Weblog, on October 28, 2009
....] Read More How to persuade senior management about the value of SCM at Supplychainer Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSC...
Nobel Prize winners are also supply chain people!!
in Supplychainer, on October 26, 2009
Hey I saw this exciting news in DC Velocity on recent winners of nobel prize in economics: apparently one of the co-winners is a supply chain folk:
Much has been made of the fact that Indiana University Professor Elinor Ostrom, Ph.D., is the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in econ...
How to create a fluctuation-proof supply chain...
in Supplychainer, on October 20, 2009
Manufacyrers' Monthly has featured a new article on the need for reshaping today's supply chains (Read the article here ).
The author of the article argues that, for historical reasons, manufacturers have not built their supply chains to respond in a synchronised way to variability in cus...
PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch cooperate in reducing supply chain costs
in Supplychainer, on October 19, 2009
Indirect cost reduction is a typical first-wave cost reduction activity for procurement organization (because it's relatively easier compared to direct cost). Apparently two of the world's largest beverage makers, PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch have decided to cooperate in this area to reduce their...
Seen that? - Game on Supply Chain Management
in Supplychainer, on October 12, 2009
... Game on Supply Chain Management at Supplychainer XIMB, a business school in India, has arranged a supply chain management game to test the decision...
Seen that? - Gilead wrestles with Roche for Tamiflu rights
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 9, 2009
...d More U.S.-Based Supply Chain for Tamiflu becomes Fully Operational at Supplychainer Roche announced this thursday that a Tamiflu® (oseltami...
Seen that? - Model Plane Supplier
in Home Based Business, on October 2, 2009
... Extending social responsibility to the whole value chain: Supplier ethics audit at Supplychainer It was a while since I last read a REALLY new thing i...
Seen that? - NetApp supply chain woes frustrate users
in On Storage, on October 3, 2009
...the upcoming [...] Read More NetApp supply chain woes frustrate users at Supplychainer Supply chain issues during December left many Network...
Seen that? - Using SCM in Children Hospital
in Supplychainer, on October 3, 2009
... Using SCM in Children Hospital at Supplychainer I recently saw an interesting news article from Business Wire about using SCM solutions in a childr...
TAKE Supply Chain Acquires PSI Software company
in Supplychainer, on August 20, 2009
Journal of Commerce just reported this week that TAKE Supply Chain (formerly ClearOrbit), a provider of software solutions to power demand-driven value networks, has acquired the product division of privately-held, El Paso, TX-based, PSI Software, Inc.
The acquisition solidifies TAKE's c...
Reducing indirect costs in categories such as travel
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) of indirect value creating processes is now a common practice in many large companies. Outsourcing solution providers now do manage many processes for Fortune 500 companies including ticket reservation, travel management etc. However, some companies simply don'...
600 Group is dropping investment in China sourcing
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Machine tool manufacturer 600 Group has pulled back from outsourcing production to China because of the poor levels of quality and consequent warranty claims, Global Supply Chain Council reported.
Quality problems have led 600 Group to drop its stategy of sourcing from China Releasing de...
Stonyfield Farm and PepsiCo Executives Will Present Keynotes at Green Supply Chain Conference This Year
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Gary Hirshberg, President and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm and David Walker, Director of Environmental Sustainability, PepsiCo International Inc. will give keynote addresses at the "Greening the Supply Chain" conference at the Embassy Suites Boston at Logan Airport in Boston, MA on Septemb...
DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding tops 3PL ranking
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Armstrong's recent survey "U.S. and Global Third-Party Logistics Market Analysis" has generated a new ranking of 3PL logistics players based on revenue which is quite interesting to review (See the list here ).
DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding, not surprisingly is on the...
Sainsbury's selects Wesupply for supplier B2B services
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
According to a new release by Manufacturing and Logistics IT , Sainsbury's has selected Wesupply as the business-to-business (B2B) platform for connectivity to its 4,000 suppliers. Wesupply will work with IBM to provide a complete outsourced solution to Sainsbury's, and upgrade existing...
Common approaches for supply chain visibility in pharma sector
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Supply Chain Visibility initiatives have been in the center of attention in pharma sector for a number of year and after some years of experience, a number of common practices have been shaped. The pharma players have different motivations for using such methods but among the more important ones...
Damco uses dashboard for carbon emissions reporting in its operations
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Damco , the freight-forwarding branch of Copenhagen, Denmark-based Maersk Group, is introducing what it calls a supply chain carbon dashboard, a graphic that allows customers to track carbon emissions throughout the supply chain.
According to The Packer , the carbon dashboard joins Damco'...
Genco Supply Chain Solution acquires Dell's manufacturing operations
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
Third-party logistics (3PL) services provider GENCO Supply Chain Solutions said this week it has acquired Dell 's North American remanufacturing operations, Logistics Management reported.
GENCO officials said that this acquisition is comprised of Dell's receipt and remanufacturing op...
At the end, should we reduce costs or invest in supply chains?
in Supplychainer, on July 31, 2009
This is kind of difficult question; at least it seems so. The answer is simple though: You should do both.
Looking at the overall market situation, companies are currently focussing on cost cutting but will fail to invest in supply chains becuase of the future problems and is now an opportune t...
DHL continues to expand in China
in Supplychainer, on July 30, 2009
DHL Supply Chain, the logistics unit of Deutsche Post, plans to add 10 transportation hubs in China by year end to meet growing demand for domestic shipping.
"Our customers are growing in China, which is one of the fastest-growing markets for DHL," said Victor Mok, executive vice ...
Government spending in tracking technologies provides good opportunities for SCM technology providers
in Supplychainer, on July 30, 2009
As the U.S. government is increasingly investing in technology infrastructure necessary for achieving efficiency in its administrative and organizational processes, supply chain companies are also trying to benefit from this trend.
As an example, according to Washington Technology (earlier t...
Should we do strategic planning for our supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on July 15, 2009
The answer is yes according to INSIGHT, an international provider of supply chain planning solutions. The company suggests that every firm should be using strategic supply chain planning tools on an ongoing basis, whether in times of economic turbulence or prosperity. Many industries today, from...
China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 6, 2009
AMR Research, supply chain analyst firm recently published a report on countries' risk profile and interestingly, in a survey of 130 global companies China was the top contributing region for nine of 15 risks examined, including supplier and internal product quality failure, security breache...
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on July 1, 2009
AMR Research, the research firm focused on the supply chain management and its supporting technologies, announced recently that it is expanding its research team with the addition of three new analysts, Paul Lord, Steve Steutermann, and Allen Johnson.
According to PR Newswire , this announ...
DHL makes exansion in China
in Supplychainer, on July 1, 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 company is even expanding there:
According to WallStreet Journal , DHL Supply Chain, the logist...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 29, 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 Professionals (CSCMP), total spending on U.S. logistics dropped to $1.3 trillion last year, a decrease of...
Siemens becomes a recommended partner for F-35 supply chain
in Supplychainer, on June 29, 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...
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 efficiency and enhances patient safety.
The software optimizes pharmacy inventory and provides a "per...
Boeing remains loyal to its supply chain procedures despite angry Wallstreet analysts' reports
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
It seems the wave of the anouncements from Boeing related to delays is not going to end; in this post comes another one! but I liked the detail analysis of the issues presented in this blog as the author Lisa Reisman describes in detail how the issue of supplier component integration has...
How biotech companies can reduce supply chain risk?
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
I don't think I have written any post on biotech supply chain management in this blog (at least I don't remember any), but seeing this nice piece in ICIS website became a motivation to write one.
The author of this article which is titled "Biotechs can reduce supply chain risk&q...
Improving working capital through effective supply chain management
in Supplychainer, on June 22, 2009
Aberdeen Group has responded to companies' needs in today'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 the right time for financial innovation ...
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...
Securing pharma supply chain: Is now the right time?
in Supplychainer, on June 19, 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 ...
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 retail stores.
- Manufacturing sector, especially parts and component manufacturers see a dramatic ...
Health supply chains in Africa to be discussed in CSCMP 2009 conference
in Supplychainer, on June 9, 2009
"How supply chains are helping to improve health and living conditions in sub-Saharan Africa?" That's one of the main topics which is going to be discussed this year at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' (CSCMP) 2009 Global Conference. The conference will be ...
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...
Washington University launches new master in supply chain from September 2009
in Supplychainer, on June 1, 2009
Washington University's Olin Business School in St. Louis will launch a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS/SCM) program in September 2009.
According to Olin, the new, one-year program is "designed to appeal to students with undergraduate degrees in business, engineering...
Questions which should be answered when buying a mid-size ERP
in Supplychainer, on June 1, 2009
Supply Chain Management Review ha published a new whitepaper sponsored by Inside-ERP highlighting important questions which should be answered when choosing a mid-size ERP solution. It's worth taking a look at this piece and you can download it here . The document tries to create a balanced...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on June 1, 2009
Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions announced that it has 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 Orac...
GM or Chrysler: Which one is a better option for Fiat?
in Supplychainer, on May 27, 2009
I am sure you have heard about the rumors related to the merger of Fiat with two American auto-makes Chrysler and GM (Opel part). Besides economy of scale and other motivations, I believe Opel option is a better candidate from supply chain point of view. The Opel merger in essence woul be a supp...
Sony to reduce the number of suppliers to half
in Supplychainer, on May 24, 2009
In a short piece from Kenji Hall written in BusinessWeek , he talks about the recent plans of Sony, giant Japanese electronics company, to cut supply chain costs.
According to Kenji, the tech giant has about 2,500 suppliers, but will reduce that number to 1,200 by March 2011. This effort in t...
New report on supply chain cost reduction in India
in Supplychainer, on May 24, 2009
Aqua MCG has announced the release of a new report "Supply Chain Cost Reduction in India" to their offering; this is a comprehensive report for companies facing the complex process of Sales & Operation Planning, and Cost Management.
If you are interested in India's supply chai...
VHA Selects Eight Health Care Organizations for Supply Chain Excellence
in Supplychainer, on May 21, 2009
VHA Inc. , a national network of not-for-profit hospitals based in Irving, Texas, has recognized eight health care organizations for supply chain management excellence and named them as winners of the 2009 VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management Excellence.
According to Earth Times ,...
New survey launched to identify the current state of supply chain education
in Supplychainer, on May 16, 2009
I have written several posts so far on the subject of suply chain education and the efforts some of the American schools and other International institutions are making to introduce more specialized programs. Supply Chain Management Review Magazine has taken the lead in this area and launched a ...
CostPlus supply chain chief steps down
in Supplychainer, on May 15, 2009
Cost Plus, a specialty retailer of casual home living and entertaining products, has announced that Ray Whitley, senior vice president of supply chain, has left the company.
According to Trading Markets , Mr Whitley's position will not be replaced and his responsibilities have been assign...
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 12, 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 & Demand Chain Executive and Inbound Logistics,have chosen the company to be on their "Top ...
Healthcare Suppliers Honored at MedAssets Healthcare Business Event
in Supplychainer, on May 1, 2009
MedAssets last week recognized its top MedAssets Supply Chain Systems suppliers for leading the way in making healthcare more affordable through competitive contracts and innovative Group Buy solutions, according to Trading Markets .
Every year, MedAssets honors its vendors and suppliers at i...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on May 1, 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.
Sourcing from low-wage countries like China seemed like such a logical idea before the world's ...
Walmart Canada extends its supply chain contract
in Supplychainer, on May 1, 2009
Walmart Canada has signed a five-year extension, until 2013, to its contract withSupply 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.
According to M...
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 capital is the number one issue in the supply chain today.
According to Business Wire , Supply Chain C...
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.
According to Automotive Business Review , Ceva has said that its solution incorporates domestic, Eu...
Director at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center becomes supply chain "Pro to know" of the year
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
Michael DeLuca, Director, Supply Chain Systems & Consulting Services at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), was named a Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine "Pro to Know" for his work in transforming the supply chains at two leading organizations.
The Supply &a...
Using mobile technology to improve medicine supply chain in Africa
in Supplychainer, on April 17, 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 devices to improve medicine SCM in Africa.
One of the many challenges in delivering medicines and health...
Celestica receives a supply chain award
in Supplychainer, on April 16, 2009
Celestica recently received the Innovation in Technology Award at Aberdeen Group's Third Annual Supply Chain Management (SCM) Summit.
According to PR Newswire , The SCM Summit, which took place April 2 and April 3 in San Francisco, provides executives from blue chip and industry-leading co...
Henkel wins supply chain excellence award
in Supplychainer, on April 14, 2009
A jury of twelve experts from industry, academia, specialist magazines, and business consultants honored Henkel's Laundry & Home Care business sector on April 3 in Germany with the "Supply Chain Management Award 2009" for the successful global reorganization of its supply cha...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
It seems like, beside IBM 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 Decisions, to provide a Supply Chain Network Optimization Service to the chem...
How popular performance based supply chain contracts are?
in Supplychainer, on April 9, 2009
During the last month I had to work on a cost reduction engagement in a client and had to go to client's main factory everyday. I tried to 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 ...
Some emission reduction strategies
in Supplychainer, on April 7, 2009
If you remember, I had a post somewhile ago on a new report from World Economic Forum which was talking about supply chain de-carbonization (Link here ). I went through that report again yesterday and found out some interesting proposed actions which companies can start with to reduce their emi...
Cool comedy video on supply chain...
in Supplychainer, on April 1, 2009
I saw the new episode of this supply chain comedy 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 was very funny but the way they were acting...)
The link ...
Training institutions launch low cost supply chain education programs
in Supplychainer, on April 1, 2009
The crisis hasn't had negative effects only on the companies and normal people. Academic institutions are also affected, especially the ones which have focused a lot on executive or professional education.
Therefore it's not surprising to see marketing innovations in professional educa...
Strategies for improving retail supply chain
in Supplychainer, on April 1, 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...
Asetek appoints new supply chain lead
in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009
Asetek, the provider of system thermal and acoustic management solutions, announced last week that it has appointed Electronics Industry veteran Alex Tang Vice President of Supply Chain to lead its worldwide manufacturing effort.
According to Business Wire , Mr. Tang brings extensive know...
Lockheed Martin opens supply chain command center
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
Last week, Lockheed Martin opened a state-of-the-art command center 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.
According to a news release in PR...
