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GTM Case Study: How a Fortune 500 CPG Company Saved $12M by Reexamining Its Ocean SpendingHow to Compare Actual Landed CostsPanama Canal may compete with rail rival
Posted 02/16 · 10:04 PM · SCMR Editorial
Before shippers make too many long-range plans for the Panama Canal expansion, they may wish to consider the threat posed by an alternative “dry canal.”
Supply chain strategy is “critical” for doing business in Vietnam
Posted 02/16 · 09:38 AM · SCMR Editorial
The U.S. Commerce Department’s commerce desk officer for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, said shippers should approach the market with a strategic supply chain goal
Back to the Future
Posted 02/13 · 08:13 PM · SCMR Editorial
The results from our Procurement and Sales Survey are in. And here’s the good news. Opportunity abounds — for implementing even the most basic techniques of strategic procurement
Special report on “Back to the Basics” from the University of Tennessee
Posted 02/11 · 09:44 AM · SCMR Editorial
The following educators from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville College of Business Administration contributed to this report: J. Paul Dittmann, David K. Ecklund, Daniel J. Flint, Diane Mollenkopf, Matthew B. Myers, Theodore P. Stank, and Wendy L. Tate.
Suez crisis might nix slow steaming
Posted 02/10 · 08:48 AM · SCMR Editorial
A potential closure of the Suez Canal caused by the political unrest in Egypt would have a serious impact on container shipping, note analysts at Alphaliner
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U.S.-Canada supply chain to be strengthened
Posted 02/09 · 12:48 PM · SCMR Editorial
President Obama and Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper issued a joint statement reconfirming their support of new and existing trade initiatives
Air cargo shippers take aim at Asia
Posted 02/09 · 12:09 PM · SCMR Editorial
The theme for the upcoming Air Forwarders Association (AFF) annual conference will be “A World of Opportunities: Asia 2011.”
Why we can’t rely on Saudi Oil
Posted 02/09 · 09:38 AM · SCMR Editorial
The U.S. fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.
Knock-off goods cost threaten job creation
Posted 02/07 · 02:18 PM · SCMR Editorial
The International Chamber of Commerce released a report at the 6th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy on last week that reported the global economic and social impacts of counterfeiting and piracy will reach $1.7 trillion by 2015 and put 2.5 million legitimate jobs at risk each yea
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Take the Demand Management Survey; Get Advance Copy of the Results
Posted 02/03 · 02:36 PM · SCMR Editorial
Supply Chain Management Review and Griffin Strategic Advisors are conducting a short survey on one of the most critical supply chain areas—demand management.
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