Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Operational concerns notwithstanding, both brands and their suppliers face increasing pressure to provide sustainable services and products across their value chains.
Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Veronica H. Villena, Thomas Choi, and Elena Revilla
It is all too easy for relationships between companies and their suppliers to become too chummy and for essential checks and balances to get less attention than they require. Often, the longer and deeper the relationship, the cozier it can be—and thus at much greater risk of…
Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Mike Jones
When it comes to network optimization, no one thing drives the decision to locate facilities in one part of the country over another. Instead, key decision drivers often vary by industry.
Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Bob Trebilcock
In 2010, Unilever hit the reset button on sustainability and set an ambitious goal to take waste out of the supply chain. By 2014, it had achieved “zero waste to the landfill” across 242 factories worldwide.
Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Lynn A. Fish, Ph.D.
New products and services may be driving business today, but in and of itself, new product development may not be enough. To remain competitive, managers must integrate new product development (NPD) and supply chain management (SCM) processes. Here are six recommendations that…
Sunday, November 1, 2015 · Stanley E. Fawcett, Sebastian Brockhaus, A. Michael Knemeyer, and Amydee M. Fawcett
Once lauded as the right thing to do, many sustainability efforts have languished post-recession as consumers have balked at paying a luxury tax for sustainable products and services. To drive sustainability back into the mainstream, advocates must begin to think differently…
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 · SCMR Staff
The increasing complexities introduced by global trade are forcing companies to get more strategic in their importing and exporting approaches. During this webcast you'll hear how NCR Corporation put a global trade management (GTM) solution to work to get a handle on…
Monday, October 26, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
A recent report concludes that technology exists today to secure digital access and identity issues and help companies monetize their data assets responsibly.
Monday, October 26, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chain managers attending the annual Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco today learned that t a record number of the company's partners are extending their opportunities and revenue potential in the cloud.
Monday, October 26, 2015 · Jeff Berman
Coming off of August, which saw both sequential and annual gains ahead of July, September shipments faltered, with total shipments at 913,757 down 8 percent compared to August and down 4 percent annually.
Monday, October 26, 2015 · Axel Barbará and Tomás Dominguez Molet
Companies often group inventory items into classes in order to manage them more efficiently. Managers routinely use these clusters or segmentations in their inventory replenishment planning decisions. However, as companies grow and their operations expand, these…
Thursday, October 22, 2015 · Patrick Burnson
With highly volatile freight rates and oil prices, the freight forwarding market is undergoing structural changes and an uncertain global economic situation means that forwarders need to be attuned and responsive to macro-trends.
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