Thursday, January 1, 2015 · John A. Caltagirone, Anjali Menon
After a decade long offshoring boom, companies are seeking new destinations to optimize their gross profits and asking: Where’s the next China?
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Hamish Walker and Patrick Penfield
In many businesses, innovation is driven through marketing and engineering. At Molson Coors, procurement has deployed a five-step process to drive innovation at one of the country’s best-known brewers.
Thursday, January 1, 2015 · Russ Meller
Almost every company is working to reduce the time it takes to get an order to a customer’s home and replenish its stores. But while faster fulfillment and small order sizes make marketing, customers, and store managers happy, that faster fulfillment comes at a cost.…
Wednesday, December 24, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The joint announcement between the U.S. and Cuba signaling a limited warming of bilateral relations may have broader supply chain implications. But analysts tell managers here that several barriers exist before the communist nation can play a key roll as a Caribbean Basin hub.
Friday, December 19, 2014 · Jeff Berman
The Highway Trust Fund is irretrievably broken and should be eliminated in favor of a new system of revenue streams or by dedicating a portion of the federal income tax to pay for transportation. That’s the conclusion of a new multi-year report by the Eno Foundation, an…
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 · SCMR Staff
As Republicans take control of the 114th Congress with large majorities in the House and Senate, they are starting to look like that neighborhood dog who barked and chased the fire truck down the street lo those many years.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 · Jeff Berman
With an eye on further expansion of its e-commerce business and related reverse logistics processes, transportation and logistics bellwether FedEx this week said it has inked an agreement to acquire Pittsburgh-based GENCO, a third-party logistics (3PL) services provider…
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock
As organizations cope with a myriad of changes, procurement is becoming more strategic and even more important. Authors Gerard Chick and Robert Handfield discuss how purchasing strategies, and the role of procurement professionals, must change to deliver real value and not…
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale, sounding an alarm for U.S. supply chain managers.
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
U.S.-based executives at large companies remain bullish on American manufacturing, and their actions are starting to show it, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
“Companies should look before they leap into reshoring or nearshoring,” said Foster Finley, managing director at AlixPartners and leader of the firm’s Supply Chain Practice in the Americas.
Friday, December 12, 2014 · Gerard Chick & Robert Handfield
For years, procurement was boxed into a corner. Its function was limited to negotiating with suppliers to get a better price. Even today, much of procurement is about leveraging an organization's scale to obtain quantity discounts. At the same time, we are seeing the…
Thursday, December 11, 2014 · Jeff Berman
Commerce reported that November retail sales at $449.3 billion were up 0.7 percent compared to October and up 5.1 percent compared to November 2013, and the NRF said that November retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, were up 0.6 percent…
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