Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Jeff Berman
Growth firmly remains in the cards for both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors in 2015. That was the main takeaway from the December 2014 Semiannual Economic Forecast from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), which, in many ways, picked up where its…
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Rosemary Coates
Many industries are already leaving China in search of lower cost countries to produce goods such as cut and sew items and trinkets, even some electronic assembly and process industries.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
E2open, a leading provider of cloud-based services for collaborative planning and execution across global trading networks, recently announced that it has joined the Esri Partner Network.
Monday, December 8, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
GT Nexus and Capgemini Consulting in France recently announced that they have entered a strategic partnership to deliver a supply chain control tower to drive transformation in the manufacturing, life sciences, CPG and retail industries.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The new integrated initiative may allow project managers and material planners to enhance collaboration, material planning, decision-making, and execution throughout the project lifecycle
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 · Jeff Berman
October shipments––at 1,260,200–– up 7 percent annually and 1 percent over September’s 1,241,848 and, which matches up with September to October differences in recent years, including a 2 percent increase in 2013, a ten percent increase in 2012 (being the exception),…
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 · Jeff Berman
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—came in at 59.3 (a reading above 50 represents growth) in November, which was 2.2 percent above October’s 57.1 and 3.3 percent above the 12-month average of 56.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
Within the next three years, most global companies are expected to take up the massive project of centralizing their shared services and outsourcing operations within a single global business services (GBS) organization.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM) reported today that manufacturing activity for the month of November remained in a good spot.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Robert C. Lieb
Over the past 25 years, the third-party logistics (3PL) industry has evolved from an emerging industry to a global best practice, setting the stage for the next 25 years of dynamic change.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Tom Wrobleski
What you need to know, and which indicators you should be watching, to win the re-balancing battle between inventory and transportation.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock
What does it take to remain a supply chain leader? Supply Chain Management Review put that question to executives at four of the best performing global supply chains and asked about their plans to remain at the top of their games in the year ahead.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
As the global economic center of gravity shifts eastward many analysts say emerging economies will see bigger gains than advanced economies. At the same time, however, Europe remains the most “connected” region.
Monday, December 1, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki
How to get the resources you need, to achieve the results that you know (or suspect) can be produced? Readers of this column should know the answer: “it’s the business case, stupid!”
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