Tuesday, August 5, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
AsiaInspection, a global provider of quality control services for businesses importing from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe, and Latin America, maintains that supply chain managers should pay more attention to risk irrespective of region.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
FM Global commissioned analytics and advisory firm Oxford Metrica to develop country rankings with the aim of bolstering intelligent dialogue around building resilience and avoiding supply chain disruption.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
Last month’s summit meeting of leaders from the BRICS in Brazil yielded a surprise for many supply chain managers evaluating emerging nations: The rise of a the “New Development Bank”
Monday, August 4, 2014 · Bob Trebilcock
Having the right product in the right place at the right time and in the right quantity—or the optimal inventory level—is blocking and tackling. Yet, many organizations struggle with the basics of inventory management.
Monday, August 4, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported in its most recent edition of its Manufacturing Report on Business that manufacturing grew in July.
Monday, August 4, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The nation’s supply chain managers are not alone in welcoming overdue transport legislation. The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) and its member U.S. ports are also grateful for the U.S. Senate’s passage of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act
Monday, August 4, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
While scientific predictions are pointing to lower-than-normal storm activity for 2014, the risk of significant damage to the nation’s transport infrastructure is a constant threat.
Friday, August 1, 2014 · Jeff Berman
The PMI, the ISM’s index to measure growth, increased 1.8 percent to 57.1 in July. This is 1.8 percent higher than the 12-month average of 55.3. The PMI has grown in 18 of the last 20 months, with economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanding for the last 14 months…
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
Aside from China's rapidly eroding competitiveness for low-end manufacturing and the bilateral political tensions, another driver has been significant trade-liberalization initiatives being untaken by a number of ASEAN economies.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 · David Widdifield
IBM and the Ohio State University have teamed up to provide companies with future managers who have a solid understanding of the “right” tools needed to meet customer service and business expectations.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
For supply chain managers, this service can streamline procurement processes with applications to view purchase requisition self-service orders orders awaiting approval.
Monday, July 28, 2014 · SCMR Staff
The era of constrained labor supply is just beginning, and the decreasing share of populations that are in the working age cohort will keep human capital a front-burner issue for goods producers for decades, according to a new Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and…
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