Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · By Mike Hales, Yves Thill, and John Piatek
Just as marketing leaders have tapped into “customer energy” to shape the brand promise, procurement is tapping into “supplier energy” to improve and sustain its longer-term competitive advantage.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · Becky Partida
Organizations extending Lean efforts to their suppliers can reap additional benefits, but they should focus on internal adoption first.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Stable consumer-driven spending and a strong forecast for business investment bode well for the manufacturing sector, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation’s U.S. Industrial Outlook, a quarterly report that analyzes 27 major industries.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 · Jeff Berman
With the deadline for labor contract negotiations between the International Longshore Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association arriving last night, the current status remains in flux
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
In a recent letter to Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero, the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. asked the FMC to consider procedures addressing port disruptions resulting from unusual occurrences such as major force majeure…
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The commercial real estate services firm of Cushman & Wakefield has distributed its latest Industrial Research MarketNote for North America, indicating that the sector continues to show steady growth across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Global third-party logistics services provider CEVA Logistics said this week it has expanded its relationship with automotive bellwether Ford Motor Company. CEVA and Ford have had a business relationship for more than 20 years.
Thursday, June 26, 2014 · SCMR Staff
Transportation and logistics giant UPS said this week it kicked off construction to expand its Memphis-based package distribution facility by about one-third.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
While U.S. shippers may have been surprised by China’s decision to oppose the P3 Network, there had been rumblings of discontent voiced by their counterparts in Hong Kong for some time.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 · SCMR Staff
A little more than a year after it established a partnership with Export to China (ETCN), a Chinese information, consulting, and commercial platform helping international enterprises with China import-export trade, to make Chinese trade data accessible in searchable company…
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 · SCMR Staff
As was the case from a company perspective, fiscal fourth quarter output for less-than-truckload market leader FedEx Freight was strong, the company reported in its earnings announcement late last week.
Thursday, June 19, 2014 · SCMR Staff
There is an old saying in Washington that there are neither “Republican roads or Democratic roads,” merely roads used by all Americans to speed themselves and commerce throughout our 50 states.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 · Patrick Burnson
The potential P3 partners – comprising ocean cargo giants Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM – may have believed that they were just steps away from realizing their “network” dream. But industry insiders suggest that China’s veto power should not have been dismissed so quickly.
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