Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Cushman & Wakefield has released a comprehensive white paper entitled “The Changing World of Trade” that indentifies winning strategies for adapting to the new “demand economy.”
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Non-manufacturing activity took a dip in June but remained in growth territory, according to the June edition of the Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
While supply chain managers may note that the ISM purchasing managers’ index (PMI) has bounced back over 50 to 50.9 in June from 49.0 in May, some economists maintain that such surveys may not mean much.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 · Sumantra Sengupta
What trends will affect the next generation of supply chains? That’s a question more and more SCM professionals are asking themselves. The 10 trends offered here are validated with executive input from senior executives across different industries. By understanding,…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · By Ram Narasimhan, Tobias Schoenherr, and Joseph Sandor
How do you extend the frontiers of supply management excellence and build a solid competitive advantage? Answers to this pivotal question emerged from an Executive Summit of supply chain leaders convened recently at Michigan State University. The four companies profiled here,…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Adrian Gonzalez
Social media can—and should—play a central role in supply chain management. After all, social networking is not really about socializing, but about facilitating people-to-people communication and collaboration. And isn’t that at the heart of managing and executing supply…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Jonathan Hughes, Jessica Wadd, and Jeff Weiss
When negotiating in high-stakes, high-risk (“extreme”) situations with suppliers, the tendency is to act quickly and forcefully. Yet acting in haste to take charge and look in control often leads to disappointing, even dangerous, results. A better approach: slow down the…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · William Atkinson
Experts point to certain key traits of procurement excellence, including an overall strategic orientation, alignment with business objectives, a risk management role, and an ability to collaborate both internally and externally. Here are some insights on developing these…
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Following a month which saw its lowest levels since June 2009 and its first contraction since November 2012, manufacturing activity in June recovered some of its lost ground, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s monthly Manufacturing ISM Report on Business.
Monday, July 1, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chains start when someone, somewhere reaches for their wallet. Increasingly, this will happen outside the U.S. in “mega cities,” observes Alan Amling, UPS global director contract logistics marketing.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
First Carbon Solutions, (FCS) and CDP have announced their expanded partnership to increase services that measure supply chain carbon management and extend sustainability scoring to CDP’s climate change program in the Nordic and Benelux regions, Australia, New Zealand and…
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Box Ships Inc., the Athen’s-based container vessel charter company led by chairman and CEO, Michael Bodouroglou, has been doing something remarkable over the past three years…making money
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