Tuesday, September 13, 2011 · Reinhard Geissbauer and Brad Householder
New global survey from PRTM confirms the importance of operational flexibility in supply chain success and identifies five key levers that leaders employ to make it happen. The financial and performance benefits of improved flexibility can be profound. And companies can start…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 · Erica Plambeck and Lyn Denend
In 2007, SCMR featured an article on Walmart’s burgeoning sustainability program, focusing on eight specific initiatives being undertaken at the company. Four years later, the author of that article, Erica Plambeck of Stanford, and colleague Lyn Denend revisit those…
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Following its promise to be more collaborative with shippers, Maersk Line is introducing a time-definite service in the booming Asia-EU trade lane
Monday, September 12, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
In another sign that the United States economy is not heading into a second dip, California exporters recorded yet another month of double-digit growth
Monday, September 12, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Coming at a time when the nation’s unemployment figures remaining static, The Institute for Supply Management has announced a new certification option for professionals
Sunday, September 11, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Eric Peltz, the Associate Director of RAND’s National Security Research Division (NSRD) has joined SCMR’s editorial advisory board.
Thursday, September 8, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Economists are revising earlier forecasts in light of recent fluctuations in supply chain metrics and production cycles
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 · Jeff Berman
As was the case in July, the August edition of the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business outperformed its sister report focused on manufacturing.
Friday, September 2, 2011 · Jeff Berman
While manufacturing may be experiencing a bit of a slowdown, the overall numbers in the August edition of the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing (ISM) Report on Business still point to growth.
Friday, September 2, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Regardless of whether manufacturing is done near-shore or off-shore, an efficient supply chain approach is ultimately required for reverse logistics.
Friday, September 2, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
As more attention is being paid to the “volatility” in the supply chain, many shippers are reassessing their global sourcing and distribution strategies. Will multinationals retreat to a hemispheric near-shoring model, or opt for a hybrid that still has an international…
Thursday, September 1, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
As Americans prepare for the long Labor Day weekend, supply chain managers may wish to consider how they can regain some measure of lost productivity in the fall
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
ISM has entered a partnership that significantly expands training opportunities for supply management professionals throughout the Asia-Pacific region
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki
The current “politicization” of economics probably seems baffling to many of us who studied the hard lessons of history.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Leading global importers and exporters participating in recent survey addressed concerns about “slow steaming” in the transpacific
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