The 2016 Return on Supply Management Assets (ROSMA) Performance Check Study, “What Good Looks Like,” revealed that the procurement profession has a top-tier group of standout performers, a middle-tier that is delivering value, but performing well below the top tier, and a…
Supported by decent growth trends in recent months, the December 2016 Semiannual Economic Forecast recently issued by the Institute for Supply Management makes it clear that the future looks fairly bright for both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors.
The best supply chains are more than a collection of technologies and processes. As supply chain evolves from tactical to strategic, they enable a company's go-to-market strategy and competitive position.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 · Heather Monteiro and Kevin Ball
American Casino and Entertainment Properties embraced supply management principles for three of its most critical service supply items. The result has been a win-win for ACEP and its suppliers—generating millions in savings.
Specialty outdoor retailer REI's new distribution center brings together the next generation of materials handling and sustainability into one facility.
The outlook is stable for U.S. transportation infrastructure headed into next year though the sector is not without its uncertainties, part of which stem from the new Presidential administration's plans for infrastructure according to Fitch Ratings in its 2017 outlook…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—rose 2.4 percent to 57.2 in November, topping the 12-month average of 54.9 and the highest NMI reading in the last 12 months. This is the highest NMI going back to October 2015, when it was at 59.1.
APQC's research shows that that there is a disconnect between the perceived effectiveness of both network planning and optimization tools and DRP software and the actual results that organizations are achieving.
Companies can calculate the overall carbon footprint of a logistics operation using readily available estimation tools. However, to implement meaningful management decisions about cutting CO2 emissions, a more detailed analysis is necessary.
The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure growth, was 53.2 in November, which was 1.3 percent ahead of October, while growing for the third straight month, as well as the highest level the PMI has reached, going back to February 2015's 53.3. And the November PMI was…
Denmark-based Maersk Line, the world's largest container shipping company, said today it plans to acquire to acquire Germany-based Hamburg Süd, the seventh largest container shipping line, from the Oetker Group.
Connected technologies are on the rise throughout the manufacturing and distribution value chain. Industry 4.0, as this digital and physical integration has been dubbed, seems to be reshaping how products are designed, produced, distributed and everything in between.
Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered in Lima, Peru, just after Donald Trump's stunning victory in the U.S. presidential election in November to regroup—and perhaps rethink—free trade alternatives for the coming year.
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