MIT alum Jeff Silver, along with his wife Marianne and two of their sons, visited the Massachusetts of Institute of Technology to gift the Center for Transportation & Logistics with $2.5 million to help fund the Center's ongoing efforts in supply chain research and…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 55.3 in December (a level of 50 or higher indicates growth), was dropped 0.6 percent from November.
Preliminary traffic figures for the month of November released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) indicate that air cargo markets remained weak.
The PMI, the ISM's index to measure growth, came in at 48.2 (50 or higher indicates growth) in December, which dropped 0.4 percent compared to November's 48.6.
If recent stories are any indication, transportation, sourcing, inventory management and supply chain resilience will dominate supply chain projects next year.
The role for sustainability for business warrants a more nuanced dialogue. Taking a supply chain management perspective, it is crucial to not only “sell” the societal importance for pursuing sustainability but also to help companies translate sustainability into a…
Wednesday, December 23, 2015 · Greg Gerstenhaber and Peter Guarraia
When financial performance tumbled well below the expectations of shareholders at a US-based manufacturer of industrial parts, the new head of supply chain saw ways to make the supply chain part of the solution.
In a recent interview, SCMR dug a bit deeper into the recently released 2015 Return on Supply Management Assets (ROSMA) Performance Check Study, “Building a Bolder Legacy: The Procurement Mission is Under Way.
Here are insights shared by Joe Raudabaugh, an A.T. Kearney…
Procurement offers millennials the opportunity to learn the business from end-to-end, secure executive access and exposure, and have a significant impact on business performance.But skeptics ask: "Do we really need another framework, or do we just need to do a better job…
The second annual ROSMA Performance Check Study is once again a collaboration between A.T. Kearney, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and the Charted Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
The December 2015 Semiannual Economic Forecast issued yesterday by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) took on two items that have been prevalent in addressing current trends in the form of: sharply lower oil prices the strength of the U.S. dollar.
The December 2015 Semiannual Economic Forecast issued by the Institute for Supply Management presented an optimistic outlook for the the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors in 2016.
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