Companies are now more likely to have executive-level supply chain leaders, according to a recent Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium survey of leading retail and manufacturing companies.
One of the key results of a study done by Global consultancy IDC Manufacturing Insights is that manufacturers, while pressured to reduce costs, have pulled back on the prevalence of low-cost country sourcing.
KPMG officials said bringing Grant Thornton’s supply chain practice into the fold strengthens KPMG's existing restructuring services practice in the automotive, pharmaceuticals, aerospace and defense and other manufacturing.
A.T. Kearney recently released the results of a global study, which suggests that indirect procurement categories like IT, marketing and advertising, facilities management, MRO, Logistics and professional services, have become increasingly important to Chief Procurement…
As a follow-up to a sustainability push launched last October, UPS recently announced it is expanding its Carbon Neutral shipping program to 35 countries and territories throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Leveraging Hubspan’s cloud-based business integration platform, Ariba will enable companies to connect multiple ERP and other backend systems to their partners using the Ariba Commerce Cloud.
Following a February announcement in which the Department of Commerce and the United States Postal Service (USPS) said they would expand their partnership to support Commerce’s National Export Initiative (NEI), the concerns said today they are taking their partnership to the…
Lockheed Martin’s Savi Technology announced its SmartChain Consignment Management Application (CMA) software platform version 6.0 achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver PI technology platform
The Semiconductor Industry Association reported today that worldwide sales of semiconductors in May were $24.7 billion, a sequential increase of 4.5 percent from April.
The Institute of Supply Management reported today that while manufacturing activity in June was not as strong as it was in May, the economic recovery is moving forward.
The big picture numbers in this year’s report such as total logistics costs, inventory levels, and carrier capacities all dropped sharply. Yet this was not totally unexpected given that 2009 was only marginally better than 2008, another tough year for companies in just about…
The recent crisis has underlined the emergence of Asia as "a global economic powerhouse," said Anoop Singh, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Asia and Pacific Department.
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