Green and sustainable supply chain management have been hot topics for more than a decade. A good example is a 1998 article in Supply Chain Management Review from the organization Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).
One of the many challenges of a supply chain leader is to ensure that strategic priorities and initiatives are accomplished while the important tactical and operational urgencies are addressed on a daily basis.
As reported in SCMR, 21 countries, including the United States, signed the Rotterdam Rules within the UN but they will need formal ratification by at least twenty countries worldwide before becoming law.
Sen. John McCain recently introduced legislation again to fully repeal the Jones Act of 1920, the law which restricts domestic waterborne transportation to U.S. built, flagged and owned ships crewed by Americans.
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…
Many potential procurement council members are interested in participating, as long as someone else takes a leadership role.
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