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Accenture supports global business transformation program at fast retailing

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 · SCMR Staff
Accenture announced that it has supported the successful delivery of an information technology transformation program at Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

New demand and supply chain certificate program launched

Tuesday, December 28, 2010 · SCMR Staff
Wentworth Institute of Technology’s College of Professional and Continuing Education announced a new certificate program, 21st Century Demand and Supply Chain Management, to be offered in spring 2011.

Transplace highlights changes to Incoterms and its effect on international shippers

Monday, December 27, 2010 · SCMR Staff
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has announced the new Incoterms 2010 rules, set to come into effect on January 1, 2011, replacing the current Incoterms 2000

New IBM report outlines supply chain challenges for 2011 and beyond

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 · SCMR Staff
A new report by IBM Global Business Services observes that the current economic environment is increasingly more volatile, complex and structurally different than in years past.

Framework for carbon pricing further away than before Cancun

Monday, December 20, 2010 · SCMR Staff
Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum, the transport think tank at the OECD in Paris, believes that the agreement reached in Cancún will not increase pressure on the transport sector to reduce its CO2 emissions

Latin America shows sustainable manufacturing promise

Friday, December 17, 2010 · SCMR Staff
Analysts with Manufacturers/MAPI said that despite som “deceleration,” Brazil and Argentina have exceeded pre-crisis manufacturing production levels and are set to post record highs

Stop looking in the rear view mirror

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
It is in our best interest as Americans to determine the road ahead and stop looking in the rear-view mirror, said a prominent supply chain analyst.

Globalization making major impact on automotive industry

Tuesday, December 14, 2010 · SCMR Staff
"The Assembly Plant of the Future -- Restructuring Global Manufacturing to Meet the Challenges of the Global Economy," discusses the challenges of global manufacturing and how forward-looking automakers are restructuring their supply chains.

NAM says Korea is a vital supply chain partner

Sunday, December 5, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which has been largely critical to current administration, issued a note of praise today for its U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement.

U.S. Commerce reports rise in consumer spending

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
The Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released data on personal income and outlays for October 2010 which should make an impact on supply chain

Upside to Economic Downturn

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
Is it possible that the recent economic downturn actually spawned some good news? In procurement risk management, that might be the case.

Near-sourcing gains traction in supply chain

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
Since issuing its study last summer, Global consultancy IDC Manufacturing Insights contends that U.S. manufacturers are continuing their flight from low-wage outsourcing

UPS Logistics Technologies to be acquired by Thoma Bravo

Friday, November 19, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
UPS today announced an agreement to sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm

Sustainable procurement practices good for business and society

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
Company sustainability ratings are proliferating as the environmental, social, and governance agenda steadily migrates from the margins to the mainstream of capital, procurement, and consumer markets

The Nature of Energy as a Purchased Item - Part Two

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 · Robert A Rudzki
In our last posting, we began outlining some of the aspects that make energy unique among purchased items and why a “one set and forget” or “one size fits all” purchasing procedure does not apply.
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