Management

Is Your Future About to Walk Out the Door?

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki I encourage supply management leaders to get ahead of the curve on personnel management - before it is too late. Hopefully, most will listen, and act.

Supply Chain: U.S. yet to feel full consequence of Japan’s catastrophe

Monday, May 23, 2011 · SCMR Staff More news of the immediate and long-term impact of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami on the U.S. surfaced this week

Supply Chain news: Armstrong & Associates report surge in 3PL activity

Friday, May 20, 2011 · Patrick Burnson Third-party logistics providers are growing at multiples of Gross Domestic Product, and should be able to sustain this pace through 2011, said a prominent industry analyst.

ISM conference focuses on economic recovery

Thursday, May 19, 2011 · Patrick Burnson While The Institute for Supply Management’s Semi-annual Economic Forecast suggests economic growth through 2011, one prominent economist said there’s still reason to worry.

Looking for “transformational” intelligence

Saturday, May 14, 2011 · Patrick Burnson As our guest blogger, Robert Rudzki, has already noted here recently, this year’s ISM international conference may be the best in several years.

Alignment and compatibility with supplier partners

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki A recent conversation reminded me of a powerful framework for evaluating the likely success or failure of two companies working together.

ISM Non-Manufacturing Index shows growth in April

Thursday, May 5, 2011 · Jeff Berman Like its companion report, which focuses on manufacturing, the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business showed positive growth for the 17th straight month in April.

“ISM Orlando – see you there!”

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki This year's ISM international conference may be the best in several years. Certainly, the choice of Orlando Florida as the location is likely to create widespread interest in attending. Combine that with better economic conditions, and slightly loosened training budgets,…

Leveraging HR with IT

Monday, April 25, 2011 · Patrick Burnson Digital Tempus expects companies to focus their talent development investments in three key areas in 2011

Supply chain leadership and a renewed focus on workers are key to sustained recovery

Monday, April 25, 2011 · Patrick Burnson With the year’s first fiscal quarter behind us, some supply chain professionals are predicting that 2011 will see companies adopt a renewed focus on people, resulting in new efforts to recruit, develop and retain critical portfolio and planning talent

More education means more money

Friday, April 22, 2011 · Patrick Burnson Take a look at the "Salary Survey" webcast for insight and advice. Some revealing anecdotes suggest ongoing learning is a given.

Preparing for the “unthinkable”

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 · Patrick Burnson As noted in today’s news, the reality of supply chain disruption – for both the 200-mile local and 10,000-mile global supply chain – requires a new set of mitigating tactics.

Supply chain risk mitigation moves to the C-level suite

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 · Patrick Burnson New mandates for supply chain professionals are coming into play as a consequence of recent disruptions in the global supply chain, said a prominent software industry executive.

Escalation in piracy places supply chain under pressure

Friday, April 15, 2011 · Patrick Burnson The global supply chain, now dealing with disruptions due to the Libyan conflict and Japan’s post-disaster rebuilding, faces an on-going challenge that seems to be getting worse: piracy.

Golden State’s exports continue to surge

Thursday, April 14, 2011 · Patrick Burnson California exporters recorded their 16th consecutive month of healthy year-over-year gains in February with shipments totaling $11.76 billion, a 13.4 percent increase over the same month last year, according to an analysis by Beacon Economics of foreign trade data released…