Management

SCMR launches Supply Chain Job Board

Monday, May 18, 2015 · Josh Bond New service helps employees explore opportunities and employers scan resumes or post open positions to 135,000+ monthly visitors.

Behind the APICS-AST&L Merger

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 · Patrick Burnson APICS and American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L) announced today that the boards of directors of both organizations have approved an agreement under which AST&L will merge with APICS upon ratification by an AST&L member vote.

Supply Chain Risk Management Subject of Deloitte and MAPI Study

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 · SCMR Staff A new study, “Understanding Risk Assessment Practices at Manufacturing Companies,” uncovers complex business risks and disruptors facing manufacturers, and a pressing need for the industry to evolve its risk assessment capabilities.

More Trouble Ahead for Flags of Convenience

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 · Patrick Burnson If the shipping community needed one more reason for eliminating “Flags of Convenience,” this may certainly be the one demanding our immediate attention.

New JDA Report Examines Omni-channel Fulfillment

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 · SCMR Staff While keeping customers content is clearly responsibility number one, the objective for every business is turning a profit

Gartner Invites Readers to Help Evaluate “Top 25”

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 · Patrick Burnson For more than a decade, Supply Chain Management readers have recognized the Gartner Top 25 ranking as the industry standard for measuring supply chain leadership.

ISM Reports Non-manufacturing Activity in April Dips

Monday, April 6, 2015 · SCMR Staff The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 56.5 in March, which was 0.4 percent below March and also 0.6 percent below of the 12-month average of 57.1. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector has grown for the last 62 months,…

Procurement Organizations Focus on Becoming More of a “Trusted Advisor”

Monday, March 23, 2015 · Patrick Burnson For 2015, the top priority of procurement organizations is to elevate their role to more of a trusted advisor in support of improved enterprise agility, according to new Procurement Key Issues research from The Hackett Group.

New IBM Procurement Study Points to New Value Proposition

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Working with research partner, The Economist Intelligence Unit, the IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed 1,023 global procurement executives from 41 countries in North America, Europe and Asia.

Air Forwarders on Positive Ground For 2015

Tuesday, February 17, 2015 · SCMR Staff Members convene in New Orleans to exchange ideas and learn more about future opportunities

Intermodal Industry Still Strong

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 · SCMR Staff Even with myriad challenges in 2014, including harsh winter weather and the ongoing West Coast port congestion issues, intermodal volumes saw positive gains in 2014, according to the most recent edition of the Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report from the…

Saia Acquires LinkEx

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 · SCMR Staff Multiregional less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier Saia recently announced it acquired Dallas-based LinkEx Inc., a diversified, asset-light 3PL.

Bribery Remains a Global Supply Chain Concern

Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale, sounding an alarm for U.S. supply chain managers.

Supply Chain Aspirations – Part IV

Monday, December 8, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki Advice for internal decision makers

Global Business Services Drive More Value with a C-Level Exec at the Wheel, Concludes KPMG Survey

Monday, December 1, 2014 · Patrick Burnson Within the next three years, most global companies are expected to take up the massive project of centralizing their shared services and outsourcing operations within a single global business services (GBS) organization.