Management

New Deloitte Study Shows How Retailers Are Adjusting Supply Chains: Part II

Monday, August 5, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Retailers are adopting new strategic responses that correspond more closely to the acute cost of new pressures.

Key to Operational Excellence

Friday, July 26, 2013 · Timothy Raven
Many high product variety manufacturing companies have come to understand, “operational excellence is an on-going process in which companies strive to produce better results. It has an inherent collaborative nature and typically includes participation from all parts of the…

Latin America Supply Chains Mature

Tuesday, July 23, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
The 2013 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index, a regular measure of senior executive sentiment at the world’s largest companies, indicates that Latin America remains attractive to U.S. shippers and manufacturers.

Some Caution Advised on Emerging Markets

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
While Gartner, Inc. builds a compelling argument for entering emerging markets, its latest report also addresses the possible downside of hasty penetration.

Gartner Special Report Examines Supply Chain Strategies for Emerging Markets

Wednesday, July 17, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chain leaders will play a crucial role as companies capitalize on the explosive growth in emerging markets, according to Gartner, Inc.

Diesel Prices Firm Up

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 · Jeff Berman
Diesel prices increased 3.9 cents to $3.867 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration

Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation Business Outlook Brightens

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 · SCMR Staff
The results of the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) Business Outlook point to a degree of renewed momentum in manufacturing activity over the next three to six months.

U.S. Supply Chains Challenged by Slowdown Maritime Activity

Tuesday, July 16, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Amid growing concern that U.S. exports may be lagging, comes news that inbound shipments are sluggish, too.

Demand For Supply Chain Leadership Will Only Get Stronger

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 · Juan D. Morales
A volcanic cloud descends on Europe, disrupting flight plans. A tsunami in Thailand ripples across the Pacific and affects port activity in California. Forest fires in Los Angeles close highways for days. Threats of a terrorist attack in Brussels halt all transportation.

Supply Chain Managers May Slowly Be Ramping Up Staffing

Monday, July 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Seasonally adjusted employment data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that staffing firms added 9,500 new jobs from May to June (up 0.4%).

International Field Service – Nerve-racking Logistics

Monday, July 8, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Field Service Management is one of the toughest jobs in the supply chain logistics world because managers must deal with complex rapid-response situations every day, said Rosemary Coates, President of Blue Silk Consulting

Reconfigured Global Supply Chains Create Demand for New Real Estate

Wednesday, July 3, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Cushman & Wakefield has released a comprehensive white paper entitled “The Changing World of Trade” that indentifies winning strategies for adapting to the new “demand economy.”

U.S. Surging to Top Destination for Expected Foreign Direct Investment

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
A.T. Kearney says this is a "first" since 2001

Two Major International Firms Partner to Measure Supply Chain Carbon Management

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
First Carbon Solutions, (FCS) and CDP have announced their expanded partnership to increase services that measure supply chain carbon management and extend sustainability scoring to CDP’s climate change program in the Nordic and Benelux regions, Australia, New Zealand and…

Vessel Charter Company Thrives Amid Marketplace Disruption

Tuesday, June 25, 2013 · Patrick Burnson
Box Ships Inc., the Athen’s-based container vessel charter company led by chairman and CEO, Michael Bodouroglou, has been doing something remarkable over the past three years…making money
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