Procurement

Finally coming into compliance with our NAFTA obligations

Friday, March 4, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Following the announcement on Mexican trucking by President Obama and President Calderon, National Association of Manufacturers Senior Vice President for Policy and Government Relations Aric Newhouse noted that his constituents are “pleased.”

CEVA Logistics launches cross-border road freight service in South East Asia

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
CEVA expects approximately 72,000 tons to be carried on the cross border service within the first 12 months, and will be offering Full Truck Load (FTL) and Less Than Truck Load (LTL) services for maximum flexibility in response and delivery times

Panama Canal may compete with rail rival

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
Before shippers make too many long-range plans for the Panama Canal expansion, they may wish to consider the threat posed by an alternative “dry canal.”

Supply chain strategy is “critical” for doing business in Vietnam

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 · SCMR Staff
The U.S. Commerce Department’s commerce desk officer for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, said shippers should approach the market with a strategic supply chain goal

Back to the Future

Sunday, February 13, 2011 · Robert A Rudzki
The results from our Procurement and Sales Survey are in. And here’s the good news. Opportunity abounds — for implementing even the most basic techniques of strategic procurement

Suez crisis might nix slow steaming

Thursday, February 10, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
A potential closure of the Suez Canal caused by the political unrest in Egypt would have a serious impact on container shipping, note analysts at Alphaliner

U.S.-Canada supply chain to be strengthened

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
President Obama and Canada’s prime minister, Stephen Harper issued a joint statement reconfirming their support of new and existing trade initiatives

Air cargo shippers take aim at Asia

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
The theme for the upcoming Air Forwarders Association (AFF) annual conference will be “A World of Opportunities: Asia 2011.”

Why we can’t rely on Saudi Oil

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
The U.S. fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves to prevent oil prices escalating, confidential cables from its embassy in Riyadh show.

Knock-off goods cost threaten job creation

Monday, February 7, 2011 · Patrick Burnson
The International Chamber of Commerce released a report at the 6th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy on last week that reported the global economic and social impacts of counterfeiting and piracy will reach $1.7 trillion by 2015 and put 2.5 million…

Take the Demand Management Survey; Get Advance Copy of the Results

Thursday, February 3, 2011 · SCMR Staff
Supply Chain Management Review and Griffin Strategic Advisors are conducting a short survey on one of the most critical supply chain areas—demand management.

ISM Non-Manufacturing Index up for 14th straight month in January

Thursday, February 3, 2011 · Jeff Berman
Like its companion report on the manufacturing side, the Institute for Supply Management’s Non-Manufacturing Report on Business is off to a good start in 2011, showing growth for the 14th straight month.

ISM’s January manufacturing data shows strong momentum to begin 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 · Jeff Berman
Building on the success of a solid 2010, the manufacturing sector is off to a promising start in 2011, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s January Manufacturing Report on Business

Toward Excellence in Compliance Management

Monday, January 31, 2011 · By Carrie Ericson and Falyne Chave
The best procurement compliance programs combine people, process, and technology to gain proactive end user compliance across the organization.

SRM Leaders Outpace Peers On Lead Times, Other Key Metrics

Friday, January 28, 2011 · Rob Spiegel
SCMR introduces our new “Benchmarks” column from APQC. This first installment shows that companies with well-developed Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programs enjoy big advantages over competitors.
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