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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.

Ex-Im Bank leads coalition to promote energy efficient exports

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 · Patrick Burnson The Export-Import Bank of the United States has joined seven other U.S. Government agencies in launching a coordinated effort to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency exports, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative

Ernst & Young report identifies climate change and sustainability risks

Wednesday, December 8, 2010 · Patrick Burnson Regardless of the outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16) in Cancun, Mexico this month, businesses face increasing pressure to identify environmentally-sound alternatives for managing operations risks, particularly when it comes to the…

Global Supply Chain disruptions on the rise

Monday, December 6, 2010 · Patrick Burnson A new survey from the Business Continuity Institute has revealed serious levels of supply chain failure

Social networking as supply chain enabler

Friday, December 3, 2010 · Patrick Burnson Would embedding features like chat, wikis and instant messaging into ERP offer significant benefits? New research suggests that it might.

New Webinar Event to Focus on Supply Chain Productivity

Friday, November 12, 2010 · Frank Quinn "Virtual Conference" sponsored by Supply Chain Management Review and Logistics Management magazines will examine tools and techniques to improve productivity in transportation, warehousing, logisitics, and labor management.

Closing the supply chain loop remains a priority for multinationals

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 · Patrick Burnson How can a company reduce impacts along the product life cycle, and what value chain strategies can be implemented to make this happen? This vexing question and several others were addressed by a panel convened for the BSR conference in New York last week.

Multinationals can exert influence on sustainable supply chain

Friday, October 29, 2010 · Patrick Burnson Eyefortransport’s 4th Sustainable Supply Chain Summit in San Francisco examined some of the more challenging aspects of “corporate responsibility” and outsourcing this week

Ocean cargo: Getting ready for “super-slow” steaming

Monday, October 11, 2010 · Patrick Burnson By cutting the knot speed to save money, vessel operators are also contributing to the global container shortage.

Is It Time for a Rebirth of Strategic Sourcing? – part 2

Sunday, October 3, 2010 · Robert A Rudzki How do you keep the organization interested? How do you re-energize everyone? Here are a few ideas to consider out of a long list of possibilities

Accenture wins major energy supply chain contract

Sunday, September 12, 2010 · SCMR Staff The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency awarded Accenture a four-year, $73 million contract to integrate DLA’s energy supply chain into its enterprise business system program.

New Interest in Supply Chain Analytics

Friday, September 10, 2010 · Frank Quinn Supply chain analytics enables you to collect, store, and analyze data in a way that leads to better supply chain decisions.