Coping with Supply Chain Uncertainty

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:52:51 +0100

What Techniques are Companies Using to Deal with Supply and Demand Volatility in Today’s Markets? Recommendations from the Supply Chain Executive Forum

Despite some positive economic signs on the horizon, these have been challenging times, to say the least, for managing both businesses and supply chains.

Supply Chain News: What Makes Procurement Leaders Different?

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:51:10 +0100

First, they Simply Manage more Spend, ATKearney Study Says; Collaboration and Advanced Measurement also Key

In all sectors and functions, there are leaders, followers, and laggards. What’s often difficult, however, is really identifying what makes those leaders different from the rest.

Now, YouTube is Involved; What would be the Impact on Shippers? FedEx Rates up 20%?

A mostly behind the scenes tussle in Washington DC went a lot more public this week, as FedEx took aggressively to new media to try to kill a provision in a upcoming bill that would make it easier for FedEx workers to unionize.

At issue is a proposal that would change the cuRead More...

Supply Chain News: Time is Right for Labor Management in Distribution

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:44:39 +0100

Cost Pressures, DC Consolidation, Potential Card Check all Issues that May be Helped by LMS

Labor Management Systems, which combine labor planning and reporting software with engineered standards and “best methods” for doing each task in a distribution center, have grown tremendously in popularity over the past several years. In that time, adoption of LMS has rapidly moved from its primary roots in the grocery and food service industries first to other segments of retail, anRead More...

Global Supply Chain News: China Increasingly Pursues an “Industrial Cluster” Strategy

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:40:02 +0100

Industrial Policy Nationally and Regionally Pushes Industry Sector Development in Specific Metro Areas; Should Western Companies Jump In?

Among the many economic and supply chain strategies China is pursuing is a concept known as “industrial clusters.”

The basic concept: economic growth is often most rapid when a cluster of many companies in the same basic industry dRead More...

Survey of US Public on Manufacturing Sector Shows Dichotomy

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:31:39 +0100

Vast Majority of Public Believes Manufacturing Key to Economic Health – But Most Don’t Want to Work There

The National Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting recently released the results of a large survey of more than 1000 US residents on their attitudes towards the manufacturing sector.

Perhaps no surprise,Read More...

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Coping with Supply Chain Uncertainty

Supply Chain News: What Makes Procurement Leaders Different?

Supply Chain News: Time is Right for Labor Management in Distribution

Global Supply Chain News: China Increasingly Pursues an “Industrial Cluster” Strategy

Survey of US Public on Manufacturing Sector Shows Dichotomy