Filed in archive Technology
by ehsan on December 15, 2007
A new solution developed by a Canadian consortium makes Walmart's suppliers able to comply with RFID requirements under 5000 dollars. The solution created by an alliance among three Toronto-areas...
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Filed in archive Market Overview
by ehsan on December 13, 2007
Surprisingly, traffic in October at United States-based retail container ports was down compared to the same timeframe last year for the third consecutive month, according to Logistics Management...
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Filed in archive Best practice
by ehsan on December 13, 2007
GRA, a provider of professional services and advanced planning systems in Australia announced that it has become a finalist in the 2007 Information Management Award (Len Smith Trophy) at 2007's...
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Gasgoo.com, a website on China Auto trends, recently had an interesting interview with Dave Nelson. Dave is the Chief supply chain / strategy officer for HTC Global Services, Inc. & Former vice...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on December 12, 2007
CAPS Research, A.T. Kearney, and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) recently conducted a research study to find the answers for three key questions: - What external forces will have the...
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Filed in archive Partnerships
by ehsan on December 10, 2007
IBM has announced a seven-year deal that extends a supply-chain outsourcing arrangement struck in September 2006, and is expected to deliver Telstra cost savings of as much as A$700m according to...
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Filed in archive Special Events
by ehsan on December 10, 2007
For those of you who are interested in short-term executive courses in supply chain management, I have an exciting news: MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is organizing a course for January...
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I wrote a post couple of months ago on the plans of Dell Computer to become "The greenest technology company on earth" (See Sustainability in the supply chain: Dell needs to move quickly)...
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Filed in archive Best practice
by ehsan on December 06, 2007
It may be unbelievable but many logistics manager, especially in supply chains with multi-country operations don't have a clear view of how is the exact flow of material, info and money....
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on December 06, 2007
Bellwether Services, a rapidly growing Lean Six Sigma and Supply Chain Consultancy Firm, announced early this week that it has been awarded a subcontract by The Ginn Group to support the us army...
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Filed in archive Market Overview
by ehsan on December 05, 2007
ERP has been around for quite a bit but beside the consolidation which is happening, there is still a significant growth rate in the market. This is good news for the implementation consultants such...
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on December 03, 2007
4th-party logistics provider Super Group Limited has turned to ToolsGroup according to SDCE and will use ToolsGroup's software to help customers increase service levels, improve inventory turns...
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Filed in archive Implementation
by ehsan on December 02, 2007
CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation and the provider of industry-specific enterprise applications, announced that its CDC Supply Chain Solutions were implemented at a new parts distribution...
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on December 01, 2007
Ocean Spray, an agricultural cooperative of cranberry and grapefruit growers, has announced that it has selected INSIGHT Inc. as its strategic supply chain design optimization software provider....
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