I recently saw a podcast featuring Charles Dominick talking about contract management in supply organization. The video was kind of flat (and without any excitement!) but it had some interesting...
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Filed in archive Book Review
by ehsan on October 14, 2007
One of the good books in the area of supply chain management which provide a link to Quality management field as well is Lean Six Sigma for supply chain management . The book is written by James...
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Filed in archive Market Overview
by ehsan on October 11, 2007
Paul Hamerman of Forrester Research recently wrote a report on the current market overview of Business Performance Solutions (BPS) and specifically SAP´s strategic movements. I think you may know...
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on October 10, 2007
Cadbury Schweppes announced it will publish data on greenhouse gas emissions from across its global supply chain, as part of plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 per cent. According to...
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by ehsan on October 09, 2007
Global Supply Chain Group, a supply chain strategy consulting organization headquartered in Sydney is sponsoring the coveted 'Green Supply Chain Award' at the upcoming Supply Chain Asia...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on October 08, 2007
If you remember, last week I talked about the importance of Trade Promotion Management for retail sector and provided a brief summary of Aberdeen Group´s recent research. In this part, I am going to...
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on October 07, 2007
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, announced that it has been selected by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) and supply chain management company, to provide...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on October 06, 2007
CNN Money, PR Newswire and Kinaxis Blog covered earlier this week the release of a global supply chain survey: The results of the fifth annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress from Computer...
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Filed in archive Best practice
by ehsan on October 05, 2007
Recently, APQC released its new version of the reference model with some updated metrics in supply chain area. This provided the motivation for me to write a little bit about the Business Process...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on October 04, 2007
Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. subsidiary has announced the results of a survey of European IT managers. According to the LogisticsIT, 9 out of 10 European retail and manufacturing businesses...
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Filed in archive News
by ehsan on October 03, 2007
UPS announced yesterday that it will become the first package carrier to offer customers a paperless international shipping option and a returns capability to 98 countries and territories. The new...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on October 02, 2007
Trade Promotions Planning is one of those things which they call it CRUCIAL in retail industry and it has always been a struggle for supply chain managers because if not managed in a good way, will...
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Filed in archive Education
by ehsan on October 02, 2007
I don´t know how many of you are thinking of going back to the university for getting a doctorate; I myself for example don´t have any immediate plans for the next three years and think that two...
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Filed in archive Special Events
by ehsan on October 01, 2007
RedPrairie, the warehousing and Supply chain optimization solution provider, announced last week the agenda for its international user conference, to be held at the Marriott Heathrow, UK, 16-17...
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