Well It's not a new thing but it has been highlighted by another research done by ARC Advisory Group. Based on the results of a survey, the company has found out that the common mental model among...

Couple of weeks ago, I posted a piece about the logistics plans which are currently under development for LONDON 2012 event. It's obvious that that planning the ACTUAL movement of the material,...

Sorry for the delay, actually I was on a trip to the north of Norway which was quite a nice experience. In my way to a city called Bodø I was thinking about a special type of supply chain: Supply......

"Regarding Implementation of WMS packages, Integration with ERP companies is a minor issue today. The top tier WMS companies have integrated to SAP and Oracle at hundreds, if not thousands, of...

I think you might have heard about Michael Dell's statements in his recent trip to Europe: The ambition to turn Dell into "greenest technology company on earth". sustainable initiatives...

Eric Joiner of Freight Dawg provided a nice comment for my previous post "Can simulation benefit supply chain organizations?" which I brought here without any change: To my mind there is now...

So far I have written a number of posts on resilient supply chains and the importance of developing risk management plans in order to avoid great losses in the case of disaster. Specifically I wrote a...

I recently read an article by Dan Gilmore of SC Digest on "Supply Chain Optimization versus Simulation" which was quite interesting to read. simulation techniques have become popular in the...

Anyone interested in outsourcing market and its current trends would agree that Latin American countries such as Chile, Mexico and Brazil are now becoming important players in the stage and at least...

Large organizations are now used to outsource all their IT needs to an integrated IT service providers. The conventional success trick of "Outsource non-core and Focus on core" is now a...

More and more companies in countries in India (for U.S.) China (for Japanese companies) are involved in offshoring of IT services. Both countries , specially India, have benefited a lot from this...

The company has been known for more than 40 years as a master of retailing in low cost segment and many of the innovations in supply chain management such as CPFR, Bar Code or RFID were pushed by this...

I'm a member of several supply chain forums here and there and well..., I have to confess that, so far I have benefited a lot from other experts' point of views in such forums. Recently I read...

Please read the following piece from Manufacturing Computer Solutions and judge for yourself. I don't think that's reality, what do you think? Communications specialist Telesoft Technologies...

Do you know this guy? even if you haven't seen his picture, you definitely know his company: He is Michael Dell and once upon a time his company was an MBA example a pioneer supply chain. But...

While Boeing and Airbus are both developing heir new line of airplane, their development efforts are kind of different from before. In the past, they were doing almost all the design and engineering...

Walmart has recently finished the construction of a central distribution center in Kengzian (China). The place is a massive 40000 sq m facility with 70 huge doors designed to handle deliveries from...

DSO News published a new article about the concept of financial supply chain management which has become really popular these days. The author brings out a really nice question regarding this concept:...

Dan Gilmore of Supply Chain Digest usually writes nice pieces on the situation of the SCM market and the current trends. I myself like his style and way of thinking. Recently, he wrote an article on...

It's really hard to be VP Supply Chain of Walmart, isn't it? I was thinking the other day about the type of the decisions these people make, for example on RFID. For sure RFID is a disruptive...