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...

Financial Supply Chain Management...I've been hearing this a lot of times lately. I've been hearing that it's important, companies need experts in this area an so on and so forth. But...

I don't know whether you are familiar with the term "disruptive technology" or not. If not, briefly and without going into detail, disruptive technology is a technological innovation,...

Bernie Hart from JP Morgan Chase Vastera provided a list of top supply chain risks in 2007 in Electronics Supply and Manufacturing which seemed quite interesting to me. Below you can read a shortened...

Electronics Supply and Manufacturing has listed three areas where opportunities exist for companies to increase their market share and sharpen their competitiveness: 1. Proliferation of bilateral and...

Christopher Sciacca has a nice post on NASA's current plans to outsource the shipments of water, food and clean clothes to the spaceships. In his blog, Who said supply chains are boring?, he...

Shifting production activities to low-cost countries such as India and China is not a new issue and the increasing growth in outsourcing has made logistics players in these countries (especially...

With an increase in the size of the Retail industry in India, It won't be surprising if in the near future, we see an offshoring boom in the retail sector to the India. The retail offshoring...

India is clearly the leading location for offshore outsourcing in the world. It has an articulate, educated workforce, low level of wages, and strong support and facilitation from government side. On...

I saw an interesting analysis by Brian Tinham of Manufacturing Computer Solutions on the influence of lean thinking on SCM market. Below you can read a summary of it: Manufacturers facing increasing...

I was reading some figures somewhere about the bilateral trade Volume between India and China and the fact that, in the recent years, it has grown astronomically. In 1990, it stood at US$ 260 million,...

It's no surprising to see that according to a research done by Gartner, business process improvement is not among the top reasons for outsourcing in the companies. High pressure from Financial...