This might be the question in the minds of many logistics managers: "Which one should I go for: MBA or Master in supply chain?" The answer is the first one if you are shooting for a C-level...

In an earlier post couple of months ago, I wrote about the major supply chain risks in Latin America (See: "Outsourcing to Latin America: Beware of the value chain threats"). During the same...

Two days ago, Infor announced that Maple Leaf Foods, Inc., a global food processing company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, has selected a suite of Infor supply chain solutions to manage the...

One of the new book which has been published in the area of supply chain management is "Supply Chain Management Best Practices" written by David Blanchard, the editor of Industry Week. The...

Industry Week is organizing a webinar for the end of the next week (Sep. 20) about implementation of Lean Philosophy in the enterprise. Simon Jacobson from AMR Research and some other experts are...

In the partnership news of last week, the big was was about the establishment of a joint venture between National Retail Systems (NRS), an asset-based provider of logistics services for U.S....

Logility, Inc., a supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced that Lance, Inc., one of the U.S. largest producers and distributors of snack foods, recently deployed...

Dan Gilmore of Supply Chain Digest has been writing a series of articles recently with a theme quite similar to one of my earlier posts. The title of his articles are "Supply Chain Mega...

In the merger and acquisition news from last week, the interesting one was about CDC Software's agreement to buy Catalyst International. CDC Software, provider of industry-specific ERP...

Patrick Dixon is one of the most popular futurists. He was ranked as one of 20 most influential business thinkers (Thinkers 50 2005) and consults many multinationals on the trends in markets. If...

I have been asked by some friends who are working in the industry whether there are any good online programs available in supply chain management. Well, as far as I know these are some of the choices...

I saw this wonderful news release in PR NewsWire and decided to post it in SupplyChainer as well. It's a bit technical but it's useful good news for people working in pharmaceutical area:...

ValueCentric, the provider of on-demand data management and performance analytics to the pharmaceutical industry, announced the newest addition to its growing customer base - Dr. Reddy's...

Apparel supply chain solution provider Jesta I.S. has released the latest version of its flagship Vision supply chain management application, adding enhancements to the design as well as improved...

Loftware, Inc., developer of flexible and scalable enterprise label output management solutions, recently released its Loftware Connector for Oracle 3.0 as part of its broadening suite of software for...

I think some while ago I asked you about the issues which are on the top of the supply chain people's list. After summarizing the results, here comes what you suggested: - RFID: Invest or not...

Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine recently covered a research done by CAPS Research which simply wanted to figure out the answer to this question: Are companies turning the promise of supply...