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Supply chain video
on March 31, 2009
I saw the new episode of this supply chain comedy thing on a situation where the people in the company were using Excel files instead of a solid inventory management system..very cool, I laughed for a...
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Education
on March 31, 2009
The crisis hasn't had negative effects only on the companies and normal people. Academic institutions are also affected, especially the ones which have focused a lot on executive or professional e...
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General
on March 31, 2009
John Roach, Editor of Retail Solutions Online has written a nice piece titled "Four Must-Do Supply Chain Boosters" on the new requirements of the retail companies in this recession times fro...
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Employment
on March 29, 2009
Asetek, the provider of system thermal and acoustic management solutions, announced last week that it has appointed Electronics Industry veteran Alex Tang Vice President of Supply Chain to lead its wo...
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News
on March 28, 2009
Last week, Lockheed Martin opened a state-of-the-art command center to support the Fleet Automotive Support Initiative-Global (FASI-G) program. FASI-G is a Defense Logistics Agency program intended to...
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Practical Tips
on March 28, 2009
One of the questions many people have asked me is: "How should we approach implementation of a SCM initiative, avoiding failure?". Well, I think we should even start from before the implemen...
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News
on March 21, 2009
Economic downturn has had a dramatic effect on the transportation sector, especially the sales of logistics service provider as there is less freight to be relocated. The new quarterly earnings of Fed...
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Best practice
on March 21, 2009
In these tough times, cash is in short supply, yet there is up to $950 billion of excess working capital on corporate balance sheets that could be converted to cash. That's the belief promoted by ...
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Book Review
on March 21, 2009
Smart Turn has recently published a free ebook titled "Inventory and Warehouse Management Best Practices". I am not usually in favor of such docs because they have marketing look and feel bu...
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Supply chain video
on March 16, 2009
What would you do if you are in the restaurant business and you have problems with disruptions in your supply network? Well, there are three basic options:
- First is to create a new proprietary net...
