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Most of the North American executives maintain their supply chain investment level Title: Most of the North American executives maintain their supply chain investment level
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on November 30, 2008

Two thirds of North American Supply Chain Executives will maintain or increase their investment in technology solutions and services next year, according to the 2008 eyefortransport North American...

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Global Shipping and Logistics makes new moves in the middle east area Title: Global Shipping and Logistics makes new moves in the middle east area
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on November 27, 2008

Manhattan Associates, announced this week that Global Shipping & Logistics (GSL), one of the Middle East's leading logistics service providers, has made key improvements in the service it...

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Weldom buys Manhattan solution for WM Title: Weldom buys Manhattan solution for WM
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on October 31, 2008

According to Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Manhattan Associates has announced that the purchasing and procurement arm of Weldom, the home improvement brand, has selected several components of...

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Manhattan Associates becomes leader in the Russian market Title: Manhattan Associates becomes leader in the Russian market
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on October 18, 2008

In the recent market share report prepared by Gartner regarding supply chain software applications in Russia, Manhattan Associates has been ranked No. 1. Manhattan, which according to Globenewswire,...

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Supply chain consulting has entered new zones Title: Supply chain consulting has entered new zones
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on September 30, 2008

Traditionally the market for consulting services in supply chain was focusing on the control, operations harmonization and logistics cost cutting efforts. In other words, the traditional focus supply...

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Automakers are reducing the number of suppliers as a result of declining sales Title: Automakers are reducing the number of suppliers as a result of declining sales
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on August 18, 2008

The declining sales in the car industry has put extra pressure on automakers and the big three in the U.S. are not an exception. That's why a while ago all of the chief purchasing officers in big...

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SAP makes a record: 10,000 clients now use its last version ERP Title: SAP makes a record: 10,000 clients now use its last version ERP
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on July 15, 2008

I just read somewhere that SAP has reached the record of more than 10,000 clients using its late version ERP software. That's a great success and has already put SAP as the dominant leader in the...

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P&G to redesign its supply chain because of rising fuel prices Title: P&G to redesign its supply chain because of rising fuel prices
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on June 29, 2008

In the light of the rising energy costs, P&G has started re-thinking its supply chain management model. In a recent article by Financial Times (you can read the article here), Keith Harrison, head...

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Supply chain market has grown 18 percent during 2007 Title: Supply chain market has grown 18 percent during 2007
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on June 12, 2008

It seems that Supply Chain Vendors are having a good time because revenues at the supply chain vendors increased 17.6 percent from 2006 to 2007, from $5.1 billion to $6 billion, according to CIO...

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Truck companies are using new strategies to combat rising fuel prices Title: Truck companies are using new strategies to combat rising fuel prices
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on April 24, 2008

It's common knowledge that the price of Diesel in the U.S. has been rising like crazy. For example, average price per gallon of diesel is currently $4.143 per gallon-representing an 8.4 cent spike...

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Smart strategy: Truck companies pay more taxes to increase the quality of road infrastructure Title: Smart strategy: Truck companies pay more taxes to increase the quality of road infrastructure
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on April 19, 2008

Even though the diesel prices are quite high these days, American truck companies are willing to spend even more taxes for building road and other infrastructure. Bill Graves, president and CEO of the...

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Supply Chain Software Outlook: VMI and S&OP are hot in 2008 Title: Supply Chain Software Outlook: VMI and S&OP are hot in 2008
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on April 16, 2008

Supply Chain Management Review recently released its outlook for supply chain technology in 2008. According to the magazine, companies are buying more collaborative technologies this year (internal...

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Dell overhauls its supply chain Title: Dell overhauls its supply chain
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on April 12, 2008

I don't know whether you heard about it or not but apparently Dell is closing down its Texas plant and moves into contract manufacturing. After a number of not very satisfactory financial...

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Service Supply Chain: An untapped market Title: Service Supply Chain: An untapped market
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on March 24, 2008

A recent research done by CAPS Center for Strategic Supply Research found that purchased services averaged 39% of total purchasing spending. However, about 69% of the supply chain management...

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Supply chain software as a service! Title: Supply chain software as a service!
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on February 13, 2008

You have definitely heard of the existing hype on the "Software as a Service". The current market which started by companies such as Siebel or Workforce.com in CRM area, now constitutes 5%...

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Auto makers take supply chain risk management seriously Title: Auto makers take supply chain risk management seriously
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on January 29, 2008

On interesting blog which I read recently was on the topic risk management in supply chains which highlighted the increasing importance of this issue, especially in sectors which cost factor and has a...

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Top trends in supply chain in the year 2008 Title: Top trends in supply chain in the year 2008
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on January 17, 2008

Manufacturing Insights, a research company of IDC, recently published a report containing top 10 trends in SCM for the year 2008: 1- Large manufacturing firms will move toward a globally integrated...

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A decline in the U.S. ports' traffic Title: A decline in the U.S. ports' traffic
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on December 13, 2007

Surprisingly, traffic in October at United States-based retail container ports was down compared to the same timeframe last year for the third consecutive month, according to Logistics Management...

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ERP market continues to grow and consulting firms are still having a good time Title: ERP market continues to grow and consulting firms are still having a good time
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Filed in archive Market Overview by ehsan on December 05, 2007

ERP has been around for quite a bit but beside the consolidation which is happening, there is still a significant growth rate in the market. This is good news for the implementation consultants such...

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