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Education
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
Washington University's Olin Business School in St. Louis will launch a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS/SCM) program in September 2009.
According to Olin, the new, one-year progr...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
I agree: I have written a lot recently on ERP so I promise this is going to be the last one at least for three weeks:) but I just came across this very nice conversation between Jim Shepherd and Bruce...
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General
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
Supply Chain Management Review ha published a new whitepaper sponsored by Inside-ERP highlighting important questions which should be answered when choosing a mid-size ERP solution. It's worth tak...
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Market Overview
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
Fujitsu, a leading provider of business, information technology and communications solutions announced that it has expanded its SAP and Oracle portfolio through the acquisition of the Australia and So...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
Information technology has revolutionized industries such as air transport in the last years but probably the piece of technology which is getting real momentum is not PC but mobile phone. Today there...
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Best practice
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
I have been covering annual ranking of the best supply chains by AMR Research for some years now and apparently this year Apple is still on the top of the list.
Companies like Unilever and Intel are...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on June 1, 2009
Normally supply chain initiatives are taken by one company and there are less examples of the concepts and models such as SCOR reference model adopted by several firms at once. However, I came across ...
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Market Overview
by ehsan on May 27, 2009
I am sure you have heard about the rumors related to the merger of Fiat with two American auto-makes Chrysler and GM (Opel part). Besides economy of scale and other motivations, I believe Opel option ...
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Market Overview
by ehsan on May 27, 2009
CHaINA web magazine has recently done a Q&A with Jean Pierre Chesse, the founder and CEO of Sinodis, a food importer and cold chain lo-gistics service provider in China. I went through the piece a...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on May 24, 2009
IMD Professor Corey Billington did an interview this month with Edwin van der Meerendonk, Vice President of European Supply Chain for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on high thoughts about bull...
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News
by ehsan on May 24, 2009
In a short piece from Kenji Hall written in BusinessWeek, he talks about the recent plans of Sony, giant Japanese electronics company, to cut supply chain costs.
According to Kenji, the tech giant h...
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Research
by ehsan on May 24, 2009
Aqua MCG has announced the release of a new report "Supply Chain Cost Reduction in India" to their offering; this is a comprehensive report for companies facing the complex process of Sales ...
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Best practice
by ehsan on May 21, 2009
VHA Inc., a national network of not-for-profit hospitals based in Irving, Texas, has recognized eight health care organizations for supply chain management excellence and named them as winners of the ...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on May 16, 2009
Without a doubt, Home Depot is one of the most well known retailers in the United States. Jason Mayor has done a great job of preparing a nice video addressing different initiatives which Home Depot h...
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Education
by ehsan on May 16, 2009
I have written several posts so far on the subject of suply chain education and the efforts some of the American schools and other International institutions are making to introduce more specialized p...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on May 15, 2009
I came across this video from Ariba event where Joseph Gigliotti, Manager of Supply Chain System and Strategy at jetBlue, shares his thoughts on the top 3 supply risks in his industry. In Jeseph's...
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Employment
by ehsan on May 14, 2009
Cost Plus, a specialty retailer of casual home living and entertaining products, has announced that Ray Whitley, senior vice president of supply chain, has left the company.
According to Trading Mar...
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Special Events
by ehsan on May 14, 2009
Ariba, the provider of spend management solutions has launched a series of live events all around the world to share the lessons learned and best practices in the area of procurement, contract managem...
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Supply chain video
by ehsan on May 12, 2009
Capgemini, the global business consulting company headquartered in Paris, conducted a forward looking supply chain study named "Future Supply Chain 2016" last year. The below video discusses...
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Best practice
by ehsan on May 12, 2009
Niche SCM company, Smart Software, which is a provider of demand forecasting, planning, and inventory optimization solutions, announced recently that two supply chain industry publications,Supply &...
