Filed in archive Special Events
by ehsan on November 30, 2005
Monash University and Michigan State University will hold a Supply Chain and Logistics Management Executive Development Program between February 5-9, 2006. The program, sponsored by GRA, will provide...
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by ehsan on November 30, 2005
Dollar General Corporation has named Mervyn's exec Beryl Buley its division president of merchandising and supply chain, effective Dec. 1. In this role, Buley will oversee Dollar General's...
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by ehsan on November 30, 2005
Researchers at the University of Maryland are taking the first steps to develop a 21st century interactive supply chain system for the U.S. military - one which will get repairable military equipment...
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Filed in archive Best practice
by ehsan on November 29, 2005
Global consumer packaging company Rexam, the world's leading beverage can maker, has been named overall winner of this year's European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. It also picked up the...
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Filed in archive Best practice
by ehsan on November 28, 2005
Best Practices, LLC, a research, consulting and publishing firm recently published results of a benchmark study about best practices in supply chain performance. The top three findings from this...
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by ehsan on November 26, 2005
I recently browsed a book by Douglas Long with this title: "International Logistics: Global Supply Chain Management". The book was a quite useful text for everyone interested in the field...
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Filed in archive Special Events
by ehsan on November 24, 2005
The China Supply Chain & Logistics Awards are part of CHaINA Summit & Expo, taking place on Nov. 29-30 in Shanghai, offering two days of educational and networking opportunities for all...
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by ehsan on November 23, 2005
There is an article in October issue of Supply Chain Management Review with this title: "What makes a lean supply chain?". I found it quite interesting and a number of critical issues were...
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Filed in archive Market Overview
by ehsan on November 22, 2005
Last week I was in Berlin and I attended in a presentation by Deutsche Bahn, the german railroad company. In the presentation, they talked about their challenges regarding current profitability of...
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by ehsan on November 19, 2005
Cube Route, a provider of on demand logistics services, today announced that it has secured $7 Million in a Series B round of funding from CIBC Capital Partners and J.L. Albright Venture Partners....
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by ehsan on November 18, 2005
The annual Supply Chain Conference will be held on the 13th and 14th of July 2006 at the Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane. This is the largest Logistics & Supply Chain conference held in Queensland and is...
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by ehsan on November 18, 2005
Ane here is a news from MSN: Upscale clothing designer and retailer Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. said Tuesday it promoted two executives and hired an outside management consultant in its global supply...
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by ehsan on November 14, 2005
Manhattan Associates has arranged a web seminar for November 23, 2005 with this title: "Service After the Sale- Managing Holiday Returns". This web seminar will explore the use of Web-based...
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Filed in archive Research
by ehsan on November 12, 2005
DELL, Proctor & Gamble and IBM operate respectively the first, second and third best run supply chains in the world according to the benchmarking data collected by AMR Research. AMR Research...
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by ehsan on November 08, 2005
Aberdeen Group recently made a survey and interviewed procurement executives at 100 global enterprises. The research, published in a report entitled "The CPO's Agenda," found that...
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by ehsan on November 07, 2005
MAXELL Europe has completed its European roll-out of its IBS Enterprise integrated ERP and supply chain software solution and is currently expanding this roll-out to cover all international...
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by ehsan on November 04, 2005
A good news for japanese wine lovers: you can enjoy your glass of Beaujolais Nouveau on Thursday, Nov. 17, the official date for releasing the new vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, because UPS is going...
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by ehsan on November 02, 2005
Based on a partnership with IBM, The Smeal College of Business at Penn State University has opened a new Supply Chain Laboratory, which is being relocated to Smeal's new Business Building on the...
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