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on October 20, 2009
Manufacyrers' Monthly has featured a new article on the need for reshaping today's supply chains (Read the article here).
The author of the article argues that, for historical reasons, manufactur...
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on July 31, 2009
This is kind of difficult question; at least it seems so. The answer is simple though: You should do both.
Looking at the overall market situation, companies are currently focussing on cost cutting b...
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on July 5, 2009
The death of Michael Jackson shocked many of his fans but also the company which was organizing the event. In a podcast by New York Times, I heard that the unexpected death has resulted in $150 millio...
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on June 26, 2009
I don't think I have written any post on biotech supply chain management in this blog (at least I don't remember any), but seeing this nice piece in ICIS website became a motivation to write o...
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on May 1, 2009
According to a recent article from Logistics Management based on this month's analyst reports, supply chain risk management has got new dimensions for high tech companies operating globally.
Sou...
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on April 9, 2009
During the last month I had to work on a cost reduction engagement in a client and had to go to client's main factory everyday. I tried to enjoy having a lot of time in the train and used my iPod ...
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on April 7, 2009
If you remember, I had a post somewhile ago on a new report from World Economic Forum which was talking about supply chain de-carbonization (Link here). I went through that report again yesterday and ...
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on March 9, 2009
I read a very interesting article in International Herald Tribune on the new risks associated with chinese supply chains (full article here).
The main discussion line of the article is that, the per...
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on February 5, 2009
I think consumer goods sector was one of the few industries where some companies gained from economic crisis (companies in food sector e.g. GENERAL MILLS) and some companies ended up with lots of inve...
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on January 30, 2009
Deloitte Canada has published a report on 10 ideas to improve supply chain in crisis times (you can download it here). The document is short but I liked the was it was presenting cost cutting strategi...
