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From SCDigest: “The Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) recently released its sixth annual study on distribution center performance (DC Measures 2009), and SCDigest caught up with report co-author Dr. Karl Manrodt of Georgia Southern University to discuss key findings and themes. A video of that interview can also be found here: Supply Chain Video: Dr. Karl Manrodt on Sixth Annual DC Metrics Report. Continue Reading »
CSCMP’s 20th Annual “State of Logistics Report® provides insight into US supply chain and logistics trends, declining freight volumes, and a “big-picture” view of supply chain performance. This premier benchmarking tool for the supply chain profession is a CSCMP Member benefit. It is also available to the public for purchase. Continue Reading »
AFMS Logistics Management was ranked the 17th fastest growing private company in Oregon by the Portland Business Journal at the “2009 Fastest Growing Private 100 Companies” annual awards ceremony held last night at the Portland Art Museum.
Mike Erickson, Founder and President of AFMS, was pleased to receive the top 20 ranking. He said the achievement is particularly rewarding in these tough economic times. AFMS, with 25 employees, was founded in 1992 in Erickson’s basement. Continue Reading »
As logistics technology continues to become more complex and costly and the need for collaborative supply chain initiatives across company borders increase, third party logistics becomes an even more attractive alternative. In order to better serve this multi-billion dollar industry and the customers of third party logistics providers, Supply Chain Network has established a new Linked In group dedicated to this important and rapidly growing industry. Please use this link to join Third Party Logistics!
Day by day it becomes more and more apparent that third party logistics is emerging as the most logical alternative for firms desiring the most cost and service effective supply chain possible. As the current recession is now on the verge of morphing into an all out Depression, any viable alternatives for firms to save on their expenses and be more efficient through collaborative logistics services co-ordinated by 3PLs should be seriously explored. Continue Reading »
As the recession continues in the world’s economies many are looking for opportunities to save on expenses without having to spend precious capital up front to achieve these savings. Although there may be other ways of accomplishing this goal, one sure way for most companies is to look into a contingency courier cost savings program. Continue Reading »
Check out our SupplyChainNetwork search results for the term “supply chain innovation”. As we appear to finally be hitting bottom relative to the current recession, there’s no better time to introduce innovative ideas and innovation into your supply chain to both improve service and reduce costs. http://bit.ly/Z4YoV
From Progressive Grocer: “This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Universal Product Code (UPC), a milestone that will be celebrated this Wednesday with over 800 attendees at the annual U Connect Conference in Orlando by GS1 US, the developer and administrator of the bar code that now appears on more than 200,000 businesses in the United States.” Continue Reading »
From Internet News: ” As Gartner predicted, the cloud computing market is growing, services are heating up, and new players are entering the game. The flood of cloud-related announcements began on Monday with CSC’s entry into the business. Tuesday, cloud integration specialist Boomi announced that it would open up the supply chain software market by connecting legacy supply chain deployments to its Boomi AtomSphere platform.” Continue Reading »
From Logistics Online: “Transport Intelligence is pleased to announce recently its annual rankings of the largest contract logistics operators on a Global and regional basis. DHL Supply Chain, recently re-branded from DHL Exel Supply Chain, is once again the largest player in the market. In 2008 it generated revenues in excess of €12B, some considerable distance ahead of its nearest rival CEVA. In third position is Swiss-based Kuehne + Nagel, meaning that the line up of the top three is unchanged from the year before.” Continue Reading »
From Industry Week: “Manufacturers today face three significant organization-related challenges: maximizing profits, conserving cash flow and creating shareholder value. One way to solve these challenges, suggests consulting firm TMG-IMC, North America, is through the process of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) optimization. Continue Reading »
From Infosys: “Recently I read a great news article in Supply Chain Digest titled “Triple-A Supply Chain” that actually talks about the article published in Harvard Business Review in the year 2004 by Hau Lee. I am sure most of you would have read it but for those who haven’t, I sincerely suggest that it is a must-read for all supply chain practitioners. Although the article is more than four years old, it is very pertinent in current business environment.” Continue Reading »
From logisticsmgmt.com: “Given today’s current economic conditions, it does not come as a major surprise that transportation and logistics merger & acquisition (M&A) activity was down in the first quarter. That was the main takeaway of a recent report from Pricewaterhouse-Coopers (PwC). The firm’s quarterly report, “Intersections: First-quarter 2009 mergers and acquisition analysis,” said that in the first quarter there were 18 announced (M&A) deals in the transportation and logistics sectors worth $50 million or more. This is a steep drop off from the fourth and third quarters of 2008, which came in at 43 and 46 deals, respectively.” Continue Reading »
From usnews.com: “The current swine flu outbreak is raising critical questions about the timing of bringing a new vaccine to market and the logistics of getting it to the people who need it. If vaccine manufacturers shift gears immediately, it could cut into this fall’s production of seasonal influenza vaccine, experts say. If they wait too long, the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) virus could become more virulent.” Adequate Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine Uncertain
