From boston.com: “SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today (May 15, 07) announced that Dansk Supermarked A/S, the largest retailer in Denmark, has selected SAP(R) ERP Financials as the foundation to run the company’s financial operations and enable further business growth. The Danish retailer selected SAP over Oracle and other vendors to manage and expand the financial [...]
Accenture has delivered two studies with concurrent results supporting the assertion that supply chain executives need to be directly involved in the merger planning process early on. From Accenture: “The obvious conclusion is that early involvement of senior supply chain executives in the merger-planning process is among the most critical M&A considerations. Accenture’s own experience [...]
Over the past several weeks I’ve been investigating many of the social and environmental aspects of supply chain operations and just what opportunities exist for supply chain professionals to take positive action resulting in the operation of a socially sustainable supply chain.
Surprisingly, I found many more opportunities than expected and will now share these with [...]
From ISCC: Through its function as a significant link and resource in India, ISCC provides opportunities for companies, organizations, and supply chain professionals to access up-to-date information and resources regarding supply chain management, best-in-class business practices, benchmarking, market intelligence, current news and new technologies that are so rapidly changing in the India market.
There’s been much discussion about ubiquitous or pervasive computing and little doubt remains that computers are now touching just about every aspect of our lives. This is true both in our personal lives and our professional endeavours and for those in the supply chain field we are rapidly approaching critical mass when it comes to [...]
Guest article from Kari Dwyer - Blue Sky Logistics
As competitive pressures become more intense across the global supply chain industry, companies must seek new ways in which to increase efficiencies within the supply chain. In order to do this, cross-functional supply chain visibility solutions become a critical partner in identifying areas for strategic and [...]
From ifEnergy.com: “Carnegie Mellon University is making hydrogen the most probable replacement to gasoline by increasing hydrogen’s stability and reducing its costs. According to Professor David Sholl of Carnegie Mellon’s Chemical Engineering department: “…We are currently studying the use of metal hydrides, such as alanates and borohydrides, to find materials that could ultimately improve the [...]
From Lean Insider: “To those who understand lean, it’s probably assumed that lean saves energy. If you streamline your process, eliminating steps, then logically, you no longer use the energy involved in those wasteful steps. But lean disciples also believe in operating on the basis of facts, not assumptions. Therefore, it’s nice to hear that [...]
Articles galore have been written about RFID and EPC and how they can be used to define , identify and track products through your supply chain. Now we’re changing gears a bit to discuss something equally important and that’s how to define all the different places within your supply chain. As I’ve said many times, [...]
From Forbes.com: “Greater supply chain visibility helps companies cut costs, says Arena Solutions CEO Mike Topolovac. Review this video interview by Bob Malone, Logistics Editor at Forbes.com.
From Stay-Linked.com: “TUSTIN, Calif., May 10, 2007 – Stay-Linked Corporation, the leader in host-based, thin-client wireless terminal emulation and session management, today announced that Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s largest retail drug store group, has selected Stay-Linked software to enable wireless real-time data collection and access to its host-based applications. Shoppers Drug Mart is deploying the [...]
In my always humble opinion, the “L” in logistics stands for location.
Many of the uninitiated think that to do logistics all you need is a warehouse, some inventory as well as the right people, equipment and systems to handle it. See the Zen Art of Logistics and Party Planning to learn more.
Well, as you’ll [...]
From Dr. Alan Knight OBE: “This article discusses why the ethical supply chain is not an all-or-nothing proposition, and why creating supply chains where everyone benefits is not only
viable, but is a smart business idea. Business today is a complicated affair. Markets
are extremely competitive, lowering costs and encouraging consumer choice. At the same time,
consumers are [...]
Introducing PACex International’s 2007 Conference Series
New for 2007, the PACex International conference series now runs concurrently with the trade show offering two sessions each day at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Get a jump on the competition and gain valuable information on the latest trends and issues affecting the Packaging, Food Process, and Material [...]
Just about every aspect of your supply chain and the companies that perform within it can be scorecarded. Whether it’s your carriers, vendor suppliers or Third Party Logistics Providers, this process can give you the criteria you need to effectively work with and maximize the performance of each supply chain node and hence the entire [...]
You know the old adage, you can’t improve what you can’t measure and when it comes to supply chain operations, the best way to measure the performance is through Supply Chain Visibility.
Insight puts supply chain information into the hands of the people that can use it most effectively. It does this by providing five key [...]
The success of any supply management initiative is largely dependent upon the ability to access, organize, and analyze spend data.
TotalSpend is the first solution to combine proven data classification, analysis, and spend category management capabilities - all in a single platform.
Built on 10 years of development and proven deployment, TotalSpend automates and streamlines the complete [...]
Guest Article from Randy Marble - Blue Sky Logistics
Software vendors often market their applications using a wide array of buzzwords and acronyms. Even in a relatively focused area such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), there are literally dozens of terms used to describe an application without really helping a potential customer understand what it [...]
