Press Release from Blue Sky Logistics: “Blue Sky Logistics, Inc., a real-time supply chain visibility software provider, has released a perfect order beta application for its set of dashboard visibility software tools. Perfect Orders™ will enable users of Blue Sky Logistics’ visibility technology to calculate, track, measure and perform root cause analysis of efficient [...]
The Problem: Ask yourself these questions, regardless of whether you are a wholesaler, retailer, manufacturer, distributor or even a 3PL trying to manage a supply chain for a client.
- How well does your supply chain work?
- How do you measure your supply chain performance?
- Does the performance measure align with the company’s strategy, goal and [...]
Press Release from Supply Chain Consultants: ” Supply Chain Consultants, designer and supplier of the Zemeter suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products, today announced the release of “Forecast Less and Get Better Results,” co-authored by industry experts, Tom Wallace and Bob Stahl. Findings in the study indicate that detailed forecasting and planning are [...]
From PMAC.ca: ” The new program leading to C.P.P. accreditation is the most comprehensive in the field of supply chain management. It is balanced to deliver advanced supply chain management knowledge and high-level business skills. The program is competency-based and participatory in nature with a focus on analysis, teamwork and decision-making. The highly integrated Strategic [...]
From Supply-Chain.org: “Companies typically realize six major benefits from successfully using the Supply-Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR). SCOR helps them manage the business by providing detailed visibility into how work actually gets done. The model also helps companies compete more effectively through its system of metrics that are objectively linked to business processes. SCOR’s end-to-end supply [...]
From SDCExec.com: ” Globalization. For many executives, the word conjures up many emotions, not the least of which is fear and anxiety. Why? Globalization has created a market dynamic that fosters new competition, demands higher levels of efficiency and requires true expertise in supply chain optimization. For the first time, new competitors from regions around [...]
From Information Week: ” The three-year freeze on IT budgets in the logistics and transportation industry may be thawing as customer self-service, global positioning, and automated fleet-tracking and maintenance systems offer new economies of operation. Three-quarters of logistics and transportation companies say they expect IT spending to rise this year, according to the InformationWeek 500 [...]
From IndustryWeek: ” A lean supply chain defines how a well-designed supply chain should operate, delivering products quickly to the end customer, with minimum waste. A lean supply chain is a great enabler for any organization that strives to become more lean and efficient. Organizations within a lean supply chain are able to leverage their [...]
This week marked the sixth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon and although a number of things have changed, I still feel the supply chains of the world are not secure enough to prevent similar and even more catastrophic attacks from occuring.
I say this because the efforts [...]
From cbp.gov: ” U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security asked the Center for Survey Research at the University of Virginia to conduct a cost-benefit survey of C-TPAT partners. ViaTech Systems, Inc. issued a purchase order on April 11, 2006 establishing the Center for Survey Research as a subcontractor to conduct the requested [...]
From CNN Money: “Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks company (NYSE: HHS), partners with three prominent global supply management publications to host this year’s Chief Procurement Officer’s (CPO) Summit. Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Supply Chain Management Review and the CPO Agenda, based in the UK, have partnered with Aberdeen to deliver the most comprehensive best practices [...]
From SupplyChainMarket.com: “Are companies turning the promise of supply chain management into real competitive advantages? The findings of a new Focus Study authored by Stanley Fawcett, Ph.D., Gregory Magnan, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Ogden, Ph.D., suggest that managers are spending more time evaluating supply chain-enabled business models, but most have not fully grasped the nature of [...]
