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Seegrid Corporation (www.seegrid.com), a robotics company that provides distribution centers and manufacturing facilities with a better way to run their operations, today announced that the company is showcasing its industrial mobile robotics technology to members of the global media during the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G-20) Summit held September 24-25, [...]

Today, key findings from the “2009 3PL Provider CEO Perspective” survey are being presented at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Global Conference by survey author, Dr. Robert Lieb, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Northeastern University, and Joe Gallick, Senior Vice President of Sales for Penske Logistics. The findings, sponsored by [...]

From csdecisions.com: “7-Eleven Inc. has appointed Bill Merrigan to serve as the vice president of logistics for its 6,200-store chain in the U.S. and Canada. Merrigan, who was most recently vice president of Global Supply Chain for International Paper in Tennessee, will report to Kevin Elliott, 7-Eleven’s senior vice president of merchandising, marketing and logistics.” [...]

ICON-SCM, a global leader in supply chain planning and collaboration software, today announced that its supply chain planning solution has been named as a finalist for the 2009 Supply Chain Innovation Award by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). The Supply Chain Innovation Award recognizes the most innovative solutions and ideas in the [...]

Oco, Inc., a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of business analytics solutions, announced today that its president and CEO, William (Bill) Copacino, will be a featured speaker at the annual Global Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) conference to be held in Chicago Sept. 20-23, 2009. Copacino will discuss comprehensive analytics and reporting for [...]

CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference (Chicago, Sept. 20th-23rd) always offers supply chain management practitioners more professional education and personal growth opportunities than any other supply chain conference. It is the best opportunity to learn from global experts and network with thousands of colleagues. Attendees can expect to learn ways to cut supply chain costs and improve [...]

In a perfect world, component buyers would never have a shortage, forecasts would be accurate and authorized channels would always have stock. Sadly, we live in the real world where markets are volatile and manufacturers face recurring shortages. Longer supply chains, more players, more volatile markets, more counterfeit parts. These forces are changing the risk [...]