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From Industry Week: “The uncertainty of being unable to accurately forecast mid-term cash flow creates a potentially dangerous scenario when combined with shrinking levels of cash on hand in most industries, plummeting revenues, reduced margins, and limited availability of credit and cash from other external sources. A new study from the Hackett Group found that [...]

Electronic component buyers have it rough. Do your job well and no one notices. Slip up even a little, and the world comes down on you like a ton of bricks. One of the toughest parts of the job is fulfilling shortages. Research tells us that while component buyers at large manufacturers spend only 1-2% [...]

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 [...]

CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading supply chain companies, has been awarded a contract renewal for the operations of an inbound manufacturing support facility for Ford Motor Company’s truck plant based in Claycomo, Missouri. CEVA will take responsibility for the sequencing, bulk replenishment, kitting and container management for both the truck and SUV assembly [...]

From Logistics Management: “The online retailer recognizes order fulfillment as the key component of its mission and views the distribution function as its major competitive advantage. Here’s how it adopted Space Age automation to realize skyrocketing productivity and meteoric sales growth.

Supply Chain Management for most of the last 20 years has been all about the flow of physical products and related systems information from raw materials sources, through into manufacturing and then storage, distribution, sale, delivery and then sometimes returns as appropriate. But are there not many more opportunities for the company to benefit from [...]

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Hello All! I’ve only been on Twitter for less than two weeks and as you can see from the mosaic below, I’ve already gotten close to 800 followers and am now following almost 1500 people! If you’d like to sign up for Twitter and follow me just click here, sign up is easy and best [...]

I have to say it, this is the most important page to be added to the Supply Chain Network site since its’ inception two years ago. Most of you have likely not heard of Twitter, or if you have, not likely paid very much attention to it, but I have to say it is in [...]

Browse through our growing list of relevant and free Transportation & Logistics magazines, white papers, downloads and podcasts to find the titles that best match your information needs; topics include distribution, rail and ship transport, supply chain management and automation. Simply complete the application form and submit it. Many are available in digital editions that [...]

Supply chain management and Lean methodologies are now being applied effectively by HR professionals to ensure the talent supply chain doesn’t run into shortages or even worse, out of stocks! SCN has put together a page of free whitepapers on these topics and even included a number of HR professional journals.

Researching specific logistics and supply chain management topics, looking for freight and transportation tips or if you need more information on SCM software solutions you’ll find many interesting and in depth articles published previously here on the Supply Chain Network site. Check out our SCN Articles archive and explore our continuously growing resource for thought [...]

From AMR: “The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 identifies companies that demonstrate leadership in applying demand-driven principles to their global supply chains. Our goal is to show how supply chain excellence contributes to economic value creation, and, in so doing, to raise awareness of the importance and influence of the profession. AMR Research’s Supply [...]

From johnbdev.org: “When it comes to discussing supply chain ROI or supply chain return on investment, the usual practice companies undertake is to use three years for its calculation. Aside from that period of three years, there are also a number of major factors to consider. The first ever factor to consider cost savings. It [...]

For those of you south of the Mason-Dixon line, please forgive me a moment while I speak to all those working away in the frozen north. It’s been one of the worst winters in recent memory and I managed to escape this for 10 days in Florida recently. But even with that now coming back [...]

From domain-b.com: “The Beluga Shipping-owned MS Beluga SkySails, the world’s first cargo vessel with an innovative towing kite system will sail from Hamburg-based SkySails, is being used for commercial transport for the first time. It will carry the first part of a complete particleboard factory across the Atlantic from Bremen in Germany to Venezuela on [...]

From Business Standard: ” Microsoft India is in advanced talks with 10 leading Indian retailers to roll out its next-generation automated retail tools. The latest from the IT giant firm will offer next-generation automated tools such as mobile billing and smart supply chain management. These tools will help differentiate a neighborhood retail joint from the [...]

From JDA: “Paris and London – December 17, 2007 – JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) today announced that its JDAConnect 2007 EMEA customer event, held November 13 and 14 at the Disneyland Resort in Paris, attracted a diverse group of nearly 200 attendees representing over 90 companies from more than eight different regions. Through [...]