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My first CSCMP Annual Conference was in 1989 and I always try to get there every year to catch up with all my logistics and supply chain friends! As with every year, there are opportunities to learn new things and meet new people. Here’s a link to my recent tweetstream for shoutouts to some of [...]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) will unveil its new certification program, SCPro™, at its annual conference next week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event will be held October 2-5, 2011, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The SCPro™ program is a rigorous, three-level certification that offers global supply chain management professionals a way to [...]
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company®, today announced that Fabrizio Brasca, vice president, global logistics, JDA Software, will participate in a panel discussion at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. The panel is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Session Details [...]
In Philadelphia from October 2nd to 5th, thousands of supply chain professionals will gather again for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual General Conference. What can you expect in 2011? CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference offers supply chain management practitioners more professional education and personal growth opportunities than any other event in the world. [...]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released its 22nd “Annual State of Logistics Report®,” presented by Penske Logistics, today at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The report reveals that business logistics costs rose to 8.3 percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2010, as compared to [...]
Over the last seven years we have seen unprecedented progress in the viable development of new SCM technologies such as EPC RFID, Electronic Catalogues (GDSN) and the SCM standards which support them on a global basis. These supporting SCM standards referred to are GRAI (Global Returnable Asset Identifier) and GLN (Global Location Numbering) which are [...]
In today’s highly competitive global marketplace, supply chain leaders need to understand how financial strategies and decisions can significantly impact their supply chains’ performance, potentially determining the success—or failure—of their organizations. Learning how to develop a sound financial strategy and apply it to your entire supply chain operation will be mission critical if your company [...]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) hosted its Annual Global Conference from September 26–29, 2010 in San Diego, California. The conference brought together supply chain professionals from over 40 countries with an aim to help professionals improve their organizations’ supply chain performance. Damco, the logistics arm of A.P. Moller – Maersk which is [...]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has partnered with the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) association, the University of Arkansas (UARK), and GS1 to host RFID Forum 2010, October 12-13, 2010, at the University of Arkansas. The event will be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center at the Sam M. Walton College [...]
An annual benchmark report released today shows the continued impact of the economic slowdown on the U.S. logistics industry. The 21st Annual State of Logistics Report ®, released by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and presented by Penske Logistics, reveals that, continuing the decline reported in 2008, business logistics costs fell to [...]
Four Soft Limited, (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for Logistics and transportation, is participating in the Logistics 2010 event organized by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) in Orlando, Florida, between the 21st and 23rd of February 2010. Retail logistics represents one of the largest and most complex global logistics [...]
The Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) Logistics Conference is the undisputed leader for retail and consumer product executives in logistics distribution and supply chain management. The conference brings together representatives of all major retail and consumer product segments, along with relevant solutions providers. Top supply chain executives and their teams from the largest, fastest growing [...]
Four Soft Limited, India (NSE: “FOURSOFT”, BSE 532521), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, today announced that it is bringing top players of the logistics industry on a single platform to form a strategic initiative – FFIFA(Freight Forwarding Industry & Four Soft Alliance). The objective of FFIFA is to provide a [...]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) will hold its sixth annual European conference and research seminar in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 24-26, 2010. “We have created a truly unique event with a keynote address by one of Europe’s leading supply chain executives, cutting edge supply chain education, the release of Massachusetts Institute of [...]
Some may call this shameless self-promotion however it’s actually social media I want to promote and I just happen to be the vehicle in this case. With this in mind, I’m sharing with you all the interview I did recently with Constance Korol of the Institute for Business Forecasting, hope you enjoy it… ” I [...]
APICS The Association for Operations Management and the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina Wilmington released the third quarterly APICS Operations Management Employment Outlook today. Data reported in the October 2009 survey indicate that 51 percent of survey respondents with hiring responsibility anticipate hiring staff in the next 12 months and [...]
From ISM.ws : “This program is designed for supply management professionals responsible for not only acquiring services but also for developing the supply chain strategies that support the goals and objectives of the organization. Focusing on diverse examples of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing services purchasing, the program will greatly benefit professionals with a solid supply [...]
From ISM: “The buzz is everywhere, in newspapers, television and across the Internet. Social media — whether it be Twitter, LinkedIn, Yammer or another networking service — is all the rage. And although there are now only a few who have not heard of these social media services, many still only know the names and [...]
