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Ryder Publishes Corporate Sustainability Report

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Ryder System, Inc., a leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced that it has published a Corporate Sustainability Report highlighting Ryder’s progress towards improving the communities and environments where the Company does business. The report profiles Ryder’s efforts to drive business growth in economically viable, environmentally sound, and responsible ways. It is [...]

Ariba Asks is Santa Lurking on Ariba Discovery?

Monday, December 19th, 2011

A $1 million RFP for coal has been posted to Ariba Discovery®, the premier service for matching business buyers and sellers globally offered by Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA), the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Is it a coincidence? Or is the Indian manufacturing company behind the posting performing the work of elves? “If [...]

California Passes Cap & Trade Program: Look for Major Supply Chain Impacts

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

From California Environmental Protection Agency: “The formal Cap-and-Trade rulemaking began with the release of the Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR). The ISOR and formal rulemaking materials are available on the cap-and-trade rulemaking web page. The Board Hearing on this item was held on December 16, 2010. At the hearing, the Board approved Resolution [...]

ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

A new 100,000-sq. ft. warehouse will be added to The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s operation in Lebanon, Conn. to service the Company’s home center retail customers in northeastern U.S. By installing a warehouse in this region, the Company expects to improve its environmental footprint by reducing the number of miles traveled within its distribution network while [...]

Purolator wins Third-Party Logistics Sustainability Award for its work with Echo Global Logistics

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Purolator, Canada’s leading integrated freight and parcel solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded Logistics Quarterly’s 2011 Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Sustainability Award for demonstrating leadership in sustainable supply chain practices. Purolator received the prestigious award at Logistics Quarterly’s Sustainability Study and Awards Symposium held in Toronto on July 14. “We live [...]

Apple secretive about ‘polluting and poisoning’ supply chain, says report

Saturday, February 5th, 2011

From The Guardian: “Apple is more secretive about its supply chain in China than almost all of its rivals, according to a new report by anti-pollution activists who accuse the company’s products of degrading the environment and poisoning workers. Despite its claim to be a leading promoter of corporate ethics worldwide, the maker of iPads [...]

Industry Analyst Pioneer Adrian Bowles Adds Sustainability Coverage For Constellation Research

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Constellation Research Inc, a next generation research analyst and advisory firm helping clients navigate emerging and disruptive technologies, announced today that Adrian Bowles has joined as a Vice-President & Principal Analyst. Bowles will focus on technologies and practices that support sustainable business growth. Adrian brings decades of both practitioner and industry analyst experience. Previously, he [...]

CSR 2010: Emerging Career Choices in Supply Chain and Sustainability

Friday, December 31st, 2010

From Forbes: “As misconceptions of business sustainability being a passing trend quickly fall by the wayside, large organizations, traditionally mistaken as burdened with a primary responsibility as change agents in the water, carbon, environment and climate change solutions are now shifting the burden to include suppliers,” writes Julie Urlaub, sustainability consultant, founder and managing director [...]

Gain 20% More Storage Capacity with a 10 month ROI

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Space is a major focus in the supply chain, whether in the distribution center, in transportation, or in the store. But when you consider what takes up space, usually you only think of product. You rarely think of what totes add to shipping and storage demands. So let’s look at the different totes available and [...]

Damco Presents on Sustainability at CSCMP Annual Global Conference

Friday, October 1st, 2010

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 [...]

Logistics CEOs Identify Top Supply Chain Industry Trends

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Today key findings from the 17th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Providers 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 [...]

In Search of the Carbon Neutral Supply Chain

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Supply Chain Network is taking an active role in assisting companies in their quest to deliver a Carbon Neutral Supply Chain. Check out our Create a Carbon Neutral Supply Chain article to learn more about real actions your organization can take to move toward this lofty goal. Beyond the positive impacts such an action can [...]

Four Soft responds in real time to Volcanic disruption

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

As an immediate response to the impact of the Icelandic volcano on the supply chains of our customers, Four Soft global freight management systems communicated and immediately enabled rapid re-routing and re-prioritization of freight. We continue to effectively assist our 3PL and Forwarder clients in rapidly reacting to their customers changing demands and the dynamic [...]

Companies Struggle With Integration and Coordination Across Complex Partner Networks As Business Interdependence Increases Globally

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Executives worldwide are struggling with the challenges of integration and collaboration across complex networks of business partners and customers in a more interdependent business world, according to a new study released today by the Business Performance Management (BPM) Forum and the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council. The study finds that 21st Century business models have [...]

Four soft charts next phase of global growth as G-log founder Tim Sensenig joins the management team

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Four Soft, a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, has appointed Tim Sensenig as its new Executive Vice President for Global Sales and Business development, further strengthening Four soft’s position in the transportation and Logistics Industry. Mr.Sensenig is the former Co-founder and vice chairman of G-log, the global third party logistics software [...]

Herman E. Daly: A Steady-State Economy

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

From SDC(UK): The Earth as a whole is approximately a steady state. Neither the surface nor the mass of the earth is growing or shrinking; the inflow of radiant energy to the Earth is equal to the outflow; and material imports from space are roughly equal to exports (both negligible). None of this means that [...]

Attend Airships to the Arctic 2009 in Calgary!

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Arctic logistics has historically been a case of doing the best we can with what we have. Consistent delivery success has limitations and transportation costs in the Arctic are extremely expensive. Requirement to store large quantities of goods for a whole season also requires larger warehouses and bigger fuel storage tanks. Opportunities for resource development [...]

16th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Provider CEOs Released at CSCMP09

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

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 Penske [...]

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