Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), announces the confirmed speaker lineup for its annual Supply Chain Management Summit on April 13-14 in San Francisco, CA. In partnership with Logistics Management, SCM World, and Supply Chain Management Review, the theme of this year’s Summit is Proactive Supply Chain Strategies for 2010 and Beyond.
Featuring Aberdeen’s Nari [...]
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 [...]
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 Technology [...]
We all know demand variability and predictability are a daily reality for high tech manufacturers. The up-coming holiday season brings its own challenges for the manufacturers of consumer electronics. This year, it looks like it may be compounded by an earlier than expected uptick in underlying demand across most high tech sectors. Just this Monday [...]
Quiet Logistics today announced that Greg Cronin, a veteran supply chain industry entrepreneur and executive, has joined the company as vice chairman and executive vice president. In this role, Cronin will be responsible for sales, marketing, business development and customer care. In addition, Cronin will oversee Quiet Logistics’ Advisory Board focused on [...]
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 [...]
From Harvard Business: “In the World According to Twitter, giving away access to information rewards the giver by building followers. The more followers, the more information comes to the giver to distribute, which in turn builds more followers. The process cannot be commanded or controlled; followers opt in and out as they choose. The results [...]
From scmr.com: “As their operations grow more global and complex, companies are becoming increasingly worried about disruptions to their supply chains. The big challenge they encounter, says Gary S. Lynch of Marsh Inc., is identifying the potential risks and then effectively managing them. Lynch’s new book, Single Point of Failure, sets forth ten “laws” of [...]
From Xerox.com: “With the development of a new silver ink, Xerox scientists have paved the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics. Printable electronics offers manufacturers a very low-cost way to add “intelligence” or computing power to a wide range of surfaces such as plastic or fabric. This development will aid the commercialization [...]
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 [...]
The DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting a standard for wireless sensor networks, today announced that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has placed its first order for DASH7 active RFID tracking technologies. The order comes under the DoD’s $429.4 million RFID III procurement contract, and includes products from three vendors - [...]
Terra Technology (www.terratechnology.com), the leading provider of demand sensing and inventory optimization solutions for consumer products companies, today (Oct 13th) announced that ConAgra Foods, one of North America’s leading food companies, has selected Terra’s Multi-Enterprise Demand Sensing (MDS) solution to reduce inventory and improve customer service.
Verical, Inc., the Electronic Components Marketplace, today announced the production launch of its online trading platform for global high tech manufacturers and distributors of electronic components. Countering major risks to the high tech supply chain, the Verical Marketplace uses information and technology to create a unique pedigree scoring system for component parts available in its [...]
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 [...]
APICS 2009 is underway at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre! Be sure to watch your inbox for daily recaps, reminders for conference attendees, information about the APICS Live Learning Center—the exclusive resource for educational content from the APICS International Conference & Expo. Attend APICS 2009 to stay relevant in the global marketplace & gain the [...]
The phrase “time is money” has never been more relevant for transportation and purchasing managers than it is today. Even though transportation costs have declined in recent months, transportation managers still face added pressure to streamline the time-consuming and cumbersome tasks associated with strategically sourcing transportation services and capacity from carriers, third-party logistics providers and [...]
