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Obama Orders Strategy for Protecting Nation’s Supply Chain

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

President Barack Obama is directing the Departments of State and Homeland Security to come up with a plan to protect the $14.6 trillion U.S. economy from interruptions in the supply chain. The White House released a National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security today that gives officials from those departments six months to make recommendations [...]

Two new executives to manage Charming Shoppes supply chain

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Charming Shoppes Inc announced the following executive leadership announcements. Bryan Q. Eshelman has been promoted to Executive Vice President – Chief Supply Chain Officer, effective immediately. Eshelman joined Charming Shoppes in 2010 as Senior Vice President – Operations, with responsibility for technology, logistics, technical design and quality assurance. As Chief Supply Chain Officer, he will [...]

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 [...]

Progress Software Names Henry Hicks Supply Chain Industry Vice President

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Progress Software Corporation (PRGS), a leading software provider that enables companies to be operationally responsive, announced it has named Henry Hicks as Industry Vice President, Supply Chain. A long-time advocate for the optimization of the virtual supply chain, Hicks will drive the market strategy and solution development for Progress Software’s global Supply Chain Practice, helping [...]

RILA Urges Congressional Action to Avert National Railroad Shutdown

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

RILA Urges Congressional Action to Avert National Railroad Shutdown: Work stoppage could disrupt retail supply chains well into 2012. The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) is calling on Congress to step in to avert a work stoppage that would disrupt retail supply chains during the holiday shopping season and well into 2012. A breakdown in [...]

MIT Enterprise Forum RFID SIG Event: RFID Protects the Food Chain

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Want to know where the food on your table comes from and who has handled it? Then you’ll want to register for this event. Food safety encompasses the origin, processing and packaging of food so that consumers don’t get sick from the food they buy. Increased food production, growing market demand and faster delivery are [...]

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 [...]

RILA Applauds President Obama for Advancing the Three Pending Free Trade Agreements

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The Retail industry Leaders Association (RILA) applauded President Obama today for formally submitting the three pending free trade agreements (FTAs) to Congress for approval, moving them one step closer to completion. Stephanie Lester, RILA Vice President of International Trade issued the following statement. “We applaud President Obama for formally initiating the widely anticipated process to [...]

CSCMP to Unveil New Three-Stage Certification Program at Annual Conference

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

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 [...]

Kuehne + Nagel names William Rooney Vice President Seafreight Transpacific

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world’s leading logistics companies, has named William F. Rooney Vice President, Seafreight Transpacific. In line with Kuehne + Nagel’s Transpacific “Go for Growth” initiative, William Rooney will lead all of the company’s Transpacific market efforts in the U.S. William Rooney joins Kuehne + Nagel with 38 years of experience [...]

CSCMP Annual General Conference 2011: So much to discover. Hundreds of ways to learn.

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

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. [...]

Greg Lehmkuhl Named President of Con-Way Freight

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) announced today that W. Gregory (Greg) Lehmkuhl has been named President of Con-way Freight Inc., the company’s regional and national less-than truckload (LTL) subsidiary and largest operating unit. The announcement was made by Douglas W. Stotlar, Con-way Inc. president and CEO, who has served as interim President of Con-way Freight since [...]

Leading Integrated Business Planning Analyst Joins Steelwedge to Benefit Customers

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Steelwedge, the leader in cloud-based sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP) solutions, announced today that industry analyst Nari Viswanathan has joined the company as Vice President of Solutions Marketing. A renowned IBP expert, Mr. Viswanathan comes to Steelwedge from Aberdeen Group where he led the research firm’s supply chain management practice. [...]

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 [...]

Descartes to Unveil Breakthrough Logistics Technology Platform

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a global leader in logistics technology, is scheduled to host its “Power of the Platform” launch event at noon New York time on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the Westin New York at Times Square located at 270 West 43rd Street, New York, New York 10036. At the “Power of [...]

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 [...]

Precor Home Fitness Selects Netsuite to Whip Operations into Shape

Sunday, July 24th, 2011

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry’s leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today (July 20th) announced that Precor Home Fitness deployed NetSuite for its end-to-end wholesale/distribution business needs. The solution is used for managing business operations across retail and commercial sales throughout the Western United States, including three retail locations in the [...]

Capgemini adds BPO Facility in Northern India with new Gurgaon Facility

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today (July 5th) inaugurated its new Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centre in Gurgaon, its first BPO centre in North India and sixth in India. Spread across an area of 35000 sq. ft, the new BPO facility in Gurgaon will increase Capgemini’s BPO’s [...]

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