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Toyota Lifts Forecast For Sales in 2007
Toyota Motor Corp. lifted its sales projection for China for 2007 on solid sales of small cars and new models and aims to sell even more vehicles there next year, a signal that the Japanese company could meet its sales target ahead of schedule. Toyota, which is competing with General Motors Corp.
Source: WSJ Briefing: [...]
Supply chain video: Automotive supply chain in China from Dave’s point of view (2)
Today, you can watch the second part of the interview with Dave Nelson, the Chief supply chain / strategy officer for HTC Global Services, Inc. & Former vice president of Delphi, Honda America and Deere. In this part (second part), he highlights some interesting facts about flow of material to and from China (Today more [...]
$5000 dollar RFID solution for Walmart’s suppliers
A new solution developed by a Canadian consortium makes Walmart's suppliers able to comply with RFID requirements under 5000 dollars.
The solution created by an alliance among three Toronto-areas firms, including Banyan Commerce, GAO RFID, and Toshiba TEC Canada, demystifies and simplifies supply chain compliance such that small and medium enterprises can easily adopt the [...]
A decline in the U.S. ports’ traffic
Surprisingly, traffic in October at United States-based retail container ports was down compared to the same timeframe last year for the third consecutive month, according to Logistics Management Magazine.
A major reason for the ongoing decline in container traffic growth is a weak overall economy, and the fact that retailers are carefully managing their inventories [...]
GRA becomes a finalist for supply chain award in Australia
GRA, a provider of professional services and advanced planning systems in Australia announced that it has become a finalist in the 2007 Information Management Award (Len Smith Trophy) at 2007's Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Australia (CILTA) Awards.
According to Ferret, the Information Management [...]
Supply chain video: Automotive supply chain in China from Dave’s point of view (1)
Gasgoo.com, a website on China Auto trends, recently had an interesting interview with Dave Nelson. Dave is the Chief supply chain / strategy officer for HTC Global Services, Inc. & Former vice president of Delphi, Honda America and Deere. In this part (first part), he talks about some of the requirements for auto makers to [...]
Supply chains of the future
CAPS Research, A.T. Kearney, and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) recently conducted a research study to find the answers for three key questions:
- What external forces will have the greatest effect on business over the next ten years?
- How will business models change as a result of these forces?
- How will the mission, [...]
New supply chain executive course at MIT
For those of you who are interested in short-term executive courses in supply chain management, I have an exciting news:
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is organizing a course for January 2008. The course is called Supply Chains Driving Strategic Advantage 2008 and the good thing is that they have 20% Discount for MIT-CTL [...]
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