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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 [...]
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 [...]
Webinar on Inventory Optimization at P&G
One of the recent wins of Optiant in the area of inventory optimization has been P&G. In fact the company is using P&G brand here and there as a marketing strategy , well not bad at all… I noticed today they are going to organize a webinar too: The Supply Chain Management Review is going [...]
Renault opens up new supply chain deprtment
Renault SA has announced the creation of a new department covering supply chain and logistics, with responsibilities including managing production and transport capacities, and organizing transport routes. The company said the department is to be headed by Michel Faivre-Duboz, who will take up his position as senior vice president, supply chain and logistics, on Jan [...]
China Manufacturing: That’s The Way I Like It
Interesting post up at the brand new Smart Cube blog, entitled, “Survey: Global Manufacturers Staying Put in China,” on how Mattel’s problems have had almost no effect on foreign manufacturing in China. The post is based on a survey finding that the recent recalls of tainted and toxic China-made products has not caused foreign companies [...]
Bellwether gets new six sigma contract from U.S. Army
Bellwether Services, a rapidly growing Lean Six Sigma and Supply Chain Consultancy Firm, announced early this week that it has been awarded a subcontract by The Ginn Group to support the US Army Material Command, US Army Sustainment Command, as well as Army Forces Command and Installation Management Command. PR Web reported that Bellwether will [...]
Logistics company turns to ToolsGroup’s Inventory Optimization solution
4th-party logistics provider Super Group Limited has turned to ToolsGroup according to SDCE and will use ToolsGroup's software to help customers increase service levels, improve inventory turns and achieve highly automated replenishment planning, the solution provider has announced. Super Group is a multi-billion dollar industrial company and integrated supply chain management business focused on providing [...]
GM China implements CDC’s supply chain solution
CDC Software, a subsidiary of CDC Corporation and the provider of industry-specific enterprise applications, announced that its CDC Supply Chain Solutions were implemented at a new parts distribution and packaging center of Shanghai General Motors, a 50-50 joint venture partnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC). According to Business Wire, Shanghai [...]
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