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Supply chain video: Managing your China supply chain (4-Last part)
And finally the third part of the presentation from Mike Bellamy of PassageMaker. If you want to see the 1-3 parts, you can go here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. I don´t know how you feel now about manufacturing in China after watching his presentation but I am scared!! The reality of course might [...]
IBM extends supply chain outsourcing arrangement with Telstra
IBM has announced a seven-year deal that extends a supply-chain outsourcing arrangement struck in September 2006, and is expected to deliver Telstra cost savings of as much as A$700m according to Ovum. IBM is taking over end-to-end responsibility for the operation of Telstra's supply chain for telecommunications parts and common business consumables such as office [...]
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 [...]
Extending social responsibility to the whole value chain: Supplier ethics audit
It was a while since I last read a REALLY new thing in supply chain but today I read a piece in Supply and Demand Chain Executive which was quite interesting and like the new blood in my veins!! The article was covering a recent research by the consultancy firm Integrity Interactive about ethics management [...]
The partnership between Andlor and FreeFlow to enhance reverse logistics capabilities
Among the partnership news from last week, one notable one was between FreeFlow, a provider of inventory asset management services, and Andlor, a provider of reverse logistics software for manufacturers, distributors and third party logistics providers. The partnership pairs FreeFlow's award-winning solution for dispositioning returned, excess and obsolete inventory with Andlor's growing roster of customers [...]
Supply chain video: Managing your China supply chain (4-Last part)
And finally the third part of the presentation from Mike Bellamy of PassageMaker. If you want to see the 1-3 parts, you can go here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. I don´t know how you feel now about manufacturing in China after watching his presentation but I am scared!! The reality of course might [...]
What demand management solution is good for China?
Considering the the low transparency of operations in China, one question that comes to the mind is that: “What demand planning tools are better for companies which have China operations?” Well, the answer depends on whether the product demand is fast-changing or not. If not, it doesn´t really matter but for the other scenario, the [...]
Oh Christmas Tree.. Oh christmas Tree.. Oh?? What’s A Christmas Tree??
Just stumbled onto an article in the USA Today Home Depot at home in China for holidays (via Blogging Stocks) . To say the least, Home Depot had a difficult time getting into the market. they had several failed merger attempts, several management turnovers, and in the end paid a tidy sum to take up [...]
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