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Rail + Road + Water = Surface Freight System

PaulHBea wrote 1 hour ago: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a study in November comparing truck and rail fuel eff … more →

Tags: efficiency, intermodal, Surface Transportation Policy, change, freight, lahood, marine highways, rail, SAFETEA-LU

Presentation-"Don't Blame the Forecast: Do you know what your forecast is telling you?"

instituteforsupplymanagement wrote 1 day ago: Co-sponsored by: ISM-7 Counties, NYCONN Roundtable, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals … more →

Tags: ISM-7 Counties, Institute for Supply Management, purchasing, Procurement, networking, APICS

Virtual (web) Supply Chain management

dalbal wrote 1 day ago: Internet Supply chain is an end-to-end logistics process:  Begins on a lead for product sale (bid) f … more →

Tags: marketing & sales processes, Internet Supply chain, end-to-end logistics process, salé, BiD, internet sales arena's, Ebay, Amazon, Yahoo

From Wii to Zhu Zhu Pets - A Black Friday Phenomenon1 comment

Betty Feng wrote 2 days ago: Before this Black Friday, I had no idea about Zhu Zhu Pets. Then over night, I learned about its hot … more →

Tags: Supply chain management, Inventory, Product Development, Nintendo, Wii, zhu zhu pets, Marketing, Shortage

Forecasting

leoborjblog wrote 2 days ago: Forecast use to be a key activity on traditional supply chain activities. Besides the deep knowledge … more →

Tags: Forecasting, Sales Forecast

H1N1 and its impact on the Supply Chain

Christian Verstraete wrote 5 days ago: If you haven’t heard about H1N1, you probably haven’t been on planet earth the last 6 months. Today, … more →

Tags: h1n1, opportunity, Scenario Planning

Buying Power Is Not Always Enough

tcummins wrote 5 days ago: Wal-Mart is determined to offer low prices and instant availability. And so, it seems, is Amazon. He … more →

Tags: Commercial Management, Negotiation, Procurement, Sourcing, technology, Amazon, Price, Wal-Mart

The Industry of Thanksgiving

logan2009 wrote 5 days ago: As I thought about posting this week, I couldn’t help but to think of want might be of interes … more →

Tags: Thanksgiving, Production, turkey

5 steps for a greener supply chain

Tielman Nieuwoudt wrote 5 days ago: Communicate the message – It all starts at the top. Communicate the green vision and actions p … more →

Tags: Checklist, Green

A Challenge For Contracting Experts

tcummins wrote 5 days ago: Earlier this week I was invited by TPI to participate in a small discussion group for a feature in C … more →

Tags: Commercial Management, contract management, Legal & Regulatory, Negotiation, Organization, Procurement, Relationship Management, Risk, Sourcing

Are you ready for a football supply chain?

Martin Lariviere wrote 1 week ago: It’s the week of Thanksgiving and I have been trying to come up with a suitably themed post.  … more →

Tags: Apparel, Supply Chains

Why Does It Take So Long?4 comments

tcummins wrote 1 week ago: Why does it take so long from the inception of a deal to getting it signed? And why is it that final … more →

Tags: Commercial Management, contract management, Legal & Regulatory, Negotiation, Organization, Procurement, Risk, Sourcing, Change Management

Operate a Global Supply Chain during a Recession

Christian Verstraete wrote 1 week ago: For nearly one year, we keep hearing the term recession. The fundamental question is whether it’s ov … more →

Tags: recession, Asia, Collaboration, Japan, Lean, Visibility

Supply chain risk made easy

Jan wrote 1 week ago: While I was preparing my annual lecture on supply chain risk I decided to look for some YouTube vide … more →

Tags: Supply Chain Disruption, Supply Chain Literature Review, Christopher S Tang, research blogging, Risk Management

Can you help with a Business Model?

Curious wrote 1 week ago: After being around different systems, process, models, process tools, etc, etc   I wanted to try and … more →

Tags: Lean, Logistics, Six Sigma, staff/employees, value-stream, Business Model, Modelling, Process, management tools

Accounting for Superior Customer Service

ahereth wrote 1 week ago: In this paper I will discuss how standard accounting practice does not account for the cost of custo … more →

Tags: 3PL, Customer Service, Logistics, order fulfillment, Third Party Logistics, Transportation, warehousing

The Importance of Protecting Infrastructure in a Developing Nation

kruegs wrote 1 week ago: Any economist with developing nation experience would tell you that one of the greatest levers to en … more →

Tags: PNG, development, transport infrastructure, Vandalism, Sustainable Development, ownership, Railway

Controlling excessive Consumption of Workplace materials

kruegs wrote 1 week ago: I recently had an experience at a remote worksite where the supply of Personal Protective Equipment … more →

Tags: Supply, Stock Control, INVENTORY CONTROL, waste, Warehouse, misuse, company resources, remote supply chain

Why do Improvement Projects fail ?

Curious wrote 1 week ago: Am I right in my assumptions why Improvement Projects Fail?  (or don’t achieve what they set out to) … more →

Tags: staff/employees, value-stream, Improvement, change, Questions, Opportunities, People


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