Thursday, May 27, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
As reported in SCMR yesterday, a new report from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development includes caveat in rosy forecast
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, trade flows are ramping up.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 · Patrick Burnson
As most supply chain executives suspected, domestic revenues for the third-party logistics (3PL) market sank significantly last year.
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Peter Duchessi and InduShobha Chengalur-Smith
Conventional wisdom is that most companies today, particularly the larger ones, have adopted the practices associated with sound supply chain management. But that may not always be the case. New research reveals a clear gap between adopters and the laggards—or the…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Kristen Etheredge and James O’Keefe
Effectively managing complexity in the supply chain is one of the most important actions that companies can take to add real value to their business.
Friday, May 21, 2010 · By Gene Tyndall and Tom Beube
Supply chain managers need to learn more about what’s involved in financing international goods movement — and the new methods and technologies available to help them.
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Jim McIntosh and Margot Levin
Many large companies still procure services at the local level, believing that this spend category is best managed and measured there. Yet this approach forecloses on some important opportunities. Organizations that have successfully moved from a local to an enterprise-wide…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Frank Quinn
Spring is a time for renewal. It's a time for reassessing the way we've been doing things and making changes in a manner that ensures forward progress. That's a recurring theme of the articles in the latest issue of Supply Chain Management Review.…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Jim McIntosh and Margot Levin
Environmental services is often considered to be ill suited for an enterprise-wide procurement and management approach. The reason given: it’s too specialized and difficult to measure. Yet the following real-life example from a large client illustrates the opportunity for…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Brian Ceraolo
This May/June 2010 edition of Supply Chain Management Review marks a new beginning for us. It’s our first issue published under our new company, Peerless Media, LLC. In addition to SCMR, Peerless Media is publishing several other leading publications you may be familiar with…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · John Kerr
Kate Vitasek threw out challenge a few years ago to her fellow board members at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). Vitasek, an inveterate campaigner for supply chain performance measurement and management, argued forcefully that the profession…
Friday, May 21, 2010 · Michael J. Burkett
Expanding into emerging markets is core to almost every major manufacturer’s growth strategy. As the global greening trend accelerates, companies should retool their supply chain infrastructures in order to keep up.
Friday, May 7, 2010 · William B. Lee and Errol Wirasinghe
Supply chain decision making is fraught with difficulties, largely because decision making frequently is regarded purely as a mental process in which there is an illusion of knowledge. Supply chain managers rely too much on guts and intuition, the authors contend, and not…
Friday, May 7, 2010 · Singh Manoj K
Although sales and operations planning (S&OP) has been practiced for several decades now, many companies still struggle to succeed with their programs. A big part of the problem is that the requisite building blocks to success are either faulty or lacking. The five success…
Friday, May 7, 2010 · Thomas Kedrowski
For PolyOne Corp., the secret to survival and success is in the supply chain. This global provider of specialized polymers was burdened by excess inventory and production capacity, poor on-time delivery performance, and a sharp downturn in key markets. A series of targeted…
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