The Top 100 3PL Providers chart from Inbound Logistics includes well-known companies, a smattering of 3PL niche providers, and newer companies offering specialized logistics services. They’re listed alphabetically to make it solutions-based resource, rather than to rank one provider over another. Here is the list of companies featured in the Top 100 chart: A & R Logistics A.N. […]
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Five supply chain predictions for 2017
Paul Martyn, writing for Forbes, has made 5 predictions for 2017: The supply chain will go bimodal Socially-inspired product development will rise Excellence will be measured by adaptability High performing organizations will recognize supply chain and procurement operations as critical differentiators A redefinition of supply chain risk The supply chain will go bimodal How do […]
The trump effect
In a recent post in Supply Management blog, editor Paul Simpson argues, for good reasons, that US president’s economic plans could signal a disruptive time for procurement. Donald Trump’s determination to make it an “expensive mistake” for US companies to move manufacturing overseas is the biggest uncertainty facing the global economy in 2017. On Twitter, the […]
Digital supply networks and increasing sustainability
Digital supply networks and increasing sustainability Recently the managing Director at Accenture Strategy, mr Rob Woodstock, wrote an interesting article on the subject. Suppliers in certain markets have advanced further than others when it comes to creating and maintaining sustainable supply chains. For example suppliers in France, the UK, Spain and Germany – in that order […]
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, July 2014
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, July 2014 National report (USA), released by ISM on April 1, 2014. The report was issued on August 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The July PMI® registered 57.1 percent, an increase of 1.8 percentage points from June’s […]
Sustainable Supply Chain Summit 2014 (Europe)
Sustainable Supply Chain Summit 2014 (Europe) On November 19-20 we will be attending the Sustainable Supply Chain Summit in London,UK together with our colleagues from i-Procure.se. The key themes being addressed include: Embed Sustainability: Fuse CSR and sustainability into procurement and supply chain to future-proof your viability as a business Minimise Environmental Footprint: Measure the […]
Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit 2014
Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit 2014 In a couple of weeks we will be attending the Stockholm SCP&O Executive Summit together with the i-Procure.se team. The summit is a part of Quintiq World Tour: “Streamlined operations. Maximized resource utilization. Optimal performance. The lowest costs for the highest profit margins. In a word: Efficiency. It’s the key […]