Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, June 2013 National report (USA), released by ISM on July 1, 2013. The report was issued on July 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI™ registered 50.9 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from May’s reading […]
Improving competitive advantage through procurement excellence
Improving competitive advantage through procurement excellence Like other strategic functions in the enterprise, procurement’s role continues to evolve. From 2008 to 2012, many companies looked to procurement to help facilitate aggressive cost-cutting targets necessitated by a global economic downturn. As economic realities continue to shift, the procurement function must again adjust. To understand what actions […]
Four reasons why nearsourcing gives competitive edge
Four reasons why nearsourcing gives competitive edge or… Four reasons why nearsourcing separates efficient, profitable supply chains from their counterparts In a recent article in Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Diane Palmquist, VP of Manufacturing Industry Solutions at GT Nexus has an interesting view on developing markets, nearsourcing and reshoring… As developing markets continue to dominate […]
Coca Cola – The greenest food company
Coca Cola – The greenest food company Newsweek’s 2012 survey listed Coca-Cola Enterprises as the greenest and Coca-Cola Co. as the second greenest food company in USA. Coke has incorporated some innovative changes in its supply chain to help conserve resources despite seeing a 12% increase production. It has established a sustainable supply chain that […]
Top Female Supply Chain Executives (2013)
Top Female Supply Chain Executives In a recent edition of Supply & Demand Chain Executive there is a really nice feature story on Top Female Supply Chain Executives that lead the way for Global Success… Stephanie Miles, SVP of Commercial Services, Amber Road I have seen a positive shift in the past 10 years towards […]
Webinar: Managing Supply Chain Risk with S&OP
Risk is a fact of life in today’s supply chains, which are more complex, volatile, and demand-driven than ever. Companies source, make, and sell shorter lifecycle products “anywhere in the world”, requiring longer, more fragmented supply lines. These trends combined with the current uncertain global economy require S&OP processes to be more responsive to demand-supply […]
BI in the Supply Chain
BI in the Supply Chain In a feature story in Inbound Logistics, Amy Roach Partridge says that “thanks to Business Intelligence tools, companies are no longer awash in reams of data that they don’t know what to do with. Instead, logistics managers are using BI technologies to find real meaning in their sea of numbers and […]