Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, December 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on January 3 2012. The report was issued on January 3 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 53.9 percent, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from November’s reading […]
Coca-Cola Supply Chain improving
Coca-Cola Supply Chain improving In a recent article in Supply & Demand Chain Executive, editor Barry Hochfelder is giving some interesting insights to the Coca-Cola Supply Chain. Coke’s global supply chain is a very complex network of plants, bottlers, warehouses and customers, along with multiple product lines following multiple supply chains with differing objectives. Achieving […]
HAPPY NEW 2012
HAPPY NEW 2012 The i-Procure.com team wishes you a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, November 2011
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, November 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on December 1 2011. The report was issued on December 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 52.7 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from October’s reading […]
U-Commerce
U-Commerce When closing 2011, the buzzword of the year will probably be U-Commerce, at least amongst e-commerce practitioners. U-commerce is considered to be the evolution of traditional e-commerce and the convergence of industry, technology and communications into a dynamic economic environment. Mobile e-commerce New e-commerce and mobile commerce capabilities are bringing us closer together and […]
Apple is cutting back on iPhone4S orders
Apple is cutting back on iPhone4S orders Asian media reports suggest that, due to weaker demand, Apple is currently cutting back on orders. This will affect component suppliers as well as its main manufacturing partner Foxconn. Chinese-language Commercial Times is also claiming that manufacturing orders for the iPad are also being reduced, by as much […]
Tesco spends $45M on increased IT supply chain efficiency
Tesco spends $45M on increased IT Supply Chain efficiency Procurement Leaders reporting that UK-based retailer Tesco has launched a $45M programme to improve visibility into the performance of its IT Supply Chain, including mainframe, desktop computers, servers, network components, credit card transactions, suppliers and supply orders. CA Technologies will manage and monitor the global IT […]