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Editorial carelessness?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:58 -0600

If Friday postings are meant to be more casual postings and personal rants, this post most certainly falls into that category. Yesterday I sat down to prepare a review of this book, Managing Risks in Supply Chains: How to Build Reliable Collaboration

Cost of NOT Using Modern Supply Chain Systems: 6.8 Billion

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0600

A recent article over on CNN Money that noted that the store theft cost to your family, largely due to a 9% jump in retail theft over the past year, is $435 -- as shoplifting, employee theft, and supply chain fraud cost retailers $42.2 Billion betwe

Press Releases – TAKE Supply Chain Enhances Xtended Process Control

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:24:45 -0600

18, 2009 – TAKE Supply Chain (formerly ClearOrbit), innovator of software solutions to power demand-driven value networks, today released Xtended Process Control (X.PC) 5.7d, an upgrade to the... Dies ist nur ein Text-Auszug. Besuchen Sie ERPSCOUT

Mitigating supply chain disruptions is easy

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:29:57 -0600

How could I have missed this paper? I was preparing my 2009-lecture on supply chain risk for tomorrow and while looking for some YouTube videos on supply chain risk to spice up my 3-hour presentation, I came across a short snippet featuring Christoph

Coca-Cola Rolls Out Plant-Based Recyclable Bottles

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:42:37 -0600

Seemingly every day a different company announces a new greening initiative, so when Coca-Cola said this morning that it has begun distributing plastic bottles of Coke and other beverages made with up to 30% plant-based material, it might have seemed

Gen 2 RFID reader based on Alien ALR-9800 (Kansas City Star)

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:13:00 -0600

RFID News writes… Toronto, Canada - GAO RFID Inc. (www.GAORFID.com) recommends this robust, easy-to-use ultra-high frequency (UHF) Gen2 RFID reader based on the successful Alien ALR-9800. The RFID reader features enhanced interference rejection

Supply, Demand, and … “Miscellanous” Risk?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:01:03 -0600

I’ve said so before, sometimes new articles are found in new and unlikely places. The other day I was proofreading the paper of a colleague and something caught my attention in her reference list. A brand new article, just out: Managing disrupt

Ethical farming III — stuffed and starved

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:15:44 -0600

I decided to write another blog on the topic to further clarify my position on a few issues and to adopt a more conciliatory tone. Too many people are worried about being wrong, they say nothing or refuse to change their position no matter how untena

NPA Welcomes Timely Reminder On Supply Chain Obligations

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:20:02 -0600

Following a series of constructive discussions, representatives of manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies and other stakeholders have released guidance on Medicines Shortages and Supply Chain Obligations. The pharmaceutical supply chain has historica

Greenwashing isn’t just for marketers, it’s going operational

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:36:58 -0600

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The Box is back!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:27:56 -0600

Finally, the BBC Box has returned home, as I was made aware of from a post on @risk the other day. I had near forgotten about this project. A year ago I made a post on the BBC project “The Box”, where BBC News is following a shipping cont

Sustainable Minds Release 1.0: Greener Products from the Start

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:01:19 -0600

Consumers increasingly want the ability to make informed decisions through a better understanding of the human health and environmental impacts of products, processes and activities. Though many products claim to be “green,” the inputs an

Dick Locke on "Training Supply Management Personnel on Quality Assurance Basics"

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0600

Well, I'm glad the Doc is publishing his material on cultural differences. I've promised a blog entry on international topics every two weeks, but I've been suffering from blogger's block. I'm tired of debating whether China is manipulating currency

New Automotive Council to Drive Forward Future Strategy of UK Car Industry

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:00:14 -0600

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced that the Government is setting up a new Automotive Council to address the long term strategic challenges facing the UK car industry. Through areas such as innovation and high-skilled job creation, the a

The Kinaxis Blog

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:03 -0600

I said in my post on Bob Ferrari’s blog Supply Chain Matters that I was going to resurrect my previous habit of presenting and reviewing supply chain risk blogs. A promise is a promise, so here is a high-quality blog for you, the Kinaxis Blog,

RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled HTPC switches playlists while you switch drinks

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:28:26 -0600

RFID News writes… You know, RFID hasn’t done much for itself in the consumer market. To most average Joes and Janes, the tech is really only around for use in complex supply chains and warehouses that they’d rather block from their

RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled HTPC switches playlists while you switch drinks

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:28:26 -0600

One out of Eight Organizations Get It. What Do We Do About The Other Seven?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0600

According to AMR's latest research, summarized in this piece on driving supply chain transformation through the Chief Supply Chain Officer, only one out of eight organizations have a CSCO, CPO, or equivalent that reports directly to the CEO. T

What Should You Get Ready For Whilst Your Internet Site Is Being Marketed By An S E O Company

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:53:35 -0600

If you have made the decision to use the services of a Search Engine Optimization Company you have most probably done this with a view to increasing your internet trade. So it would seem apparent that you need to prepare your organisation for an incr

Supply Chain Service Provider Links

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:29 -0600

The following list is a sample of the vast array of Supply Chain Service Providers currently operating in Australia 1st Fleet – www.1stfleet.com.au Adelaide Warehouse And Distribution Service – www.awds.com.au Allied Express Transpo

A Day in The Life of a Chief Sustainability Officer

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:39:28 -0600

The following is an account of one day on the job with Kathrin Winkler. She is Sr. Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at EMC Corporation, where she has a history of taking on entirely new roles in which she has to fill in the interstices bet

Risk and Uncertainty in Supply Chain Management

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:51:08 -0600

I’ve searched and scoured numerous academic journals in order to find literature I can use for this blog. Sometimes my readers help me and suggest articles I am not yet aware of, and sometimes I stumble upon them myself, accidentally. Today I s

Critical: Beer Distribution

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:11 -0600

I’m not in the habit of making Friday a day for funny blog posts, but today’s article highlights a very interesting issue: Beer distribution is a sector that will be highly affected by a supply chain distribution…in the UK. You coul

The Secrets to Attraction Marketing Revealed

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:01:24 -0600

Attraction Marketing is absolute magic for your Network Marketing business and I am going to show you why! What would it be like to have your phone ringing continuously? Tens of people will be calling you asking you how to succeed in Network Marketin

Graph Theory to the rescue

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:29:45 -0600

Graph Theory. In Supply Chain Management? It’s probably 10 years ago since last time I looked at Graph Theory. That was when I was writing my thesis for my MSc in GIS on Network Analysis in Raster GIS, and while I know that Graph Theory has man

Game Changers or Business As Usual?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:01:00 -0600

Supply Chain Digest recently reviewed Kate Vitadek & J. Paul Dittman's full report on Supply Chain Game Changers: A Practitioner's Guide for Driving Competitive Advantage within Your Supply Chain. After reviewing the top ten list, I'm not sure i

Trust: Why Business Lost It, And How To Win It Back (Part 1 of 3)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:43:50 -0600

There is a serious lack of trust among consumers these days. Citizens of every country are eying large national and multi-national corporations with a narrowed, suspicious gaze. Questions are being asked. Answers demanded. With taxpayers around the w

Supply Chain Flexibility in Strategic Networks

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:55:18 -0600

A supply chain as a virtual enterprise network. That is the underlying reasoning in the 2009 paper How to improve supply chain flexibility using strategic supply chain networks by Herwig Winkler. Virtual Enterprise Networks do not play a major role i

Malaysian Forestry Department Studies RFID

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:12:11 -0600

Seeking a system to help it satisfy EU regulations, the government agency recently completed a project using EPC Gen 2 tags to track the movement of logs through the supply chain. Source Tags: EPC, RF, RFID, RFID Government, supply chain, Tags, Tego

Is the supply chain finally being recognized by the mainstream as a strategic capability of a company?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:45:39 -0600

Supply chains are getting good business press lately. On a daily basis, I come across quotes like the one in a recent BusinessWeek article stating, “The ones [companies] that manage supply chains best will come out ahead as the recession ease

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Editorial carelessness?

Cost of NOT Using Modern Supply Chain Systems: 6.8 Billion

Press Releases – TAKE Supply Chain Enhances Xtended Process Control

Mitigating supply chain disruptions is easy

Coca-Cola Rolls Out Plant-Based Recyclable Bottles

Gen 2 RFID reader based on Alien ALR-9800 (Kansas City Star)

Supply, Demand, and … “Miscellanous” Risk?

Ethical farming III — stuffed and starved

NPA Welcomes Timely Reminder On Supply Chain Obligations

Greenwashing isn’t just for marketers, it’s going operational

The Box is back!

Sustainable Minds Release 1.0: Greener Products from the Start

Dick Locke on &quot;Training Supply Management Personnel on Quality Assurance Basics&quot;

New Automotive Council to Drive Forward Future Strategy of UK Car Industry

The Kinaxis Blog

RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled HTPC switches playlists while you switch drinks

RFiDJ: the coaster-controlled HTPC switches playlists while you switch drinks

One out of Eight Organizations Get It. What Do We Do About The Other Seven?

What Should You Get Ready For Whilst Your Internet Site Is Being Marketed By An S E O Company

Supply Chain Service Provider Links

A Day in The Life of a Chief Sustainability Officer

Risk and Uncertainty in Supply Chain Management

Critical: Beer Distribution

The Secrets to Attraction Marketing Revealed

Graph Theory to the rescue

Game Changers or Business As Usual?

Trust: Why Business Lost It, And How To Win It Back (Part 1 of 3)

Supply Chain Flexibility in Strategic Networks

Malaysian Forestry Department Studies RFID

Is the supply chain finally being recognized by the mainstream as a strategic capability of a company?

Dick Locke on "Training Supply Management Personnel on Quality Assurance Basics"