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Procurement and Sourcing: Wal-Mart Buyers Get Chance to Freely Air their Thoughts on Vendor Products - Sort of - In New Company Blog
New "Check Out" Site Provides Outlet for Corporate Buyers to Air their Views, but Reports of Product Critiques are Exaggerated; Should Buyers in Other Companies Consider Blogging Too?
TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier ManagementGlobal Supply Chain News: What Happens if US Election Results in Big Changes to NAFTA?
Odds of Dramatic Changes are probably Small, Despite the Democratic Rhetoric, but Companies should Prepare; "Certainty of Supply" an Important Decision Factor, says John Blascovich of AT Kearney
TOPICS : Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain riskLogistics News: Current Transportation Capacity Glut is Forcing Many Independent Truckers out of Business
Move will Eventually Help Clear the Market, Restore Carrier Pricing Power; what a Difference Two Years Makes
TOPICS : Logistics | Transportation | TruckingSupply Chain Issues: Are you Effectively Managing Your Talent Supply Chain?
Principals Used to Manage the Physical Supply Chain can be Applied to Ensuring you Build the Right Talent Pool, Wharton Professor Argues; Competitive Advantage for those Who Make the Effort?
TOPICS : Managing effectivelyProcurement and Sourcing News: AMR Study Finds US Companies to Increase Spending on Supply Management by Almost 14% in 2008
Improving Supplier Connectivity and Supply Visibility Top Investment Priorities
TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain software | Supply Chain studiesLogistics News: When Looking at Distribution Center Sites, be sure to Factor in Drayage Costs, Especially for Inland Ports
Differences in Costs for Container Movement Can Often Overwhelm Differences in Land or Lease Prices; One Retailer Learns the Hard Way
TOPICS : Distribution | Global logistics | Inbound logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking | Warehouse designMaterial Handling Automation: A Sortation Systems Dictionary
Half the Battle is Understanding Key Terms; from Pick Modules to Induction
TOPICS : Material handling automationUS Retailers Take Their Business Virtually All Around the World
BrainTrust Panel Discussion Question: How significant an opportunity are sales made online to consumers in foreign markets for US-based retail businesses?
TOPICS : Retail industry supply chainManufacturing News: What You Are Up Against in Competing with China
Recent Report from the Conference Board Shows Average Manufacturing Wages Still Under $1.00 US, though Wage Inflation is Making Other LCCs Attractive for Wage-Sensitive Products; 30 Minutes can mean 50% Savings
TOPICS : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Supply chain costs | Supply Chain studiesGlobal Supply Chain: Annual Political and Economic Risk Map Finds the World a Riskier Place in 2008
Risk is Significant in 25 of the Largest 50 Countries, Aon and Oxford Analytic Say; Growing Concern about Sourcing from Asia
TOPICS : Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Supply chain risk