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October 07, 2007

Manufacturing News: Will Mattel Incidents Be Catalyzing Event in how Manufacturers think about Risk - in Product Design?

China as Scapegoat? As Mattel Apologizes to China, Attention to Supply Chain Risk Should Not Obscure Key Issues around Product Design; Even Toyota had Issues

TOPICS : China | Manufacturing | Supply chain risk

October 07, 2007

RFID: Revenge of the Closed-Loop System

Right Now, Closed Loop is Where the Action Is; Alien Makes Market Move

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | RFID

October 07, 2007

Transportation News: Rail Carriers in the Cross Hairs

From Review of Antitrust Status to Fuel Surcharge Lawsuits, US Railroads have Reason to Worry

TOPICS : Rail carriers/transportation | Transportation

October 07, 2007

Supply Chain Careers: The Future is Procurement

Outsourcing, Commodity Prices, Make Sourcing Execs a Hot Commodity Themselves

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

October 07, 2007

Dimensions of Supply Chain Competence

Data from Annual Report on SCM Progress from CSC and Michigan State provides Mixed Data, but Framework is Useful; We Summarize Key Findings

TOPICS : Supply Chain studies


October 02, 2007

Supply Chain Performance Management: New Metric Framework from APQC

Focus on Productivity Per FTE is Different; a Good Place to Start for Metrics Development

TOPICS : Supply Chain Trends

October 01, 2007

Import Warehouses - The Next Bottleneck in Global Supply Chains?

As Port Congestion Eases for Now, Other Factors are Complicating the Transloading and Distribution Process

TOPICS : Distribution | Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Supply chain visibility

October 01, 2007

ECAs: The Preferred Solution Until e-Contract Law Is Better Defined

In Rush to Achieve the Benefits of e-Procurement, do not Leave Yourself Vulnerable to Legal Risks or Supplier Challenge

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

September 30, 2007

Mexican Truckers in the US: Understanding the Issues

FMSCA Hopes to Quiet Critics with Plans to Track Trucks by Satellite; How We Got Here

TOPICS : Transportation