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August 28, 2008

This Week's Supply Chain Trivia - What does a Wal-Mart CEO, University of Tennessee Professor, former Procter & Gamble Chief Logistics Officer, and Georgia Tech Professor have in Common?

What do Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, University of Tennessee Professor Tom Mentzer, Former Procter & Gamble Chief Logistics Officer Ralph Drayer, and Georgia Tech Professor John Langley have in Common?

TOPICS : Trivia

August 28, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Executive Priorities for the Supply Chain

Cost Reduction Tops the List, in the Face of Spiraling Input Prices; Carbon Emissions Barely on the Radar

TOPICS : Supply chain strategy | Supply Chain Trends

August 28, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: August 28, 2008

This Week: 3-Day Weekend May be New Standard at Chrysler; Taking Spice (and Manufacturing Cost) Out of the Helper; Tata Threatens to Nix Indian Nano Factory; "Country of Origin" Food Labeling to Add Cost Across the Board

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

August 21, 2008

This Week's Supply Chain Trivia - How Many SKUs Does a Demand Planner Manage?

For a Company with 10,000 SKUs, How Many SKUs Does an Individual Forecaster/Demand Planner Manage, on Average?

TOPICS : Trivia

August 21, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - The Shape of Value Plot

Understanding Customer Value Drivers Should Determine Product, Service and Supply Chain Decisions

TOPICS : Supply Chain Basics | Supply chain strategy | Supply chain value

August 21, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: August 21, 2008

This Week: Another Day, Another Price Increase; NAM President Says "Not so Fast:" Reverse Logistics Management Increases Profits; Generating Supply Chain Cost Savings at Chrysler

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

August 14, 2008

Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - Dallas-based WMS Company Aligned with i2 in the 90s?

What Dallas-based Warehouse Management System Company Strongly Aligned itself with i2 (also of Dallas) in the Late 1990s and was For a Time the Largest Provider in the WMS space, Only to Fall Victim to its Own Missteps and be Ultimately Acquired by SSA (in turn Acquired by Infor) in 2003?

TOPICS : Trivia

August 14, 2008

Logistics News: Struggling Circuit City Cancels Plans for New Consolidated DC

$45 Million Facility on hold as Company Needs to Preserve Cash more than Gain Supply Chain Efficiencies

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Retail industry supply chain

August 13, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Dramatic Change in US Share of Global Manufacturing Output

Set to be Surpassed by China in 2009, US Share to be Vastly Lower by 2025 as Phenomenal Growth Continues in China

TOPICS : Manufacturing