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June 02, 2008

Supply Chain News: Focus on Developing Markets Continues, as Ford Announces Plans to Build "Global Car" in Mexico

With Tata''s $2500 Car Coming, Ford to Invest $3 Billion to Build Fiesta; UAW Loses Effort to Have Car Built in US

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring

May 29, 2008

Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - Average Days Inventory Outstanding for US Food Manufacturers?

What is the average Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) for US Food Manufacturers?

TOPICS : Trivia

May 29, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Global Sourcing Matrix

Deciding where to Outsource Involves Evaluating both Manufacturing Attractiveness and Local Market Attactiveness

TOPICS : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring | Supply Chain Basics | Supply chain strategy

May 29, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: May 29, 2008

This Week: Diesel Prices Soaring into the Unknown; Inventory Level Reduction at The Gap; DHL Reduces US Network Capacity; Black and Decker Improves Forecast Accuracy with New Supply Chain Planning Application

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

May 27, 2008

RFID News: RW Baird Sees Three Key Barriers to RFID Adoption

Data Sharing, Privacy Concerns, and Global Standards Top the List

TOPICS : RFID and Privacy | RFID market size | RFID software | RFID

May 22, 2008

Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - Largest Exporter in the World?

What Country is the Largest Exporter in the World?

TOPICS : Trivia

May 22, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Commodity Prices Refuse to Fall

Past Economic Downturns have Always Led to a Drop in Commodity Prices, IMF Data Shows; Not this Time

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costs

May 22, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: May 22, 2008

This Week: Prescription Drug Heist in Tennessee; Chinese Food Filling the US Breadbasket; Fuel Costs for Big Brown are Big Deal; Cheap Labor in Costa Rica

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

May 19, 2008

Procurement and Sourcing News: Chinese Steel Makers in Spat with Iron Ore Giant Rio Tinto

Is the Company Limiting Contract Ore to Sell More on Spot Market?; Potential Boycott in Works, but Ore Producers for Now Hold the Cards

TOPICS : China | Global supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management

May 15, 2008

Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - First Industrial Engineering Degree?

What University Created the First Industrial Engineering Degree?

TOPICS : Trivia