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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week- Key Dimensions of Procurement and Sourcing Effectiveness
Understanding Procurement and Sourcing Effectiveness Requires Analysis of a Broad Range of Factors
TOPICS : Managing effectively | Metrics/Performance measurement | Procurement/Supplier ManagementThis Week's Supply Chain Trivia - Percentage of Independent Truckers
What Percent of US Truck Drivers are Independents?
TOPICS : TriviaSupply Chain by the Numbers: March 5, 2008
This Week: Independent Truckers On the Road to Repossession; Falling Greenback Bruises Import Market; Oil Prices Partly Determined by Futures Market; Suppliers Tie Up U.S. Shoe Manufacturers
TOPICS : Supply Chain By the NumbersSupply Chain Graphic of the Week - Understanding Batch Order Picking
Batch Picking Strategies are the Key to Most Sortation System Deployments; Let the Sorter do the Work
TOPICS : Material handling automationSupply Chain by the Numbers: February 27, 2008
This Week: China Zaps the Microwave Market; Amazon Scores Well with Customers; RFID-based Systems Identify Big Gains in 2008; Where is the Beef? - It Has Been Recalled
TOPICS : Supply Chain By the NumbersSupply Chain News: Huawei Technologies Pulls Out of Deal to buy 3COM, as Chinese Government Calls Foul over Increasing Concerns over Investments
Chinese Official Says Supposed Security Concerns are Baloney - Well, Actually, He Used a Stronger Term; Chinese Direct Investment Becoming a Major Political Issue
TOPICS : China | ManufacturingSupply Chain News: Siemens Announces Strategy to Penetrate World Markets with Lower Cost Products
Executive Says Opportunity is $150 Billion Annually, with High Growth; Products Will Often be Manufactured in Local Markets
TOPICS : China | Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Supply chain strategyThis Week's Supply Chain Trivia - Economic Order Quantity (ECO) Variables
What are the three primary variables used to compute the Economic Order Quantity (EOC)?
TOPICS : TriviaSupply Chain by the Numbers: February 22, 2008
This Week: Oil Prices Break New Ground; "Steel" Yourself for Jump in Price of Iron Ore; Lots of Smiling at Wal-Mart Over 4th Quarter Revenue; When a Sortation System Makes Good Sense
TOPICS : Supply Chain By the NumbersSupply Chain Graphic of the Week - Opportunities in The Long Tail
Throw the Pareto Principal Out - Increasing Focus on How to Optimize Slower Moving Inventories
TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Inventory management | Inventory optimization