Welcome Friday, September 03, 2010
Supply Chain Management (SCM) News
Microsoft adopts cloud-based SRM
Microsoft has selected an on-demand solution to manage all critical aspects of the supplier lifecycle - from initial supplier registration and assessment of risk to active measurement of performance, monitoring of compliance and maintenance of supplier information.
Nestlé optimises coffee supply chain
Nestlé has unveiled plans to optimise its coffee supply chain and improve its sustainability credentials.
09:19, 31 Aug, 2010
MIQ Logistics names new chairman and CEO
Supply chain management company MIQ Logistics, formerly YRC Logistics, has named Joey Carnes as its new chairman and chief executive officer.
10:10, 27 Aug, 2010
Singapore crowned world's largest container port
Falling volumes of freight could not prevent the port of Singapore retaining its crown as the largest container shipping port in the world, according to new research.
09:42, 26 Aug, 2010
Halfords suffers supply chain delays
UK retailer Halfords has been suffering serious supply chain delays and has been forced to put its 24-hour delivery service on ice, according to media reports.
09:28, 26 Aug, 2010
Southeast-Asian "common market" to eclipse China
China's position as the world's manufacturing power house could be eclipsed by a "common market" of Southeast Asian nations by 2015, experts predict.
09:21, 24 Aug, 2010
Supply chain overhaul key to GM IPO
If General Motor's recently filed plans for an initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission are to succeed they must be accompanied by a comprehensive supply chain overhaul, according to industry experts.
09:13, 23 Aug, 2010
GE supply chain VP heads to TPI Composites
Stephen Bransfield, General Electric's former vice president of global supply chain for GE Energy has, after 37 years with GE, joined TPI Composites' board of directors.
09:43, 20 Aug, 2010
Cisco claims supply chain problems now 'stabilised'
Cisco has admitted that long-running supply chain issues which have held back delivery of its networking equipment to customers and channel partners have not yet been completely resolved. However, the technology giant promised that the problems have been "stabilised."
09:56, 19 Aug, 2010
Analysis: Why diamonds aren't procurement's best friend
What Naomi Campbell knows about supply chain management can probably be scribbled onto the label of one of her fabulously expensive catwalk outfits, but what the super-model has (albeit inadvertently) achieved in the past ten days is to once again raise the issue of ethical sourcing from a continent still ravaged by civil war and uncertainty.
13:00, 17 Aug, 2010
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