article thumbnail

Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

article thumbnail

Keeping Inventory Cool: Challenges of Temperature Control

RFgen

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. As markets emerge in India, China and South America, U.S.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Keeping Inventory Cool: Challenges of Temperature Control

RFgen

Proper temperature prevents certain inventory from becoming unusable and keeps consumables safe for customers. Packaging Digest reported the global health care cold chain logistics market is projected to increase by $3-billion between 2014 and 2018. As markets emerge in India, China and South America, U.S.

article thumbnail

Monsanto Global Crop Protection Division implements end-to-end supply chain visibility

Supply Chain Movement

This was announced by OM Partners on 28 August 2014. This phase included Crop Protection sites in Europe and the USA and delivered a view of global demand, plan and inventory. The solution is now also being rolled out to Monsanto Crop Protection sites in South America and Asia.

article thumbnail

Nothing Easy About Supplier Relationship Management

Talking Logistics

29, 2014): By year’s end, chief executives at all of America’s Fortune 500 companies should get a letter signed by the president of the American Bar Association. 23, 2014, sub. In recent weeks, I’ve come across several articles underscoring how much more difficult, risky, and complex supplier relationship management is becoming.

article thumbnail

E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

We examine the benefits and obstacles to e-commerce in Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa. Smartphone users in India doubled from 2013-2014, from 51 million to 104 million. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. The market is there.

Kenya 60
article thumbnail

Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the ÂŁ2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. The company saw huge inventory and other factory investment losses in the explosion. Around 5,800 Jaguar Land Rovers were damaged , amounting to ÂŁ245m in damages.