Supply Chains Rock

APRIL 28, 2011

'Who said supply chains are boring? Whenever I tell a friend, colleague or family member about my job as soon as the words "supply chain" are muttered I immediately see glassy eyes followed by a yawn or two. Little do they realize that every time they discard or recycle a carton of milk they are completing the end of the supply chain cycle. Without supply chains consumers would be stuck using products that they had to make or grow with their own two hands.

Supply Chain 169

Supply Chain Manufacturing Procurement SCM Supply and Demand 169

Supply Chain Network

APRIL 24, 2011

'Agentrics, a leader in retail and supply chain solutions, is going back to its roots as an early pioneer of the industry’s first ever collaborative exchange platform for retailers, with the announcement that it is launching a new solution suite, offered in a hosted software-as-a-service (SaaS) format, focused on enabling a more synchronized supply chain.

Supply Chain Software 87

Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Retail Supply and Demand 87

Supply Chain Network

APRIL 23, 2011

'From silicon.com: “You might think a long career in IT is a prerequisite for heading up a corporate IT department but for DHL Logistics CIO Hugo Patten the route to CIO was far more varied. Patten started out working in electronics manufacturing in the 1980s and 1990s with Mitsubishi Electric, a traditional Japanese keiretsu, or conglomerate, that Patten describes as “very diverse but very traditional at its heart” He ended up working in the European strategic planning side of

Innovation 87

Innovation Third Party Logistics Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 87