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Avoiding The Corporate Death Spiral: World Class Suppliers Need World Class Customers - 0 views

  • As part of their effort to slash the cost of auto parts by 30% over the next three years, Toyota met with its suppliers last week to enlist their help in the process. Based on their reputation for dealing with suppliers, I'm guessing that Toyota will approach the process in a much different manner than most companies, and the process will be very successful.
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    Instead of squeezing suppliers by beating down prices and lengthening payment terms, companies like Toyota...
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Foxfire | WMS Software | Greenville, SC - 0 views

  • Since its genesis in 1985, Foxfire has expanded to become a leading supplier of manufacturing, warehousing software, and supply chain execution systems. Foxfire's worldwide headquarters is located in Greenville, SC and has offices throughout the US. Foxfire also has a research and development center located near Clemson, South Carolina, leveraging the resources and talent pool of Clemson University's world-class institute of higher learning. Foxfire's customer base reaches across the United States, Canada, and Latin America, and we are currently expanding into other world markets rapidly through a network of distribution partners
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The world in 2011 - CPO Agenda - 0 views

  • Procurement professionals may have found 2010 testing but the past 12 months have also seen businesses prepare for recovery, albeit cautiously. So what does 2011 hold for procurement? We asked  CPOs worldwide for their predictions.
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Support for Free Trade Recovers Despite Recession: Overview - Pew Research Center for t... - 0 views

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    Despite the economic recession, public support for free trade agreements has recovered after declining a year ago. Currently, 44% say that free trade agreements like NAFTA and the policies of the World Trade Organization are good for the country, up from 35% a year ago. Slightly more than a third (35%) say that such agreements and policies are bad for the country, down from 48% in April 2008.
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    In an April 1-5 survey by CBS News/New York Times, 66% said "that trade with other countries - both buying and selling products" is good for the U.S. economy. Fewer (58%) expressed that view in March 2008.
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IW Best Plants 2010: Focused on Excellence - 0 views

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    World-class manufacturing flourishes among IndustryWeek's 2009 Best Plants winners.
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Not everyone is impressed by Dell's "smart" supply chain - 0 views

  • To understand Dell's situation, you have to go back to the start. After being founded in Michael Dell's dorm room at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, the company mastered the science of supply-chain efficiency. It was a model that made Dell the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 during the 1990s. Because it curtailed its retail store business early on and sold directly to consumers and businesses, Dell could build computers "just in time," which meant that it didn't have to assemble a machine and then let it sit in a warehouse or a retail location until someone bought it. Instead, it generally put together PCs only after customers had already ordered them. That meant Dell could order certain parts for its computers just days before they were needed—and often not pay for them until after the assembled computers were shipped off to customers
  • derstand Dell's situation, you have to go back to the start. After being founded in Michael Dell's dorm room at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, the company mastered the science of supply-chain efficiency. It was a model that made Dell the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 during the 1990s. Because it curtailed its retail store business early on and sold directly to consumers and businesses, Dell could build computers "just in time," which meant that it didn't have to assemble a machine and then let it sit in a warehouse or a retail location until someone bought it. Instead, it generally put together PCs only after customers had already ordered them. That meant Dell could order certain parts for its computers just days before they were needed—and often not pay for them until after the assembled computers were shipped off to customers. But in the past few years, Dell has tried to expand its market by selling in stores. That has forced Dell to deal with several new challenges, among them that big chains such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart stock their shelves with a fixed lineup of PCs rather than customizing machines for each buyer. "We've had to change the entire supply chain to build fixed configurations," the company's chief financial officer, Brian Gladden, recently told Technology Review. And retailers order these machines months in advance, not days or weeks. google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); As a result, Dell must try to figure out over the summer what to charge for PCs that will actually be made and sold during the holiday season. If the price of a major component such as memory chips jumps between July and December, Dell's profits can get squeezed. That's what happened in 2009. Even a plunge in prices can be damaging, because the company hedges many of its component purchases to lock in prices within a certain range. If prices fall way below the expected level, it has overspent for the parts. E-mail Print Favorite Share 12 Related Articles Bringing Down the High Costs of Business Forecasting Cloud-based services now provide a way for companies to plan ahead without relying on cumbersome spreadsheets. But what's a boon for smaller companies is disrupting the market for higher-end solutions. Dating Sites Try Adaptive Matchmaking New software is inspired by algorithms that target online ads or recommend books and movies. The Brainy Learning Algorithms of Numenta How the inventor of the PalmPilot studied the workings of the human brain to help companies turn a deluge of data into business intelligence. Tags business business impact Dell Predictive Modeling To comment, please sign in or register Username Password Forgot my password Adverti
  • niversity of Texas at Austin in 1984, the company mastered the science of supply-chain efficiency. It was a model that made Dell the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 during the 1990s. Because it curtailed its retail store business early on and sold directly to consumers and businesses, Dell could build computers "just in time," which meant that it didn't have to assemble a machine and then let it sit in a warehouse or a retail location until someone bought it. Instead, it generally put together PCs only after customers had already ordered them. That meant Dell could order certain parts for its computers just days before they were needed—and often not pay for them until after the assembled computers were shipped off to customers. But in the past few years, Dell has tried to expand its market by selling in stores. That has forced Dell to deal with several new challenges, among them that big chains such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart stock their shelves with a fixed lineup of PCs rather than customizing machines for each buyer. "We've had to change the entire supply chain to build fixed configurations," the company's chief financial officer, Brian Gladden, recently told Technology Review. And retailers order these machines months in advance, not days or weeks. google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); As a result, Dell must try to figure out over the summer what to charge for PCs that will actually be made and sold during the holiday season. If the price of a major component such as memory chips jumps between July and December, Dell's profits can get squeezed. That's what happened in 2009. Even a plunge in prices can be damaging, because the company hedges many of its component purchases to lock in prices within a certain range. If prices fall way below the expected level, it has overspent for the parts. E-mail Print Favorite Share 12 Related Articles Bringing Down the High Costs of Business Forecasting Cloud-based services now provide a way for companies to plan ahead without relying on cumbersome spreadsheets. But what's a boon for smaller companies is disrupting the market for higher-end solutions. Dating Sites Try Adaptive Matchmaking New software is inspired by algorithms that target online ads or recommend books and movies. The Brainy Learning Algorithms of Numenta How the inventor of the PalmPilot studied the workings of the human brain to help companies turn a deluge of data into business intelligence. Tags business business impact Dell Predictive Modeling To comment, please sign in or register Username Password Forgot my password
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Carbon Disclosure Project - Global climate change reporting system - 1 views

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    The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
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Essay on Supply Chain Management: Challenges of the Supply Chain Management - articles ... - 0 views

  • google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Essay on Supply Chain Management: Challenges of the Supply Chain Management The main goal of any business concern is to meet the two broad objectives of reducing cost and obtaining the maximum customer satisfaction. If the business world was a quiet and fully predictable environment, these objectives can be met easily.
  • The unmanageable and manageable categories are, large complex supply chains having hundreds of unexpected events occuring every day, generating the need to trigger hundreds of re-planning cycles to maintain a constant balance between demand and supply. With this perspective in mind, probably the magnitude of the gap that exists between current Supply Chain Management processes and full Supply Chain Management optimization is very high.
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10Minutes on supply chain risk management - 0 views

  • PwC explores how global supply chains are being tested by major upheavals in the world economy. The financial crisis is taking a heavy toll on worldwide manufacturing activity, and with credit becoming tight and consumer demand collapsing, bankruptcies have risen at an alarming rate.
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Business Matchmaking Launches Expanded Small Business Procurement Initiative - 0 views

  • "We are finding new unexpected entrepreneurs entering the procurement arena," said Brian Tippens, HP's director of Supplier Diversity. "They include a large number of female and minority veterans back from the Iraq war unable to find employment and recent graduates in the same boat. Business Matchmaking is providing a uniquely effective and efficient means for reaching out to help them get started and to grow." Dave Sutton, a procurement director for the US Department of Justice, calls the Business Matchmaking events "outstanding." He added "Their exceptional ability to organize events, get the right people and produce the desired results is well proven." Peggy Williams of the US State Department agrees calling Business Matchmaking "premier events, well organized and well attended and their entire operation is world-class."
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i2 Supply Chain Strategist Embraces Sustainability - 0 views

  • i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO) today announced the release of version 6.3.2 of i2 Supply Chain Strategist, a world-leading solution designed to optimize a company’s supply chain network to meet their business objectives. Companies in many diverse industries use i2 Supply Chain Strategist, including discrete and process manufacturing, retail, consumer goods and logistics providers. The latest release adds significant new features for performing optimizations while considering carbon emissions, sustainability and associated constraints.
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IBM New Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Requirements to Advance Sustainabili... - 0 views

  • John Paterson, IBM Global Supply Chief Procurement Officer and Vice President, said, "Clearly there are financial benefits for procurement organizations around the world to choose suppliers that effectively manage their corporate and environmental responsibilities. For IBM, this helps contribute to our business success and that of our suppliers.  Moreover, it's the right thing to do."
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    New management system requirements to advance sustainability across the company's global network of suppliers. IBM's "first-tier" suppliers.
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