Tweddle Supply Chain Management

Usually, negotiating at a distance is a matter of circumstance, not choice. Typcially in purchasing you enter into a negotiation already having done some research and knowing what you want. I can't really say I have gotten better results due to distance.

Which of you is going to read it, and provide us an executive summary?

This article identifies some new targets for sourcing.

Allied did a nice job with this.  Should we put it in the film festival?

i also think they did a good job. do we have anything like this? should we? i am not sure we show the entire video during the next film festival, but we could run a few minutes of it. maybe we show one of the videos we have shot!

This is definitely someone that we want to watch as a future source.

How might we use this new site?

I'd like your thoughts on how to leverage this concept for our purposes.  I was thinking call center?

This looks like something to keep our eye on.

Eric/ Mark- Is this one of the HP presses that we look for?

Lean Tip #93 - Build a strong supply chain by conducting joint improvement activities. A collaborative supplier relationship model is essential for supporting a Lean supply chain. Conduct joint improvement acitivities with the following emphasis: 1. Exchange best practices with suppliers. 2. Initiate kaizen projects at supplier's facilities. 3. Set-up supplier study or work groups.

The first several "tips" talk about supply chain strategies.

There you go, Eric, the only one worse than T-Mobile is AT&T!

Who would like to subscribe, and let the rest of us know if it is worthwhile?

In Detroit, for example, Verizon and T-Mobile were near tied with scores of 75 and 74, respectively, while AT&T was at 55.

This will almost certainly kill our domestic paper industry, and cause price cuts in the midterm.  Interesting...

They have been talking about this forever.  It is good to see them moving on it.