Global supply chain management - Articles - Page 343

Barcoding, Inc. Launches Supply-Chain Architecture Practice

March 23, 2015

Barcoding Inc. has launched Supply Chain Architecture by Barcoding, a dedicated practice for the identification, formulation and management of "perfect order" fulfillment processes.

Manufacturers Can No Longer Ignore Focusing on Resource Productivity

March 23, 2015

McKinsey

A decade or so ago, companies in industrial manufacturing and other process industries did not need to focus on resource productivity. If they gave any attention to the topic, it was to undertake small, incremental measures with the hope of generating marginal improvements. That period is over. Today, there is no debate: resource productivity must be among the top priorities - if not the top priority - of industrial manufacturers around the world.

You May Need a CRM Solution - But Which One?

March 20, 2015

PwC

Customer relationship management technology has evolved to support increasingly complex business needs. How do you find one that's right for you?

Three Steps to Successful Supply Chain Mobility For Mid-Market Companies

March 20, 2015

Donna Fritz, VP of Marketing & Product Management, TAKE Supply Chain

Mobility is a hot topic these days. Regardless of industry or profession, a mobile application or ecosystem is in development to serve it. The supply chain is no different. In fact, given its very manual and distributed nature, the supply chain is better suited to mobile application deployment than most business processes. For distribution and fulfillment services, where most of the activities take place away from the desktop, the extension of business processes to mobile applications just makes sense. Most CEOs today are looking to the supply chain for competitive advantage (think Amazon's drones), so the time is right for supply chain managers to begin the process of introducing mobile into their processes.

Number of Global Public Wi-Fi Hotspots to Top 13 Million in 2020

March 20, 2015

ABI Research

Worldwide public Wi-Fi hotspot deployments reached a total of 5.69 million in 2014, and will grow at a CAGR of 11.2 percent between 2015 and 2020. This includes public Wi-Fi hotspots deployed by mobile and fixed-line carriers as well as third-party Wi-Fi service providers. ABI Research expects the number of worldwide carrier Wi-Fi hotspots will reach 13.3 million in 2020.

Lessons From an Apple Supplier Debacle

March 20, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Apple is known for consistently maintaining a smooth-running global supply chain. But every once in a while, something blows up.

VMI Transforms the Healthcare System in Zimbabwe

March 19, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Dr. Abdourahmane Diallo, director of health systems strengthening with John Snow Inc., and Walter Proper, JSI's director of public health task order, relate the story of how a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system improved Zimbabwean citizens' access to critical healthcare. A finalist in the SupplyChainBrain/CSCMP Supply Chain Innovation Award for 2014.

White House Proposal to Redesign Food Labels to Reflect Sugar Content Causes Sour Taste

March 19, 2015

Los Angeles Times

Of all the issues the Obama administration is grappling with, a modest redesign of what food labels say about sweeteners might not have seemed among the more controversial. But ever since First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled the plan last year, a lobbying frenzy has ensued.

For Third of Manufacturers, Disruption to Supply Chain Is of Huge Concern

March 19, 2015

Apparel

A third (35 percent) of businesses in the manufacturing industry are extremely concerned about potential supply chain disruption, according to research released by BSI, the business standards company and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).