Supply chain - Articles - Page 108

How to Become Your Carrier's 'Shipper of Choice'

August 21, 2014

Transportation capacity is tightening up, and carriers can afford to be pickier about which shippers they favor. Ben Cubitt, senior vice president of engineering and consulting with Transplace, offers some tips on how to be that preferred customer.

Ports America Purchasing 30-Percent Stake in ITS

August 20, 2014

Ports America

Ports America is purchasing a 30-percent stake in International Transportation Service Inc., a terminal operating division of Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) in Long Beach, Calif.

Supply Chain Modeling and Optimization in a Global Business

August 20, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

TE Connectivity is a $13bn world leader in designing and manufacturing electronic connectivity products for a range of industries. Ruud Somers, director of global network design, discusses how the company uses supply chain modeling and optimization solutions to support the high service demands of its global network.

Landair Unveils Guaranteed Value Acceleration Service

August 20, 2014

Landair

Third-party logistics provider Landair has developed Guaranteed Value Acceleration (GVA), a new service feature designed to give supply-chain managers greater confidence that outsourcing to a 3PL yields measurable financial, operations or customer-service improvements.

How Southco Has Used IO to Improve Its Network

August 20, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Karen Hogan, global director of operational excellence at Southco, discusses the challenges of multi-echelon inventory optimization and how Southco has used solutions from LLamasoft to integrate IO into a monthly planning process.

Transcepta Offers Trade-Finance Services to Suppliers

August 19, 2014

Transcepta LLC

Transcepta LLC has begun offering trade-finance services to its customers.

QuestaWeb Apps Suite Now Compatible With Four Major Browsers

August 19, 2014

QuestaWeb Inc.

The suite of TradeMaster applications from QuestaWeb, Inc., a provider of global trade management software, is now compatible with Internet Explorer 8-11, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari.

Oracle Releases New Version of E-Business Suite

August 19, 2014

Oracle Corp.

Oracle Corp. has released version 12.2.4 of the Oracle E-Business Suite.

An International Planning Case Study: Huhtamaki

August 19, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Huhtamaki Inc., a producer of consumer-goods and food-service packaging, was looking to expand its international activities. Scott Stuckenschneider, vice president of North American supply chain, is joined by Sheila Hewitt, vice president international with Transplace, to discuss how the company formalized its global logistics program.