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August 2008

Government to clean up supply chain

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Strategic Logistics Planning

August 2008

The government is said to be beginning a process of assessing the carbon footprint of its supply chains, alongside the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)...

Ecological/Economical debate raging in supply chain management

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Inventory Management

August 2008

Supply chain professionals are preparing for the environment to become the biggest impactor on supply chain management in the near future, a new surve...

Delhaize appoints Messier for supply chain role

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Government and Public Sector

August 2008

Major US food retailer Delhaize has announced its appointment of Mark Messier as vice president of its cross-banner supply chain in the United States....

ACT seminar set to be packed out

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Best Practice

August 2008

The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) will hold a seminar in October on working capital management which is expected to attract a large number...

Businesses urged to 'join the 2012 supply chain'

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Improving Service

August 2008

Businesses are being urged to capitalise on the London Olympics in 2012 by making the most of an online service which highlights contracts that are ye...

P&G to boost 'reactive' supply chain

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Transport

August 2008

Supply chains are to become more efficient in the months to come, as businesses fight rising costs of both fuel and raw materials, it has been suggest...

Globalisation and its effects on supply chains highlighted

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Government and Public Sector

August 2008

A series of podcasts aimed at discussing ideas and best practice within the supply chain world has begun this week, and the first topic has been globa...

Olympics shows off good supply chain management

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Manufacturing and Industrial

August 2008

The Olympics in Beijing have become a beacon of good logistics organisation, one report has suggested, after it managed to accomplish the mammoth task...

Berlin to host green supply chain summit

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Best Practice

August 2008

Berlin will play host to Europe's largest meeting of ethical supply chain experts in October, it has been revealed.

The Ethical Corporation's...

Boeing announces supply chain reassessment

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Continuous Improvement

August 2008

Boeing has announced a change to its supply chain management, through an allegiance with a supplier that will lead to a reduction in its spare parts i...

99pc of companies report supply chain problems

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Mail Order, Internet and Multichannel Marketing

August 2008

Almost all companies surveyed recently have confirmed that they have experienced supply chain disruptions over the past year, it has been announced. <...

Apple no longer pick of the supply chain bunch

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Best Practice

August 2008

Once hailed as a bastion for good supply chain practice, Apple has now slipped in the ranks of companies offering superb services to the discipline. <...

China steel supply chain published

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Reducing Costs

August 2008

The Directory of Stainless Steel Supply Chain in China, 2008, has found that once again China is the number one exporter of stainless steel across the...

IBM to launch supply chain innovation in Beijing

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Best Practice

August 2008

Computer giant IBM has announced that it is to open a new supply chain innovation centre in Beijing, China.

The Beijing Supply Chain Innovat...

Executive 100 adds name for services to catalogue management

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Specialist Advice

August 2008

The Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 has announced another company to its list of top 100 innovators.

The award is one of the most pre...

Dubai to hold ethical supply chain workshops

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Manufacturing and Industrial

August 2008

Dubai Chamber's Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) is to hold a workshop on the social responsibility of supply chains, supporting the notion that ...

Supply chain savings outperformed by medical group

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Pharmaceuticals, Medical Products and Personal Care

August 2008

Cape Fear Valley Health System (CFVHS), located in North Carolina, USA, has announced an impressive $5.34 million (£2.7 million) reduction in sup...

Broken supply chain links 'serious threat' to companies

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Transport

August 2008

Broken links in a supply chain is one of the top three most serious threats to business operations, a survey has revealed this year.

Securit...

Olympic headache for supply chain managers

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Manufacturing and Industrial

August 2008

The Olympic Games in Beijing are currently causing distress to supply chain management staff in the US and Europe, it has been reported.

In ...

Supply chain management saves automotives $200m

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Continuous Improvement

August 2008

Over $200 million has been saved by reassessing the supply chains of the automotive industry in the US, it has been announced.

In a model tha...

Californian manufacturer 'to pay for suppliers to go green'

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Specialist Advice

August 2008

Method Products has announced its new plans to rework its supply chain in order to make some of its suppliers greener.

Method, a cleaning man...

SABMiller announce HR chief as head of supply chain

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Manufacturing and Industrial

August 2008

London-based brewery SABMiller has made a change to its supply chain management by giving responsibility to the current human resources chief, it has ...

Supply & Demand Top 100 announces more best practice

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Improving Service

August 2008

The Supply and Demand Chain Executive 100 (SDC100) has this week announced a new entry in to its 'hall of fame', as it is perceived in the industry. <...

Lessons in reducing supply chain exposure to crime

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Best Practice

August 2008

Companies with extended or complex supply chains have been increasingly
targeted for fraud and theft, according to recent research.

Busin...

Supply chain course initiated in Asia

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Best Practice

August 2008

A training course in supply chain management has been organised in the Philippines, after an industry insider recognised that there was a gap in the n...

Supply chain conference announced for biotech industry

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Continuous Improvement

August 2008

The Biotech Supply Chain Academy (BioSCA) has announced the full line up of speakers for its conference in September.

Held in San Francisco t...

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