02 September 2010

Managing the Supply Chain

in association with IBM

Manufacturing growth continues, says CIPS/Markit report
The UK manufacturing sector made a robust start to the third quarter, according to the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index. ...
Published: 02 August 2010

Supply chain software market shows its resilience
Software subscriptions and maintenance proved to be the saviour of the supply chain management software market last year, according to research by Gartner. ...
Published: 16 June 2010

Critical Sucess Factors in Collaboration
In the third of a series of articles looking at the information needs of mid sized companies Hitesh Amin, examines the growing importance of collaboration in the supply chain. Collaboration calls for financial investment, but just as importantly it...
Published: 01 May 2007

Configuring Your Supply Chain for Growth
Many ambitious, medium-sized companies – especially in distribution, manufacturing and retail – with designs on stepping up a weight are challenged on how best to go about it. Managers must ensure that processes and systems are aligned to deliver...
Published: 01 April 2007

Integration Moves into the Middle Ground
Mid-market companies are fast growing enterprises with all the complex issues – albeit on a smaller scale – of larger organisations. Systems integration needs to be a low risk operation. But don’t sell yourself short, you need processes, systems and...
Published: 01 March 2007