02 September 2010

Thought Leadership

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Supply Chain Council partners with Institute for Supply Management
The two major US-based organisations, the Supply Chain Council and the Institute for Supply Management, have reached an agreement to offer member access and discounts to each other’s training and certification programmes for supply management....
Published: 20 August 2010

CILT poll backs spending to support economic growth
Email articleComment on this article Some 75 per cent of CILT members believe that the government should aim to protect spending that supports economic growth in its comprehensive spending review. ...
Published: 19 August 2010

Management Dynamics launch latest version of Trade Planner
Management Dynamics, the global trade management specialist, has released Trade Planner 3.0, the planning tool designed to help supply chain teams evaluate alternative sourcing and distribution strategies ...
Published: 10 August 2010

New book focuses on supply chain excellence
Supply chain consultancy Crimson & Co has launched its first book, entitled “Supply Chain Excellence – Driving sustainable improvement” ...
Published: 10 August 2010

Flexibility is key for supply chains, says report
The main challenges facing supply chains today are managing external factors, such as the global economic crisis, and addressing green issues, according to a report from AMR Research in collaboration with RedPrairie. ...
Published: 15 July 2010

Kimberley-Clark and University of Huddersfield to take on supply chain game
Kimberley-Clark and the University of Huddersfield are to take on SCALA's supply chain game, after the first UK competition was won by Cadbury ...
Published: 13 July 2010

Cadbury team wins The Fresh Connection
Cadbury team "Purple Passion" has won SCALA's supply chain competition The Fresh Connection ...
Published: 12 July 2010

£3.3m dairy supply chain project for Wales
Welsh rural affairs minister Elin Jones has launched a project designed to support the dairy industry in Wales to improve the efficiency, sustainability and added value of the dairy supply chain ...
Published: 05 July 2010

Survey highlights difficulties of supply chain strategy implementation
Only a tiny proportion of supply chain strategy implementations run on-time and on-budget, a survey by Cranfield School of Management and Solving Efeso has revealed ...
Published: 24 June 2010

PRTM study highlights five key supply chain challenges
Companies face five key supply chain challenges as they seek to take advantage of the economic recovery, according to a new study by PRTM Management Consultants ...
Published: 22 June 2010

Supply chain linked to business performance
Companies with best-in-class supply chains generally outperform their rival in terms of business and financial performance, according to a survey by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and TruEconomy Consulting ...
Published: 15 June 2010

Five point plan for success through diversity
Women in logistics, which now has some 1,000 members, has set out a five point plan for a successful diversity and inclusion programme which can bring real business benefits to logistics. ...
Published: 08 June 2010

Approval for Achilles carbon scheme
Achilles, which monitors and evaluates suppliers on behalf of major organisations, has got government backing for its carbonReduction programme. ...
Published: 07 June 2010

Gattorna to speak at Demand Driven Supply Chain
Dr John Gattorna, author of the influential book “Living Supply Chains”, will deliver a keynote address at the Demand Driven Supply Chain conference later this month ...
Published: 02 June 2010

Time running out for Awards entries
More companies than ever have indicated that they plan to enter the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards, but time is running out to get entries in ...
Published: 01 June 2010

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