Sourcing/procurement/scm - Articles - Page 73

Coping With the Complexities of 'Free' Trade

January 29, 2016

They call it "free" trade, but the price of failing to properly manage one's imports and exports can be dangerously high.

CargoSmart Adds Features to Big Schedules Search Engine

January 27, 2016

CargoSmart Limited

CargoSmart Limited, a provider of global shipment-management software, has added features to Big Schedules, its sailing-schedule search engine.

Low Prices Undercut Margins of Commodity Producers, Negatively Affect Supply Chains, Report Finds

January 27, 2016

IHS

Low profitability has undermined commodity producers and brings high risks to the supply chain, according to IHS Inc.

ThomasNet.com Creates Corporate Edition of Supplier-Management Platform

January 26, 2016

ThomasNet.com

ThomasNet.com, a platform for supplier discovery and evaluation, has created a Corporate Edition.

BravoSolution Issues New Version of BravoAdvantage

January 26, 2016

BravoSolution

BravoSolution has released version 16 of BravoAdvantage, its software platform for managing strategic procurement.

Connell Limited Partnership Acquires SencorpWhite

January 19, 2016

Connell Limited Partnership

Connell Limited Partnership, a global manufacturer serving the automobile, appliance, mining, rail and industrial equipment industries, has completed its acquisition of SencorpWhite, a provider of automated systems for the packaging industry through its Sencorp, Ceratek and Cerapak product lines.

What Transportation Sourcing Professionals Need to Do

January 18, 2016

Logistics Viewpoints

These days, sourcing has become a common discipline in supply chain and transportation management. There is an organizational expectation that transportation modes will be sourced and cost will be taken out of the network with some regularity. However, meeting these expectations while maintaining service year-over-year has become more challenging.

How Does a U.S. Materials Manufacturer Compete? By Bringing the Pain

January 18, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, Managing Editor, SupplyChainBrain

It's tough for a U.S. materials manufacturer to keep pace with foreign competition - especially when it's burdened with "tools from the stone age."

FourKites Enhances Control Center to Monitor Trucking

January 13, 2016

FourKites

FourKites has developed updates to its ELD [Electronic Logging Device] Control Center, to improve communications between trucking companies and their broker and shipper customers.