Sourcing/procurement/scm - Articles - Page 98

Transportation Budgets: How to Talk About Them with Non-Transportation Professionals

November 11, 2014

Steven Raetz and Kevin McCarthy, C.H. Robinson

Companies See That Better Management of Their Suppliers Benefits the Bottom Line, Study Finds

November 7, 2014

Forty-six percent of leading companies report achieving more than four percent post-contract financial benefits from better supplier relationship management, according to research conducted by State of Flux. The research is in its sixth year and includes responses from more than 500 global companies across more than 20 industry sectors.

Supply Chains Are Only as Sustainable as Their Worst Supplier Participants

November 6, 2014

Industry Week

The road to creating user-friendly, science-backed, technology-enabled supply chains is paved with good sustainability intentions that get foiled by today's dynamic, global complexities. Achieving sustainability of scale requires involvement of the entire supply chain. To meet the needs of customers and markets, manufacturers need up-to-date and accurate information about their suppliers' materials and components.

Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting

November 5, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

SupplyChainBrain and JobsInLogistics have joined forces in 2014 for the specialized purpose of:

A Supply-Chain Made of Paper: Is It Sustainable?

November 3, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Don't tell anyone, but deep into the Electronic Age, we're still using paper.

Rosslyn Analytics Launches Tool for Supplier Performance Management

October 29, 2014

Rosslyn Analytics

Rosslyn Analytics has launched RAPid Supplier Performance Analytics, a new application for its could-based RAPid analytics platform.

Stressing Cost Reduction Too Much, Car Makers Wreck Relations with Suppliers, Study Finds

October 29, 2014

IHS Automotive

OEMs' insistence on more and more cost reductions has caused painful friction in the relationship, according to the annual Global OEM-Supplier Relations Study conducted by IHS Automotive. The survey allows automotive suppliers to rate car makers on a variety of matters, including technology sourcing, profit-impacting factors, quality management and intellectual property protection matters.

APEX Analytix Issues New FirstStrike Supplier Portal

October 28, 2014

APEX Analytix

APEX Analytix, a provider of software and services to safeguard disbursements and protect against identity fraud, has released a new version of its FirstStrike Supplier Portal.

Almost 70 Percent of B2B Purchases Are Online, But Most Procurement Not Directly from Suppliers

October 28, 2014

Marketing Profs

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of B2B buyers now purchase goods online, up from 57 percent last year, according to a recent report from the Acquity Group.

Boeing Continues to Live Dreamliner Money-losing Nightmare

October 27, 2014

Business Week

Amid all the fine financial news Boeing can tout - a record order backlog, robust profit margins, a higher profit outlook - one of the airplane maker’s dreariest performers continues to be its highest-tech, most fuel-efficient product: the 787 Dreamliner.