Global Supply Chain Management

Electronics Industry Issues Guide for Reporting Substances in Electronic Product Packaging

August 30, 2012

A guide for the supply chain disclosure of substances used in packaging for the global sale and distribution of electronic products has been issued by the Consumer Electronics Association, DIGITALEUROPE, and the Japanese Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative.

Pricing Dips as Cloud Computing Services Become Commodities

August 30, 2012

CIO

Cloud computing is slowly becoming a mainstream technology. However, even before the hype cycle has died down, cloud providers are already starting to see downward price pressures. Every hosting provider under the sun is now repackaging itself as a cloud provider, and basic capacity and services are quickly becoming commodities.

Supply Chain Management Has to Be Flexible as Global Demographics Change

August 30, 2012

Inside Supply Management

Population trends have vast and wide-ranging impacts, affecting everything from economic patterns to the balance of political power. The ability - and flexibility - to adapt to these shifts, however incremental, will determine a company's degree of success and access to opportunities for many years to come. There is no time like the present to determine what this will likely mean for supply chain management.

Panama Canal Goes Green - Mandating Future Construction Be Sustainable

August 30, 2012

The Maritime Executive

The Panama Canal will implement more sound "green building" practices in future construction in order to improve compatibility with the environment, according to the canal's development authority.

You Probably Bought the Right Solution, But You May Need to Re-Implement It

August 29, 2012

TEC

In today's business milieu, the likelihood of successfully selecting and implementing corporate software, particularly large and complex solutions such as enterprise resource planning, is very difficult to foretell owing in large part to the nature of those projects.

The Cost of Not Properly Managing 'Big Data' Can Be Huge

August 29, 2012

Industry Week

Big data is real and it is costing you money. This is according to a recent report put out by Oracle breaking down some of the most pressing big data business challenges facing manufacturers today.

How to Predict the True Cost to Serve Your Customers

August 29, 2012

Francis Tomany, Senior Director, Manhattan Associates

Quick - close your eyes and imagine the scariest thing you can think of. A pit of venomous snakes? An IRS audit? Glancing at the car next to you and realizing that Charlie Sheen is driving it? How about committing your company's resources and not knowing what the financial return is going to be? That is exactly what buyers and supply chain professionals have to do every day when they buy products and move them through their supply chains to customers.

SupplyChainBrain Introduces Turbo-Charged-Laser-Targeted Job Board

August 28, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Ever wonder if those online dating sites really work? We have all seen, heard, or actually witnessed those "good match on paper" connections gone bad. There are, of course, those few "destined couples" who make it out alive, and the stories are inspiring. Job boards tend to function the same way. There are a myriad of job boards out there that deliver similar results to the typical online dating sites.

Because of Drought, Critics of Ethanol Policy Say, Stop Feeding Your Car Corn

August 28, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

The worst U.S. drought in more than half a century has rallied critics of the federal renewable fuel standard, which will reserve about 40 percent of the nation's corn crop for ethanol production this year.

Perhaps the U.S. Can Learn Some BYOD Lessons from China

August 28, 2012

CIO

Smartphone owners in China don't want to carry around a personal and a corporate phone. Instead, they're accessing work data from new-fangled phones under emerging corporate policies known as BYOD, or bring-your-own-device.