Global Supply Chain Management

Supply's Organizational Roles and Responsibilities Outlined in Study

July 6, 2012

CAPS Research has released a focus study providing a snapshot of how large North American supply organizations are structured and explores their responsibilities, resources, and leadership. The report, the fourth in a series that first started in 1987 provides a longitudinal perspective on the key issues of supply's organizational structure and roles and responsibilities.

Group Formed to Promote Interests of Supply Chain Industry in European Union

July 5, 2012

Air Cargo World

The European Union recently convened in Brussels the first meeting of the High Level Group on Logistics, a 14-member assemblage devoted to advancing European transport policy measures, headed by European Commission vice president Siim Kallas.

Germany Leads the Way in EU Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

July 5, 2012

Boston Consulting Group

For European governments, meeting the European Union's long-term target for greenhouse gas emissions - a reduction of 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 - will demand bold moves.

Advantages of RFID in Transportation and Logistics

July 5, 2012

Barcoding, Inc.

Today's highly efficient closed loop systems are only the beginning of the coming rfid-driven transformation of transportation and logistics visibility and management.

Foreign Spies Target U.S. Technology and Trade Secrets

July 3, 2012

The Los Angeles Times

Driven in part by the global financial crisis, foreign intelligence services, corporations and computer hackers have stepped up efforts to steal technology and trade secrets from American companies, the FBI's top spy hunter told Congress.

Locating Airbus Plant in Alabama Could Lead to Dogfight with Boeing

July 3, 2012

Fortune

EADS, the parent company of jet maker Airbus, has upped the ante in its long-running blood feud with Boeing, setting the stage for a messy battle between the two aerospace giants. According to a person with knowledge of the matter, the European conglomerate is set to announce the construction of a new manufacturing facility for its Airbus aircraft in the heart of Dixie - Mobile, Alabama.

Millennials' Grocery Consumption Patterns to Vastly Affect Food, Beverage Industry, Study Finds

July 3, 2012

AlixPartners

The confluence of changing demographics, economic factors and customer preferences has the potential to create a long-term disruption across the food-industry value chain that transforms where and how consumers shop for groceries as well as what products they choose.

Monte Carlo Simulation Means Quantifying Logistics Risks Doesn't Have to Be a Gamble

July 3, 2012

Fernando Hernandez, Consultant, Palisade Corporation

The expansion of global supply chains has meant an exponential growth of the risk of disruptions to those networks. Catastrophic events, such as the Japanese earthquake and Hurricane Katrina, have highlighted the need for analysis of disruption risk and development of mitigation plans to cope with them. In addition, trends such as globalization, heavy reliance on transportation and communication infrastructures, and lean manufacturing have led to an increase in the vulnerability of supply networks. Furthermore, nodes on supply chains are very often interrelated, causing these vulnerabilities to propagate rapidly.

Where Warehousing and Distribution Are Going

July 3, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Among the ways technology is evolving to bring greater productivity to the DC is in providing ergonomic features to forklifts and other equipment, says Bill Pfleger, president of Yale Distribution.

Labelmaster Releases Reference Tool for New OSHA Hazcom Standard

July 3, 2012

Labelmaster

Labelmaster, a manufacturer and distributor of products for complying with rules for the handling of hazardous materials, has released a GHS (Globally Harmonized System) Product Guide, to help companies meet the newly revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).