Quality & Metrics

Disruptive Mobile Technologies Key to Best Supply Chain Performance

September 16, 2015

Tying the Internet of Things to a strategy for mobile devices - wearables, tablets, smartphones - is not only forward-thinking, but gets to the heart of what good supply chain management is all about.

Inaugural Report on Best-Performing Cities in China Launched

September 16, 2015

Milken Institute

Which cities in China have the most dynamic economies and why? The Milken Institute’s inaugural Best-Performing Cities China Report seeks to identify the urban areas with the most exceptional economic performance in the country.

Supplier Compliance Programs: The Gap Between Talk and Walk

September 14, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Companies say they have effective supplier compliance programs in place. But reality says something quite different.

Vessels in or Near Tianjin Explosions May Be Contaminated With Hazardous Chemicals, Maritime Administration Warns

September 11, 2015

Maritime Executive

The United States Maritime Administration has issued Advisory 2015-02 concerning possible contamination by hazardous materials caused by the explosions that occurred last month at the Port of Tianjin, in China.

Labelmaster Issues New Emergency Response Guidebook

September 9, 2015

Labelmaster

Labelmaster has developed the 2016 edition of its Emergency Response Guidebook.

Every Employee, From Top to Bottom, Must Participate for 'Cyber-security Culture' to Work

September 9, 2015

CSO

Cyber-security involves many different technical and informational solutions that must be adopted and implemented to position an organization for the greatest chance of resiliency in a complex threat landscape.

Risk Mitigation in the Supply Chain: High Awareness, Little Action

September 8, 2015

Opportunity to Reduce Climate Risks Missed by Major Food Producers, Report Claims

September 8, 2015

CDP

Many of the world's biggest food, beverage and tobacco brands are missing their biggest opportunity to mitigate climate risks, according to analysis by global non-profit CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project.

'Lean' Accounting Concerned With Value Stream From Customers to Suppliers

September 4, 2015

Industry Week

In the "Benefits of Lean Accounting in a Lean Manufacturing Company," author Dan Anthony discusses the major differences between traditional and lean accounting, starting with a quote from Taiichi Ohno that says "costs do not exist to be calculated; costs exist to be reduced." This really gets to the core of the difference between traditional and lean accounting: traditional accounting focuses primarily on the cost of goods sold, whereas lean accounting focuses on the value stream from customers to suppliers.

Determining What Consumers Want Turns on More Than Demographics, Research Says

September 4, 2015

BCG Perspectives

The conventional view is that consumers are fickle and inconsistent, hard to understand and predict, and therefore unmanageable. In fact, they are perfectly consistent, perfectly understandable, and quite predictable.