Automotive

Supply Chain Council Publishes Version 11 of SCOR Model

December 11, 2012

Supply Chain Council

The Supply Chain Council has published version 11 of its Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model.

APL, APL Logistics Announce New Services and Partnerships

December 11, 2012

APL Logistics

APL Logistics has launched a streamlined mobile version of SeeChange, its Web-based shipment tracking tool.

Seven Success Strategies for Your IBP Journey

December 5, 2012

Steelwedge Software

How innovative IBP technologies can help drive the right process and the best business value in an environment where volatility is the "new normal."

Memo to Megaports: These Guys Want Your Business

December 3, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The reshoring of manufactured goods from Asia to North America is bound to take some import business away from U.S. ports. But there are other developing threats to the continued dominance of gateways like Los Angeles-Long Beach - specifically, a couple of upstarts to the north and south.

Memo to Megaports: These Guys Want Your Business

December 3, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party

November 26, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

On its way back to the U.S. from China, might manufacturing take a detour into Mexico? Does our neighbor south of the border stand ready to quash the Great American Industrial Revival?

U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party

November 26, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

November 19, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?

Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?

November 19, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Epicor Creates New Apps for Auto Parts; System Backup and Recovery

November 8, 2012

Epicor Software Corp.

Epicor Software Corp. has developed several new products, two of them for the automotive aftermarket.

Automotive

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the automotive industry — which consists of companies that produce automobiles, utility vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and heavy trucks. Learn how automotive companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.