Salaries up for supply chain managers

from newswire.ca

The Canadian supply chain management field is attracting more highly-educated and experienced individuals-a trend reflected in the steadily increasing rates of pay.

Purchasing b2b Magazine and the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) conducted their annual salary survey in April and May 2007. More than 2,000 supply chain managers from across the country responded.

Supply-chain management key to handling recalls

from wisbusiness.com

A company’s reputation and brand are priceless.

So says Tom Kozenski, vice president of product strategy – distribution solutions at Waukesha-based RedPrairie. Which why recent recalls – some of them huge – of tainted products from China have him hopping.

Kozenski, who has worked in the logistics field for nearly four decades, said companies that cannot control the qualify of – or properly trace – products could be in big trouble.

Boeing and Honeywell Sign Contract for Innovative Supply-Chain Solution

from cnn.com

Boeing has signed an agreement with Honeywell Aerospace that will allow them to significantly reduce an airline’s maintenance costs by providing expendable parts.

The companies teamed as part of Boeing’s Integrated Materials Management (IMM) initiative. Through this program, Boeing and suppliers like Honeywell maintain an airline’s inventory of spare parts — providing items as needed. By reducing the airline’s own inventory, IMM reduces the airline’s cost of doing business.

Inventec Signs Agreement for New Momentum Supply Chain Risk Management Software

from prnewswire.com

New Momentum, a provider of Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) software for companies who make or
use electronic components in their products, announced that Inventec signed an agreement with New Momentum and its partner, IC Trends. Inventec will be using New Momentum’s software solution to enhance its current SCRM initiatives, particularly in the area of component volatility.

Buzzword alert : financial supply chain

from cfo-news.com

Forget about trade services, trade finance, UCPs and documentary credit, what we all do now is called Financial Supply Chain (or SCF for Supply Chain Finance). How many “Heads of” have we seen lately with freshly updated business cards showing new supply chain-related titles ? A lot ! Revolution or Evolution?

Well, the notion of financial supply chain is certainly not new but the convergence with the physical supply chain is new and mostly perceived as an evolution made possible by advances in technology and by growing demand from corporates to realize the opportunities in such convergence. This evolution or transformation from the traditional trade finance to the “new world” of supply chain management is a bit like the domino effect, only each change reflects a heavier leaning towards corporates and their internal needs.

Frost & Sullivan Announces the Launch of Global Sourcing 2007

from newswiretoday.com

Frost & Sullivan’s Global Sourcing, 2007 Executive MindXchange will be value-packed with extraordinary networking opportunities, best practices and next practices that will enable participants to actively engage and benchmark with their peers, while tailoring content to meet specific needs in today’s global sourcing information technology (IT), research and development (R&D), sales, marketing and call center operations markets, which are key to operational global sourcing needs.

This powerful and unique event will be held at the luxurious Disney Boardwalk Inn, in Orlando, Florida, December 2-5, 2007.

Agility to Provide Global Supply Chain Solution to US Army and Air Force Exchange Services

from businesswire.com

Agility, a global logistics leader, was awarded a tender by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) - a government agency within the Department of Defense. AAFES operates retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, gas stations, and other businesses on military installations around the globe. The competitive commercial services business will open a new supply chain route through Jordan to service AAFES retail centers in Western Iraq.

Elders to use supply chain and corporate accounting solution

from ferret.com.au

Agribusiness group Elders Limited has chosen the Odyssey intelligent supply chain and corporate accounting solution from Melbourne-based Mid-Comp International Ltd , to support the group’s massive Merchandise Division operations.

Mid-Comp’s solution was preferred to more than 100 competing systems from vendors that included multinational giants SAP AG and Lawson Software. The $10m project will take 12 months to implement.

Healthcare supply chain integrity with Axway

from it-director.com

In early July 2007, I spent some time with Kim Loughead, Healthcare Business Development Director of Axway, discussing the World healthcare market from a supply chain view point. Axway was formed in 2001 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French consultancy group, Sopra, who are a major European consulting, systems integration and application outsourcing company. Axway have over 8000 organizations worldwide of which 3000 are in the healthcare sector.

Sourcing…The Profession

from sdcexec.com

What a Chief Sourcing Officer can do for your company
By Cyndi Joiner and Linda Tuck Chapman

Regardless of the state of the economy or your business, effectively controlling and leveraging the cost of externally acquired services is finally being recognized as important to your company as its ability to grow revenues. Business leaders recognize that effective third-party relationships represent more than a budget line or two in operating costs, more than an opportunity for cost reduction, and more than a source of supplies and services. A point of differentiation for leading organizations is their ability to recognize that strategic relationships, outsourcing partners and top-notch vendors can and will help them deliver their business strategies and meet expectations from Wall Street to lower costs and reduce business risks.