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.

ICG Commerce to Deliver Global Indirect Procurement Outsourcing Services to Chiquita Brands International

from CNN.com

ICG Commerce, the leading procurement outsourcing specialist, today announced that it has signed a five-year agreement with Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (NYSE: CQB), one of the world’s leading marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and value-added food products, to provide procurement outsourcing services. Under the terms of the contract, ICG Commerce will assist Chiquita with managing indirect spend areas, including transportation, marketing, MRO (maintenance, repair and operating supplies) and information technology on a global basis.

Bridging Gaps For The Chinese-American Automotive Supply Chain

from theautochannel.com

An exclusive interview with Dr. Yilong Chen, General Director of Asia Pacific Affairs & Chief Representative in China, AIAG

“AIAG’s mission in China is to address its member companies’ needs and help the Chinese suppliers improve quality, materials management and e-commerce,”said Dr. Yilong Chen, General Director of Asia Pacific Affairs & Chief Representative in China, AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group), in an exclusive interview with Gasgoo.com.

The Supply Chain Execution Market to Grow 10% Annually

from arcweb.com

It is difficult for large multi-billion dollar markets to grow rapidly, but the Supply Chain Execution (SCE) market will achieve that feat.  Supply Chain Execution includes Collaborative Production Management for Process (CPM-P) and Discrete (CPM-D) industries, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).

Strategic Spot Trading Benefits Supply Chains

from businesswire.com

Supply chains –– the string of players involved in making goods from the procurement of raw materials to the consumer end product –– have traditionally operated with gross inefficiencies resulting from what they don’t know. How can the producer of a computer chip really know how many chips manufacturers will need, particularly when the manufacturers themselves are uncertain? How do manufacturers know how many chips will be on the market when they need them, and whether to take the risk of ordering in advance?

What Do CEOs Understand and Not Understand About Supply Chain Management?

from scdigest.com

Expressing views about a class, or category, of business leaders, or about any kind of people for that matter, is risky, difficult, and opens one up to be accused of stereotyping. My intent here is certainly not to convey any such representation as a generality, but rather to voice my judgment in where we stand with CEOs, and boardrooms, with respect to Supply Chain Management (SCM) today.