from confectionerynews.com
Cadbury Schweppes today announced it will publish data on greenhouse gas emissions from across its global supply chain, as part of plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 per cent.
The announcement, made as a commitment to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), would require all of Cadbury’s hundreds of suppliers to report information such as greenhouse gas emissions data, reduction targets and climate change strategies.
Jargonistic business/technology terms often seem like good ideas on paper that ultimately are not adopted successfully in the real world. “Lean” is one such term. But if wholly embraced, lean manufacturing is not simply a way to cut costs quickly.
Wadhawan Food Retail (WFRPL), a closely-held unlisted company promoted by the Wadhawan group, is planning to revamp supply chain operations in its outfits in order to lower costs and achieve better margins and delivery schedules.
One area of opportunity for SaaS vendors that can help them differentiate themselves from their on-premises rivals is the ability to offer services that combine software with other shared resources. It’s often the case that software alone falls short of a complete solution to a business pain point, and needs to be supplemented with a shared knowledge base, up-to-date information resources or even online access to live assistants.
A new research study of 120 purchasing, supply chain and business executives finds that goods and services purchased from suppliers in offshore and emerging markets will increase 130 percent by 2010, despite rising risks and challenges of sourcing from those regions.
Conducted by Supply & Demand Chain Executive, the study, “Global Supply Management: Strategies for Success in the New World Economy,” outlines the top global supply strategies and priorities cited by purchasing and supply chain executives for the next 36 months. It also reveals the global sourcing, supplier and technology management approaches utilized by top-performing supply management groups.
Global supply chain solutions leader Manhattan Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq:MANH) has invited Kineticsware, a global software company and Microsoft Certified partner, to join the company’s exclusive Master VAR program in the Americas. Inclusion in the by-invitation-only program gives a Master VAR access to Manhattan Associates’ market-leading supply chain solutions and strong global organization of services professionals. Based on joint success in the U.S., and Kineticsware’s expertise and international presence, Kineticsware will also work with Manhattan Associates in multiple geographies including Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
