Mallory Alexander introduces new unit

from logisticsmgmt.com

Third-party logistics (3PL) services provider Mallory Alexander International Logistics said this week it has launched M-Pact Solutions, a new unit focused on developing global commerce-related strategies and providing services and architecture for shippers, 3PLs, receivers, and distributors.

Mallory added in a statement that John Huggins, a 21-year veteran with expertise in designing and implementing supply chains for manufacturing and logistics management customers, will serve as director of M-Pact. It added that the main mission of M-Pact is to provide strategic and tactical options for complex international supply chain problems and issues.

VWR and GSK Awarded 2007 Best Purchaser-Supplier Collaboration

from reuters.com

VWR and GSK Awarded 2007 Best Purchaser-Supplier Collaboration from UKChartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

VWR International, LLC, aleader in the global research laboratory industry announced today that VWR andGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have been awarded 2007 Best Purchaser-SupplierCollaboration by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS). Thehighly regarded CIPS Supply Management Awards celebrate and recognizeexcellence in purchasing and supply chain management worldwide.

CDC Software’s Supply Chain Solutions Help Shanghai General Motors

from reuters.com

CDC Software’s Supply Chain Solutions Help Shanghai General Motors Expand Operations in ChinaATLANTA & HONG KONG–(Business Wire)–CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation

(NASDAQ:CHINA) and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today that its CDC Supply Chain Solutions were implemented at a new parts distribution and packaging center of Shanghai General Motors, a 50-50 joint venture partnership between General Motors and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC). Shanghai General Motors recently opened the first of four new model parts distribution and packaging centers in Guangzhou, China.This facility utilizes the CDC Supply Chain product suite including Warehouse Management, Labor Management, Slotting Optimization, Yard Management, Event Management and Enterprise Visibility.

Launch of M-Pact Solutions Announced

from clickpress.com

The formation of a new supply chain management group–M-Pact Solutions–has been announced by Mallory Alexander International Logistics (www.mallorygroup.com). Its Director is John Huggins, an executive with 21 years of experience designing and implementing supply chain solutions for manufacturing and logistics management clients.

“Our deep international supply chain expertise,” says Huggins, ”is a solid foundation for objective, practical, executable supply chain solutions for shippers, receivers, 3PLs and distributors.”

Certified Integration Enables Efficient Flow of Goods

from money.cnn.com

Global supply chain solutions provider Manhattan Associates, Inc. (Nasdaq:MANH) today announced that its Warehouse Management 2007 solution has achieved “Powered by SAP NetWeaver(r)” status. This certification highlights Manhattan Associates’ commitment to providing a full suite of integrated supply chain solutions, allowing customers using SAP(r) solutions to integrate distribution business processes seamlessly, and with less risk, within their corporate landscape.

The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that the Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management 2007 solution properly integrates with the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure

(SAP NetWeaver XI) 3.0 component to exchange critical data with instances of the SAP Business Suite family of applications and is integrated successfully with SAP NetWeaver Portal 6.0.

Do We Need more Focus on “Manufacturing Logistics?”

from scdigest.com

SCDigest Editorial Staff

With all the focus on the improved flow of materials and goods in the overall supply chain and distribution centers, the impact of constricted material flow within manufacturing operations is too often overlooked.
SCDigest Says:
One key obviously is to look hard to changes to material flow – and barriers that may be created later – any time changes to a plant are being considered, not just on solving the immediate production issue.
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“We’ve been hearing an increasing number of stories from companies that are suffering from material flow issues, or what we like to call “production logistics” problems,” said SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore.

For example, SCDigest recently spoke with one of the largest food manufacturers in the US, which described how in one plant, changes over time to production lines had led to highly inefficient material flow and that cumulatively had a significant impact on cost and productivity.

Hynix’s Secret to its Competitiveness: SCM

from etnews.co.kr

“Hynix has strength in excellent manufacturing but efficient real-time Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the secret to competitiveness.”

Hynix has received the Korea SCM Award at the 6th Korea SCM conference for its achievement in global integration based on consumer-friendly supply chain management.

The semiconductor industry is susceptible to volatile demand and has a short-term cycle. In addition, profit depends on supply chain management capability because of complex logistic situations.

Industry group singles out supply management at Cessna

from purchasing.com

By Susan Avery — Purchasing, 11/27/2007 11:19:00 AM

Cessna Aircraft Co., a Textron Inc. company, took two awards at the first annual Aerospace & Defense Supply Chain Excellence awards dinner, sponsored by the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA).

SEA is an industry partnership of aerospace and defense prime contractors, tier-one sub-contractors and suppliers whose mission is to help accelerate supply chain performance, expand supply chain capabilities and to build and encourage collaboration among suppliers.

CipherLab Wins Best Supply Chain/Logistics Solution Award

from businesswire.com

CipherLab, a leading innovator in Automated Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) for the retail, warehouse and distribution markets, was named a winner in Integrated Solutions for Retailers magazine’s Small to Midsize Retail Solutions Award competition. CipherLab and CipherLab Solutions Certified value-added reseller, Ohio-based RJM Systems, earned the award for Best Supply Chain/Logistics Solution for their deployment of an ordering, inventory and warehouse management solution for Pet Supplies “Plus,” a chain of 220+ independent retail stores. The integrated solution pairs CipherLab’s 8021 acoustic and 8071 wireless portable terminals with RJM Systems’ customized software, DataMan.

Securing the manufacturing supply chain with PLM

from manufacturingtalk.com

Enhancing sales, marketing and after-market business processes have to be integrated within the context of the overall manufacturing value chain, writes Andrew Piscina

Over the last five years, most manufacturing organisations in Europe have been following a cost-cutting and labour reduction path as the industry strives to pull itself out of recession and cope with the ups and downs of a turbulent economy. However, as cost reduction strategies begin to pay off, manufacturers are beginning to focus attention on more strategic investments and direction.