Vendor Sourcing Cuts Firm Costs

from law.com

Jose Manuel Pariente is a man on a mission. He began slashing costs and streamlining procurement after he joined White & Case in April following many years of sourcing management at companies ranging from Barnes & Noble to Exel. Before Pariente, the firm had “more or less handled vendor relationships and negotiation in silos, by department, like most law firms,” says Richard McKenna, chief administrative officer of New York-based White & Case. And while Huron Consulting Group had helped the firm overhaul vendor relationships, management realized that they needed to set up an in-house procurement discipline, as McKenna puts its, “so we didn’t fall back into our previous pattern.”

IDS Scheer Announces Expansion of Partnership

from businesswire.com

IDS Scheer, the leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), today announced at Supply-Chain World North America it has expanded its relationship with the Supply-Chain Council (SCC) to provide performance measurement and management capabilities for SCOR metrics.

Under the recent agreement announced at ARIS ProcessWorld 2008 Americas, IDS Scheer is providing its ARIS Platform for the SCC to develop and maintain its different reference models and release new versions of the Supply-Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR), Customer-Chain Operations Reference Model (CCOR) and Design-Chain Operations Reference Model (DCOR) in a multi-user BPM repository. The ARIS Process Performance Manager (ARIS PPM) for SCOR will be one of the first solutions developed from critical knowledge created from the partnership, and will provide a platform for continuous improvement of supply chain processes supporting the SCOR metrics.

Does MES Need to Evolve to Better Support Total Material Flow?

from scdigest.com

The Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) solution profile continues to evolve, says Greg Gorbach, Vice President of Collaborative Manufacturing at ARC Advisory Group, with an increasing vendor focus on richer support for total materials management.

There seems to be growing interest in the area of “production logistics,” both from an operations perspective, and from the software needed to support a more integrated view of materials management.

Greening Your Supply Chain Through ERP

from supplychainmarket.com

Want to trim your organization’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? Perhaps you’re simply interested in cutting fuel use to boost your bottom line. Either way, good supply chain practices make smart business sense. And enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can help you accomplish your goals – whether your mission is to go green or keep the green flowing to your bottom line.

ERP software is the technology of choice for millions of organizations interested in streamlining their processes for better efficiency and profitability. Along the way, companies are realizing that ERP features can help accomplish green goals like reducing CO2 emissions and landfill waste.

CSCMP, IWLA & WERC Team Up To Produce First Ever “Greening The Supply Chain” Conferenc

from supplychainmarket.com

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), and Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), along with strong support from Cascade Sierra Solutions, are proud to announce a new conference called Greening the Supply Chain. The conference is the first collaborative event among the associations, whose membership comprises the entire spectrum of supply chain operators. Working in conjunction with the three associations is Cascade Sierra Solutions, the pioneering environmental foundation in greening our transport sector. This conference will take place June 9-10, 2008 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, CA.

method Chooses Ozburn-Hessey Logistics

from prweb.com

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OH Logistics) was recently selected as the supply chain management partner for method’s fourth distribution center in Dayton, New Jersey. OH Logistics currently provides third-party logistics services for method distribution centers in Georgia and California.

Aberdeen Lands Two Thought Leaders

from money.cnn.com

Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), announced today that Andrew Bartolini, vice president and group director of global supply management research, and Nari Viswanathan, senior director of supply chain research at Aberdeen, have been named to the “2008 Pros to Know” list published by Supply & Demand Chain Executive (”SDCExec”). Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pros to Know is a listing of individuals who have personally helped clients build their 21st century supply chain, including their view on the role of technology in enabling the 21st century economy, the processes and technologies employed to move the clients toward this vision, and the results that the clients are realizing from moving toward this vision.