Supply Chain Strategy

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• Black Friday-Cyber Monday Weekend: Challenges Compound for Supply Chains

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  As I pen this posting on Cyber Monday, there are already lots of predictions in the blogsphere regarding the sales activities for the 2009 holiday buying season.  The headline in today’s Wall Street Journal, More Shoppers Hit Stores, but Spend Less Each , (subscription may be required) summarizes a consensus ...
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• Kraft Rolls Up 50M Miles Saved Through Transportation Efficiency

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 614
  Since 2005, Kraft has saved more than 50 million miles in its transportation and distribution processes globally.The savings came from a variety of initiatives, according to a press release.By shifting to barge shipments of wheat to its Toledo, Ohio, flour Mill, Kraft knocked out 10,000 truck shipments and reduced ...
  1 week ago

• Post Recession Recovery- Are CEO’s Positioning for Market Dominance or for Rebuilding Value-Chains??

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  Scanning my Wall Street Journal yesterday morning, I came across an article, CEO’s Call Credit Crucial to Job s . (subscription may be rquired) The article summarizes statements from a group of executives attending this paper’s annual CEO Council.  The essence of the headline is that executives feel that ...
  1 week ago

• Wal-Mart Extends a Helping Hand to Suppliers- For What Motivation?

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  On November 2 nd , mega retailer Wal-Mart i nformed over 1000 of its apparel suppliers about its new “Supplier Alliance Program” . Eligible suppliers will be able to get payment on their shipment invoices to Wal-Mart in ten to fifteen days vs. Wal-Mart’s typical 60 to 90 day payment cycle, by having ...
  1 week ago

• Have There Been Too Many Cost Cutbacks Among Industry Supply Chains?

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  Over these past weeks, Supply Chain Matters has been providing specific commentary noting that recent corporate profitability has been attributed directly to specific cost savings initiatives in and across supply chain areas.  The latest of these notations were our posts reflecting on recent profitability results ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wal-Mart’s Latest Earnings- Inventory and Productivity Management Makes an Impact

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  The highlight of news in the retail industry this week focused on Wal-Mart’s announcement that the company had posted better than expected profits of 3.2%, even though same store sales declined slightly in the U.S..  In the October quarter, Wal-Mart earned $3.24 billion, up from $3.14 billion in the year ago ...
  2 weeks ago

• Geeley’s Play for Volvo Could be Business Savvy

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  If you have been following recent news regarding the U.S. automotive industry, than you may have noted that Ford Motor Company has been shopping for some months for a prospective buyer of its Volvo auto unit.  A recent article appearing in the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required) outlines some ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is Nintendo’s Wii Out in the Cold This Holiday Season?

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  I was alerted to a recent article on the CIO site , penned by Thomas Wailgum that declares the heyday of Nintendo’s success with the Wii is over.  The article notes that Nintendo’s manufacturing and supply chain entities have always risen to the challenge to make the Wi i console the number one selling ...
  2 weeks ago

• Is the Global Recession Really Over?

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  Last week, manufacturing and production indices in many parts of the globe again turned positive, spawning many in the financial media as well as Wall Street to declare that the recession is over.  Let the recovery begin! I’m not inclined to pop those champagne bottles just yet, and I’ll explain why. The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Greening the Automotive Supply Chain

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 614
  In the last decade there has been a significant increase in public awareness of the need to conserve energy, recycle waste, and make lifestyle choices that are environmentally friendly. Many companies have jumped onto the “green” bandwagon, adopting slogans or advertising campaigns that emphasize the company’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• More Evidence of Supply Chain’s Value- The Hershey Company

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  One of my initial goals when I launched this blog in February of 2008 was to cite specific evidence where supply chain investments and business process excellence do add value to business.  Thus spawned the name of this blog to be Supply Chain Matters . Since that time, I continue to search out evidence and stories ...
  3 weeks ago

• H1N1 Vaccine Supplies- Fixing Supply-Demand Imbalances

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  This posting is a follow-up to my previous Supply Chain Matters post providing a supply chain perspective on the current H1N1 vaccine shortage.  Our original posting outlined some causes of the current production shortage problem and some observations relative to where future investments should be applied in ...
  4 weeks ago

• Six Keys to a Successful Reorganization (of your Supply Chain)

  
  Sourcing Innovation — Authority: 138
  This fall, Strategy + Business, with the help of Booz & Co., got Inside the Kraft Foods Transformation and talked with level top leaders about their three-year turnaround and their campaign to reorganize for growth. It was a good article, but the best part was the six keys factors to a successful reorganization ...
  5 weeks ago

• H1N1 Vaccine Availability- A Supply Chain Perspective

  
  Supply Chain Matters — Authority: 124
  Much has been written and discussed concerning the current unavailability of adequate doses of the H1N1 vaccine to combat the current swine flu pandemic. As outbreaks of H1N1 influenza continue to peak in the U.S. and other countries, delivery of the vaccine has been falling short of expected levels.  In the U.S., ...
  5 weeks ago

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