Issue Archives: Quarter 2 2007
SCM: The past is prologue
A pioneer in the field shares his historical perspective on the birth of the discipline and offers some thoughts on the direction it might take in the future.
Want to be agile? Master your data
Your supply chain's speed and efficiency depends on the flow of synchronized data between you and your partners. The first step: making sure your own data is clean and consistent.
Why has CPFR failed to scale?
The consumer goods industry has paid too much attention to planning and forecasting, and too little to synchronizing product flow with demand, according to a longtime industry observer.
Metamorphosis of a supply chain
By reorganizing and consolidating supply chain operations at its business units, Motorola is improving the three "Cs": cost, cash, and customer service. More benefits will accrue as the transformation continues.
Mapping a lean strategy
Ask the right questions about the current state of your supply chain, and you'll get the answers you need to create a lean operation for the future. Two experts explain how to do it.
A framework for network optimization
Need to better align distribution with changing business conditions? Use a modeling tool to assess your current network as well as alternatives for meeting your goal.
The end of cheap oil: Are you ready?
Supply chain managers must take action today to prepare for the end of the Oil Age tomorrow.
Book Excerpt: Know the ABCs of Retail Supply Chain Costs
This chapter from the forthcoming book, Retail Supply Chain Management, focuses on activity-based costing (ABC) as an effective method for understanding actual supply chain costs. With an accurate view of those costs, retailers can assess product profitability, adjust markups, reduce costs, and much more.
Columns
Afterword
Untangling the supply web
No supply web is ever a static thing, and keeping its parts connected is the supply chain manager's perpetual challenge.
Career Ladder
So you think you're ready to be chief supply chain officer?
The focus for supply chain leaders is not just on managing costs, but also on maximizing a company's profitability by improving asset productivity and even identifying new sources of revenue generation.
Direct Connection
On a mission
We are constantly reviewing how best to reach you, our customers, and this new publication is a result of that process.
Monetary Matters
Export diversification will change China's relationships
New ocean shipping options are emerging to handle Chinese exports, especially to its largest trading partner, the United States.
Perspective
Turning up the intellectual heat
CSCMP'S Supply Chain Quarterly was started with a mission: to be the premier journal of thought leadership for the supply chain profession.
Free Articles From The Current Issue
The greening of Whirlpool's supply chainAt Whirlpool, being green is more than just talk. Not only has the appliance maker taken the lead in developing energy-efficient products, but it has also redesigned its supply chain with an eye toward conserving energy and cutting air pollution.
Small wonders
Don't worry if your company isn't a corporate giant. Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can use supply chain management to drive a corporate strategy that increases revenues and profits.
Chain Reactions
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Forward Thinking
China's future success may depend on supply chain talent
A report by the Chinese Academy of Sciences says that domestic and foreign-funded companies are having a difficult time finding qualified supply chain and logistics professionals.
Forward Thinking
CSCMP bridges China education gap
This June in Tianjin, the organization held its third annual conference on advanced technologies and supply chain management.
Forward Thinking
Sense and respond: MIT blog forecasts supply chain trends
The site also hosts a "Directions" section that includes more abstract, speculative reflections that are not related to specific events.
Forward Thinking
Land ho! New warehouses will be farther from shore
A severe land shortage around North American ports is driving warehouses farther and farther inland, according to the study "Import-Driven Warehousing in North America: Challenges and Opportunities."
Forward Thinking
Women favor logistics careers despite challenges
Even though they still must deal with an "old boys'" network in the workplace, respondents to the "2006 Career Patterns for Women in Logistics" study are bullish on logistics as a career.
Forward Thinking
Playing games with supply chains
In March of this year, game-based learning went global when 12 teams from top business schools around the world vied to create the most efficient supply chain in the first-ever Global Supply Chain Competition.
Forward Thinking
New translation of famed Toyota book now available
Now that Toyota has become the world's number one automaker, it's only fitting that a new English translation of the seminal Japanese book describing its famed production methods has been released.
Forward Thinking
Why marketing majors need to get out into the warehouse
Students with marketing degrees often enter the business world without understanding how supply chain practices affect marketing initiatives and strategies.
Forward Thinking
Say goodbye to "supply chain" and hello to "value network"?
The focus of supply chain management is shifting, moving away from "upstream," or the supply side, to "downstream," or the demand side, causing supply chain managers who participated in a recent study to suggest that that the term "supply chain management" be replaced by a more appropriate term.
Forward Thinking
An out-of-this-world supply chain
If you think setting up a world-class supply chain network is challenging, consider the task that faces NASA's logisticians as the agency prepares to built a permanent space station on the moon.
Forward Thinking
outsourcing standouts
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals released its 2007 list of the top outsourcing companies in such areas as information technology, business processes, facility services, and logistics.
Forward Thinking
World Economic Forum offers prescription for risk mitigation
Supply chains may be wrapping themselves around the world and the global economy may be expanding faster than ever, but it all remains increasingly vulnerable to disruption, says the World Economic Forum in its recently released "Global Risks 2007" report.
Open Enrollment
Upcoming professional education programs around the world
Dialogue: A Conversation With a CSCMP Member
Marvelous mentor
Savvy marketing professional and educator Dr. Linda Silver Coley is committed to helping students develop the leadership and analytical skills they'll need as future supply chain decision makers.
Roundtable Report
Roundtable Report
CSCMP's roundtables are local organizations of supply chain professionals who come together to share ideas, experiences, and hands-on knowledge. Roundtables sponsor educational events and site visits, promote the profession to young people, and provide opportunities for members to learn how to advance their careers. For more information, go to www.cscmp.org and click on "Local Roundtables."
China's future success may depend on supply chain talent
A report by the Chinese Academy of Sciences says that domestic and foreign-funded companies are having a difficult time finding qualified supply chain and logistics professionals.
Forward Thinking
CSCMP bridges China education gap
This June in Tianjin, the organization held its third annual conference on advanced technologies and supply chain management.
Forward Thinking
Sense and respond: MIT blog forecasts supply chain trends
The site also hosts a "Directions" section that includes more abstract, speculative reflections that are not related to specific events.
Forward Thinking
Land ho! New warehouses will be farther from shore
A severe land shortage around North American ports is driving warehouses farther and farther inland, according to the study "Import-Driven Warehousing in North America: Challenges and Opportunities."
Forward Thinking
Women favor logistics careers despite challenges
Even though they still must deal with an "old boys'" network in the workplace, respondents to the "2006 Career Patterns for Women in Logistics" study are bullish on logistics as a career.
Forward Thinking
Playing games with supply chains
In March of this year, game-based learning went global when 12 teams from top business schools around the world vied to create the most efficient supply chain in the first-ever Global Supply Chain Competition.
Forward Thinking
New translation of famed Toyota book now available
Now that Toyota has become the world's number one automaker, it's only fitting that a new English translation of the seminal Japanese book describing its famed production methods has been released.
Forward Thinking
Why marketing majors need to get out into the warehouse
Students with marketing degrees often enter the business world without understanding how supply chain practices affect marketing initiatives and strategies.
Forward Thinking
Say goodbye to "supply chain" and hello to "value network"?
The focus of supply chain management is shifting, moving away from "upstream," or the supply side, to "downstream," or the demand side, causing supply chain managers who participated in a recent study to suggest that that the term "supply chain management" be replaced by a more appropriate term.
Forward Thinking
An out-of-this-world supply chain
If you think setting up a world-class supply chain network is challenging, consider the task that faces NASA's logisticians as the agency prepares to built a permanent space station on the moon.
Forward Thinking
outsourcing standouts
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals released its 2007 list of the top outsourcing companies in such areas as information technology, business processes, facility services, and logistics.
Forward Thinking
World Economic Forum offers prescription for risk mitigation
Supply chains may be wrapping themselves around the world and the global economy may be expanding faster than ever, but it all remains increasingly vulnerable to disruption, says the World Economic Forum in its recently released "Global Risks 2007" report.
Departments
Open EnrollmentOpen Enrollment
Upcoming professional education programs around the world
Dialogue: A Conversation With a CSCMP Member
Marvelous mentor
Savvy marketing professional and educator Dr. Linda Silver Coley is committed to helping students develop the leadership and analytical skills they'll need as future supply chain decision makers.
Roundtable Report
Roundtable Report
CSCMP's roundtables are local organizations of supply chain professionals who come together to share ideas, experiences, and hands-on knowledge. Roundtables sponsor educational events and site visits, promote the profession to young people, and provide opportunities for members to learn how to advance their careers. For more information, go to www.cscmp.org and click on "Local Roundtables."