Issue Archives: Quarter 1 2010
Get out your calculators
The new International Financial Reporting Standards may require you to change the way you value inventory and measure other performance indicators.
The tax factor in global site selection
Before you pick a location for a manufacturing plant overseas, consider the impact of foreign enterprise income taxes.
At Kraft, cash is king
When Kraft Foods needed to cut costs and free up cash, its supply chain organization rose to the challenge. Better inventory turnover played a leading role in boosting cash flow by 20 percent.
Time for a checkup?
If you haven't improved your logistics network for a while, it might be time for an examination. Here's a five-step method that can cut logistics costs by 10 to 20 percent.
What's the best design for your dedicated fleet?
When weighing the cost and service benefits of a dedicated truck fleet, consider alternative designs. In many cases, a design with the potential to bring drivers back home on a regular basis will be the best option.
Columns
Perspective
Does your company need a supply chain SWAT team?
Kraft's approach to tackling a companywide mandate to free up cash could help you address supply chain issues, too.
Monetary Matters
Tighter air security will need a deft touch to avoid economic harm
In August 2010, the United States will require 100 percent of cargo shipped on passenger aircraft to be screened by security personnel, machines, or specially trained dogs.
Afterword
Logistics wins (and loses) a sale
One company's supply chain stumble can be another's gain.
Career Ladder
The rise of the Chief Procurement Officer
More and more companies are centralizing purchasing and looking for managers with strategic leadership skills.
Direct Connection
San Diego—you need to be here!
Just about anyone who's involved in supply chain
management will converge on San Diego for CSCMP's 2010 Annual Global Conference.
Supply Chain Executive Insight E-Newsletter
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Free Articles From The Current Issue
ASICS keeps pace with growing demandASICS America's single distribution center couldn't keep up with surging demand for its athletic shoes and apparel. Changing its distribution pattern and adding another warehouse helped the company manage both current sales and future growth.
Supply chain versus the volcano
The disruption to air traffic caused by Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano is a reminder of why we should prepare for both expected and unexpected supply chain risks.
Dealing with our oil addiction
Will the Deepwater Horizon disaster spur us to develop new sources of energy?
There's more to performance management than metrics
Getting people to consistently perform at a high level requires more than implementing an incentive program.
Keeping it personal in a digital world
While electronic communication has become a permanent part of our daily lives, face-to-face communication is still important for supply chain success.
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Perspective
Commentary: Do-it-yourself diesel
Although diesel-powered trucks are our best option right now, it makes sense to develop other fuel sources—even if it means manufacturing it ourselves.
Forward ThinkingCommentary: Do-it-yourself diesel
Although diesel-powered trucks are our best option right now, it makes sense to develop other fuel sources—even if it means manufacturing it ourselves.
Factor future inflation into purchasing now
Supply chain and procurement managers must change their expectations that input prices will continually fall, says one consultant.
Forward Thinking
Distribution center operating costs decline
A survey conducted by the Supply Chain Consortium finds that DC operating costs as a percentage of revenue have dropped over the last two years.
Forward Thinking
Who benefits most from optimization tools?
Because asset performance is a top priority for manufacturers, they are likely to get the best return from supply chain-network optimization software.
Forward Thinking
Supply chain savings at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Stores is using supplier scorecarding and strategic sourcing of food products to cut costs worldwide.
Forward Thinking
Germany gets top marks for international trade logistics
Germany tops the World Bank's ranking of nations' capacity to facilitate international trade logistics.
Forward Thinking
Companies struggle to build "cash culture"
Many companies that are fighting to free up cash in their supply chains have not taken the necessary steps to make that happen.
Forward Thinking
New book advises: Give both parties a stake in outsourcing
A new book says that 3PL relationships will improve when both company and supplier have a vested interest in each other's success.
Forward Thinking
Clearinghouse could help to combat product fraud
A new report recommends several ways manufacturers can monitor their supply chains to detect and prevent adulteration and counterfeiting.
Forward Thinking
Supply chain education for salespeople
A new course offered by a U.K.-based consulting firm teaches sales representatives to consider the cost consequences before they make delivery promises.
Forward Thinking
Space agency seeks down-to-earth opportunities for supply chain software
NASA hopes the supplier risk management software it developed will soon make its way into the commercial sphere
Forward Thinking
Software vendors offer carbon mapping tools
A number of carbon management software vendors have introduced applications that help companies measure their emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas often blamed for global warming.
Forward Thinking
iPhones as bar-code readers?
Steve Banker of ARC Advisory Group says he's heard of at least one company that's using a low-cost iPhone application to scan bar codes in its warehouse.
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News and ideas for success from CSCMP
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Open Enrollment
Upcoming professional education programs around the world
Dialogue: A Conversation With a CSCMP Member
Take charge of surcharges
Carriers and shippers can work together to bring about efficiencies in trucking and mitigate the cost of fuel surcharges, says Professor Chris Caplice.
