SupplyChainBrainMore from SupplyChainBrainAll LogisticsAligning Your Supply Chain with Business StrategyLinking supply chain and finance is vitally important at MeadWestvaco, says Brian McClure, the company's director of global procurement and supply chain. It helps boost operational excellence, which drives productivity.November 1, 2010Global Supply Chain ManagementSustainability Initiatives at Dow ChemicalChoosing the right supply chain is key to being a good steward of the environment, says Darrell Zavitz, vice president, supply chain, at the Dow Chemical Company. Moreover, there's always good business value in waste reduction and energy conservation.November 1, 2010All TechnologyResources for the New Supply Chain RealitySERVICES is an acronym that stands for the menu of offerings that sets C.H. Robinson Worldwide apart from its competitors, says Jim Butts, senior vice president. But in the final analysis, a 3PL has to go beyond slogans and really partner with a customer if it is to realize its expectations.October 29, 2010All LogisticsPartnering vs. Procuring Logistics ServicesPrice is always important, says Jim Jones, vice president of business development and relationship management at DB Schenker. But the emphasis should be on obtaining the best overall solution. That pays huge dividends in the long run.October 29, 2010All TechnologyPracticing Vested CollaborationBusiness is moving toward a model of empathy for a partner's organization and its goals, both commercial and fiscal, says Michael J. Stolarczyk, president of Kontane Logistics. A long-term, solid relationship built on that kind of collaboration ultimately pays off for all concerned.October 29, 2010All LogisticsSolutions for Mobile SCM & LogisticsWhat better way to get greater productivity from your mobile workforce than by equipping it with the proper technology, Steve Tremitiere, vice president of sales at Airclic, asks. And the comparatively low cost is a key advantage of such solutions.October 28, 2010All LogisticsPrize-Winning Economist's Lessons for the Supply ChainIn negotiating, you can be self-defeatingly muscular or benign, says Kate Vitasek, on the faculty of the Center for Executive Education at the University of Tennessee. Or you can be credible. That's a lesson supply chain managers can learn from Professor Oliver Williamson.October 28, 2010All LogisticsThe Near-Term Outlook for OutsourcingDespite the recession's constraint on corporate pocketbooks, the future of outsourced logistics services is bright, says Cliff Otto, president of Saddle Creek Corporation, a logistics services provider. And shared space, an old concept, is seeing a surge of renewed interest from customers.October 28, 2010All LogisticsPreparing for the Impending Driver ShortageThe truck driver shortages of 1983 and 2004 could be dwarfed by what's coming by 2012, in the view of Tom Nightingale, chief marketing officer at Con-way. New hours-of-service rules and CSA 2010 are doing nothing to help that situation. Still, there are ways to prepare for the crunch.October 27, 2010All LogisticsChallenges Facing Transportation BrokersAs new government regulations intensify the transportation capacity crunch, non-asset-based brokers will be even more hard pressed to find equipment for their customers, says Mike Williams, chief operating officer at Sunteck Transport Group. That could weed out fly-by-night operators that sometimes give the industry a bad rep.October 27, 2010Previous PagePage 573 of 590Next Page