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The State of the Bio-Pharma Supply Chain: A Report Card

Vitaly Glozman, partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, outlines the current state and future of supply-chain operations in the biopharmaceuticals industry, with an eye toward achieving both short- and long-term goals.

Open or Closed Supply Chains: Which Way to Go?

Supply chains are just as susceptible to faddish behavior as anything else. We're social animals, so we tend to follow the crowd - especially if we believe that the crowd has a competitive edge. That's why so many companies flocked to China over the last couple of decades, in search of ever-cheaper sources of production. Or why outsourcing became such a hot trend over that same period of time.

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Avnet Opens Technology Integration Center in Brazil

Avnet Inc., a distributor of electronic components, computer products and related technology, has opened a full-service technology integration center in Joinville, Brazil.

Of Zippers, Matzos and Closed Supply Chains

We like the term "supply chain" because it suggests a tightly interlinked series of steps that results in the uninterrupted flow of product from the raw-materials stage all the way to the consumer. But the word "chain" also evokes a burden, and that's how many companies have come to view their operations in recent years. Hence the mania for outsourcing everything from design and manufacturing to logistics.

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The Path to Success in Strategic Sourcing

Tim Jordan, associate director for supply chain management with MAP Pharmaceuticals, talks about the key elements involved in setting up a strategic sourcing program for global companies.

RedPrairie Issues New Version of All-Channel Retail Application

RedPrairie Corp. has released version 2012.1 of the RedPrairie Commerce Suite for retailers. The tool can be applied to all channels and multiple customer touch-points, the vendor said.

Aerospace Supply Chain Faces Harsh Reality of Having to Deliver Huge Backlog of Orders

Following a boom in commercial aircraft orders in 2011, a year which saw the successful launch of the Airbus A320 NEO and the Boeing 737 MAX, the aerospace industry is now faced with having to deliver a huge backlog. According to a study of the aerospace and defense industry released by global business advisory firm AlixPartners, the industry must increase production rates by 45 percent in volume by 2015 if it is to meet demand, representing the industry's biggest challenge in the coming years.

A Leader in Teleconferencing Fine-Tunes Its Critical Parts Operation

Polycom Inc. turns to a specialist in expedited logistics, to ensure rapid turnaround of defective and spare parts in its reverse-logistics chain.

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For Pharma, One Supply Chain Doesn't Fit All

Companies dream of one cohesive supply chain that can harmonize information and business processes worldwide. But what if your customers' needs in regional markets are so different as to make that dream impossible?

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Reducing Overall Supply Chain Costs is #1 Priority Among Manufacturers, Survey Finds

Eighty percent of manufacturers responding to a recent survey rate reducing overall supply chain costs as the number one supply chain priority in the coming year, according to IDC Manufacturing Insights. Nearly 55 percent suggest supply chain agility is second and 52 percent suggest improving product quality and safety is the third-most important priority.

Webgistix Integrates Electronic Shopping Cart With SmartFill Order-Fulfillment Platform

Webgistix Corp., a provider of order-fulfillment technology for electronic commerce, has integrated its SmartFill platform with the online shopping cart of BigCommerce. As a result, the vendor said, retailers can build online stores in BigCommerce environments with two-day ground delivery of e-commerce orders to more than 98 percent of U.S. consumers.

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