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Recession Put Spotlight on Need for Supply Chain Finance
The credit squeeze resulting from the recession put the focus firmly on supply chain finance as major corporations got to grips with the fact that some of their suppliers were struggling to finance their activities.
Elevating Supply Chain Planning IQ with Data Analytics
Supply chain is the largest expense for any product company and generally accounts for 60 percent to 90 percent of all costs. Controlling such a substantial expense demands continuous performance improvement and high operational efficiency. Research suggests the existence of a statistically significant relationship between analytical capabilities and supply chain performance. In other words, data analysis can assist in controlling supply chain costs. Further, an analysis of 310 companies from different industries in the USA, Europe, Canada, Brazil and China indicates that analytics of the supply chain plan has the second-biggest influence on supply chain performance.
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Food Safety: It's All About the Supply Chain
As tainted-food scandals go, it wasn't so bad. The discovery early this year of unlabeled horse meat in European food products wasn't for the most part a safety issue. It was a violation of cultural norms, to be sure, as well as a truth-in-packaging problem. Most of all, it was a supply-chain failure.
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DAT Adds Specialty Trailers to Load Boards Offering
DAT, a provider of load boards for the spot freight marketplace, has added more equipment types to its DAT 3sixty and TruckersEdge products.
Pain Points in Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Kieran Brennan, director of business development with Syncreon Technology, discusses the "yo-yo" effect of choosing between complete manufacturing at the factory, and relying on postponement strategies in regional markets.
Analytics Isn't New, But the Latest Version Does Require a New Understanding
Analytics companies are popping up everywhere as Big Data starts to work its way into more executive conversations. We've been down this road before; analytics isn't a new concept. However, new related technologies and a better understanding of what's at stake for businesses may make this wave a different one. The key is for everyone to get comfortable with the idea of using the new tools to roll their own analytics.
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OECD Rules on Transfer Pricing Could Affect U.S. Multinationals' Tax-Avoidance Schemes
U.S. multinational companies that routinely allocate their profits to other countries to benefit from low-tax jurisdictions may soon need to change their tactics.
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Integrated Modules Meet Today's GTM Functionality Needs, Allow for Tomorrow's Growth
Challenge: A multi-division home products company using spreadsheets to manage import, export and FTZ operations struggled with compliance. Its structure, extensive product lines and multiple manufacturing locales required one solution that could maintain divisional separation but produce comprehensive reporting; provide global visibility; and deliver intelligence to inform sourcing and logistics decisions.
Cognex Launches Update of Track & Trace App for Pharma
Cognex Corp. has developed a new version of In-Sight Track & Trace, the company's identification and data-verification software for healthcare product serialization.
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Damco CEO Discusses Company's Approach to North American Logistics Market
The number one imperative for North American shippers continues to be cost reduction and cost containment, which means that logistics providers must analyze and scrutinize operations more diligently than ever in order to find such opportunities, says Jeremy Haycock, president of Damco North America.
Seagate Strives to Slash Inventory
Seagate Technology has launched a program to eliminate costly and wasteful inventory from its supply chain. Scott Robbleloth, director of supply chain, explains how the company did it.
How Can You Effectively Manage the Risks Posed by Your Suppliers and Trading Partners?
Managing the risks imposed by suppliers and third-party service providers has become increasingly difficult and expensive. At the same time, the risks imposed by these relationships keep on getting larger and more costly. Yet procurement and risk personnel are expected to do more with less.
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