Over this holiday period more companies than ever have extended their normal shutdown. This has left workers with an unpaid vacation but nothing in their paycheck. The big three US ... Read More

Germany has been the world’s largest merchandise exporter for the last five years, but due to the fall in Chinese exports to the US, Germany finds itself heading towards recession. ... Read More

As soon as small businesses recover from a mixed holiday season they will return to find that shipping items using FedEx will be more expensive as of January 5th. FedEx ... Read More

ERP implementations are not immune to the economic slowdown as this week the Minneapolis based Select Comfort prematurely ended its SAP rollout. The company that makes the “Sleep Number” bed ... Read More

As the US auto giants are in financial turmoil, their suppliers are trying to keep afloat and hold on until the government bailout of the industry comes to realization. Both ... Read More

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has handed out the 2008 Supply Chain Innovation Awards and this year’s top award has been given to Cisco. The Web networking ... Read More

In the 2008–2009 Management Issues Survey by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME), results from over 1200 companies were compiled for a variety of questions relating to business confidence and issues ... Read More

Rohm and Haas, the specialty materials company, has made advances to automate some of its manual warehouse processes and reduce supply chain costs. The company has implemented Elemica’s Terminal and ... Read More

IGC Commerce was named as the top end to end procurement vendor for buyers in a survey carried out by Brown-Wilson Advisors. In their Black Book of Outsourcing, Brown-Wilson surveyed ... Read More

Since JDA and i2 announced their merger back in August, the stock market has plummeted and now five months later, the merger is off. JDA had already purchased the supply ... Read More

As companies work with smaller numbers of preferred vendors, some top US companies have implemented recognition programs to reward top suppliers. In an article last month, the supplier reward programs ... Read More

In a survey carried out by Endicia, the Palo Alto based internet postage company, 84% of small businesses reported an increase in their shipping costs this year. The survey noted ... Read More

Another example of cost saving whilst moving towards a green supply chain was rewarded in October at the 2008 Lean and Green Awards. The Dutch forum, Connekt that promotes smart ... Read More

Back in September I wrote an entry about the lack of any relationship between US buyers and their Chinese suppliers, which was causing concern when shipments were late or incorrect. ... Read More

In the first of its kind logistics deal, Geodis, which is part of the French transportation company SNCF, has announced that it will acquire IBM's internal global logistics operation. The ... Read More