Industry Focus

Early 2009 Wal-Mart introduced a plan that was hoped to ensure that the company would remain the industry leader. Project Impact is based on three strategic initiatives that will improve the benefits to the customer. The three initiatives are; Save Money, Live Better; Win, Play, Show; and Fast, Friendly, Clean. This article examines aspects of the Project Impact initiative.

Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) are followed by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to ensure that their items are manufactured to specific requirements. This article is an introduction to the regulations that govern the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and bioligicals in the US.

The supply chain was something that pharmaceutical companies did see as being as important as getting drugs to the market. However this article shows how the supply chain is now of greater importance to pharmaceutical companies.

In today’s retail and consumer products environment consumers rule. This explosive transformation of consumer demand is driving complexity and cost into the supply chain at exactly the same time retailers need to invest more in meeting consumer needs. This article describes how retailers can meet these challenges by building specialized supply chain models that are fast, responsive and low cost.

The large automotive manufacturers and suppliers have developed expansive computer systems that don't allow any collaboration. The US automotive industry has to change to survive as a result of the high price of gas. This article examines the need to bring the automotive supply chain online and out in the open.

For Aerospace companies, integrating suppliers and customers to capture supply chain efficiencies and effectiveness is critical. The authors of this article explain that knowing this fact and doing it are two different matters.

Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) televisions are reshaping the global television industry, but the expansion is also impacting the wider electronics business. The author of this article shows how the growth of LCD's has affected the electronics supply chain through semiconductor production, the global chip market and even contract manufacturing.

Today there is a drive in the food supply chain for food safety along all aspects of the supply chain. Keeping food safe requires that food growers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and importers work in unison to ensure that the end product that reaches the consumer is safe for consumption. This article looks at many aspects of keeping...

Today there is a drive in the food supply chain for food safety along all aspects of the supply chain. Keeping food safe requires that food growers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and importers work in unison to ensure that the end product that reaches the consumer is safe for consumption. This article examines food safety across the...

Pharmaceutical products save lives every day. Manufacturers of these important drugs spend many millions of dollars over many years to bring a product to the market. There are a number of functions in a pharmaceutical company that follow the product from its original discovery to the sale of the product to the public. This article examines the...

FedEx, previously known as Federal Express, is a major player in the package delivery market and a direct competitor to global leader, United Parcel Service (UPS). FedEx was founded in 1971 and now has an annual revenue of $40 billion and 300,000 employees. This article examines the history of the company from its early days in Little Rock to...