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| Featured Topics: Supply Chain Management |
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| U.S. Manufacturers, Retailers See More China Risk |
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| U.S. manufacturers and retailers that get products or components from China are increasingly concerned about quality, intellectual property and rising costs in China, and more are looking at alternate sites, according to a study published on Thursday.
Twenty-six percent said China contributes the most risk to their supply chain, up from 21 percent who said so three months ago, according to AMR Research Inc, a Boston-based market research firm. Other Asia-Pacific countries and the United States were seen as less risky in AMR's quarterly survey. |
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| Maximizing Supply Chain Efficiency |
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| There are no knee-jerk ways to become more efficient, says Becky Reuber, strategic management professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. "You have to give it serious thought and strategize. Supply chain is about relationships between organizations. You want to make sure any changes you make will affect those relationships positively, if your plan is to keep them for the long term." |
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| Latest Trend in Global Supply Chain Management |
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| With the shift and change in International scenario of business infrastructure and strategy, the Global Supply Chain Management does also requires change in its basic tenants and procedural application to accommodate itself with running trend and regularly with international standards and norms. |
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| The Pros and Cons of Online Sustainability Reports |
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| GRI Guidelines were first introduced in 2000, and since then, most sustainability reports have been published as printed documents. Recently, however, more and more companies are reporting their CSR data online in PDF format. Obviously, digital reporting reduces paper use --and cuts costs, too. But, how does the use of online technology impact access to sustainability information? Are companies that use online reporting effectively communicating with their stakeholders? |
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| Aberdeen Report Reveals That Sustainability is Becoming a Business Imperative |
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| Findings from this 39-page report demonstrate that sustainability continues to gain importance among shareholders, customers, trading partners, and regulators. As a result, an increasing number of companies worldwide are working toward integrating sustainability criteria into their overall business strategy. The research is especially compelling when you look at Best-in-Class performance. |
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| Video: Ray Andersen Talks About the Business Benefits of Sustainability |
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| Spend a few minutes listening to this video clip featuring Ray Anderson, the founder of Interface, the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet. Anderson is a sustainable business pioneer who, since 1994, has focused his company’s attention on creating an alternative to the traditional, linear “take --> make --> waste” industrial model. In this short talk, recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California, he artfully outlines the business logic of sustainability, using specific examples from Interface’s groundbreaking business plan.
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When GE wanted to transform their supplier information management processes across all business units worldwide, they turned to
Aravo SIM. |
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| "GE
is now managing over 500,000 suppliers and their data in Aravo SIM. We
are live in six languages with suppliers around the world. We expect
Aravo SIM will deliver significant cost savings while improving data
accuracy, compliance and productivity." |
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Gary Reiner
SVP and CIO of GE |
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