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ProcureCon 2011

07/11/2011 at 12:31 pm | Judith Wanjala | No Comments

14th Pan European Strategic Sourcing event Date: 8th - 10th November 2011 Location:Le Plaza, Brussels Organiser:ProcureCon Event Website: www.procurecon.com Now in its 14th year, ProcureCon returns to Brussels on 8-10 November to brin...

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Supply Chain Movement Q2 – Sustainability Special (also on iPad)

07/5/2011 at 8:44 am | Judith Wanjala | No Comments

12             PROFILE PETER BRIGGEMAN "Expect the unexpected" Thanks to the opportunities on offer within Eastman Chemical, Peter Briggeman - having started his career at the bottom of the ladder - was able to work his way up to his...

Benchmark study compares forecasting performance results

07/1/2011 at 3:24 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

In 2010, the volume of promotions was 77 per cent greater than in 2009 – that is just one of the findings from the extensive forecasting benchmark study conducted by Terra Technology amongst manufacturers and suppliers in the consumer goods sector....

The shape of infinity

07/1/2011 at 3:11 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

While innovation and sustainability have of course both been around as long as time itself, they appear to be the hottest topics in the business world at the moment. In the aftermath of the recent and unparalleled financial crisis, countless...

Supply Chain and Finance share the same vision

07/1/2011 at 3:04 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

In most Dutch enterprises’ supply chains, there is some kind of relationship between corporate strategy and inventory level targets. The supply chain and finance departments generally tend to agree on who should be determining optimum stock levels....

The costs of sustainability

07/1/2011 at 2:54 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Driving sustainability in supply chains has been a popular subject over the past few years, but recently, this changed. In mid January, research initiated by Actal, a Dutch agency responsible for reducing bureaucracy between government and enterprise...

Energy supply

07/1/2011 at 2:46 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Sometimes I wonder if we are paying the real price for energy, especially the price for oil used in transportation: Bear in mind that fifty percent of oil is used in vehicles. Recently, the price of gasoline at the pump hit another record high....

CO2 calculations at supply level

07/1/2011 at 2:40 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

Shippers are increasingly keen to gain measurable insights into their performance in terms of sustainable transport. IDS, a company specialised in freight & carrier management, has introduced a new tool to help its customers compare different...

Extra online sales channel for chemical companies

07/1/2011 at 2:35 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

In response to recent market changes in the chemical industry, logistics service provider TWO Chemical Logistics (TWO) has developed a new web portal. This e-commerce solution has been designed as a platform to facilitate contact between chemical...

Visibility of complexity

07/1/2011 at 2:21 pm | Martijn Lofvers | No Comments

According to Professor David Simchi-Levi from MIT in Boston, there are six trends that are challenging current thinking on supply chain management: globalisation, the increasing cost of logistics, higher levels of risk in the chain, increasing cost...

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