Take Control of Your Supply Chain, Despite Market Volatility

Posted by Emily Thornton on May 31, 2011

According to a recent supply chain survey conducted by Capgemini Consulting, demand volatility was the top business driver for supply chain managers (40% of survey respondents ranked it as number one). This is because although the economy seems to be improving, market demand is still uncertain, making it more difficult to operate a reliable supply chain. In order to counter this challenge, survey respondents are determined to improve the visibility of their supply chains (this ranked as top initiative for 45%).

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Topics: Supply Chain Visibility

Summer Hours = Happy Supply Chain Employees

Posted by Emily Thornton on May 26, 2011

Are you looking for quality employees to staff your supply chain department? You may have better luck if you can offer summer hours, according to a survey conducted by LifeWork Search, a search and recruitment organization that specializes in supply chain planning and procurement.

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Topics: Global Trade Management, Supply Chain Visibility

Management Dynamics' CEO Featured as an IT Thought Leader

Posted by Emily Thornton on May 26, 2011

Management Dynamics' CEO, Jim Preuninger, was featured as an IT Thought Leader in last month's issue of Inbound Logistics. In the feature, Mr. Preuninger discusses trending topics such as the role of technology in the optimization of global supply chains, and steps to simplify the import or export process.

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Topics: Landed Cost Calculation, Amber Road News, Global Sourcing, Import Management, Sourcing Analysis

Webinar Q&A Follow-Up

Posted by Caroline Brown on May 18, 2011

Export Compliance: Best Practices in High Volume Screening

During our recent webinar with American Shipper, “Export Compliance: Best Practices in High Volume Screening,” industry experts discussed the latest trends and best practices in export screening. The attendees asked some excellent questions, but the one-hour time slot did not allow enough time to answer them all. As promised, we compiled all of the questions asked during the webinar, and their responses. Here are a few:

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Topics: Webinars, Amber Road News

Retail's Secret Language

Posted by Gary M. Barraco on May 8, 2011

Every industry has its own lingo that often takes on a life of its own.  Acronoyms and abbreviations confuse the lay person listening in on conversations to the point that it almost sounds like another language (I could never master Pig Latin or Klingon anyway.)  It’s no different in the retail trade, but we are also challenged with numeronyms.  Cousin in a sense to acronym, these are abbreviations that combine numbers and letters to signify a word. 

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Topics: Retail

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