http://www.eweek.com Supply Chain Management and Logistics - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:41:37 -0400 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:41:37 -0400 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:28:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/MPC-Flextronics-Ink-Supply-Chain-Deal/?kc=rss - MPC is hoping a services agreement with Flextronics Computing will increase MPC's supply chain efficiency and boost growth. The agreement, announced Dec. 6, is part of MPC's ongoing strategic plan to increase its global reach, grow gross margins and reduce operating costs. Under the servic...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/MPC-Flextronics-Ink-Supply-Chain-Deal/?kc=rss Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:40:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/QuestaWeb-TradeMasterQW-40-Juggles-Trade-Regs/?kc=rss - QuestaWeb announced Oct. 29 the release of TradeMasterQW 4.0, the latest iteration of the companys Web-based, integrated trade and logistics management software that aims to unify dozens of import/export activities and reports. TradeMasterQW unifies import, export, logistics, compliance and finan...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/QuestaWeb-TradeMasterQW-40-Juggles-Trade-Regs/?kc=rss Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:56:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Sterling-Starts-07-with-Good-News-and-Bad-News/?kc=rss - Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT T, has marked two significant events in this first month of the new year. The companys president and CEO, Samuel Starr, died Dec. 31 of an undisclosed illness, and on Jan. 8, the company completed its $155 million acquisition of Comergent Technologies, a deal fo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Sterling-Starts-07-with-Good-News-and-Bad-News/?kc=rss Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:54:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/RFID-EPCglobal-Face-Public-Policy-Challenges/?kc=rss - LOS ANGELES There have been some serious public policy challenges to radio-frequency identification and, in turn, to EPCglobal, the standards-setting organization aligned to the supply chain side of RFID. Those issues could impact the progress of EPC, the electronic product code and standards set...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/RFID-EPCglobal-Face-Public-Policy-Challenges/?kc=rss Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:17:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Microsoft-Enlists-Intel-in-Quest-to-Sanction-Open-XML-Supply-Chain-Standards/?kc=rss - SANTA CLARA, Calif. Microsoft announced Sept. 28 that Intel has joined it in an initiative to get its proposed Office Open XML format standard approved by an international standards body. The Office Open XML format standard for documents a more than 4,000-page, 6.7MB Microsoft Word document is...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Microsoft-Enlists-Intel-in-Quest-to-Sanction-Open-XML-Supply-Chain-Standards/?kc=rss Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Knight-Gets-a-Handle-on-Trucks/?kc=rss - From coast to coast and most places in between, thousands of trucks operated by Knight Transportation regularly cruise the nations roads, making deliveries of everything from computers to clothing to perishable foods. Trucking today remains the cheapest and fastest way to move large quantities of g...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Knight-Gets-a-Handle-on-Trucks/?kc=rss Fri, 02 Jun 2006 15:57:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/President-Clinton-to-Supply-Chain-Conference-Do-Right-and-Do-Well/?kc=rss - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The supply chain in the 21st century is about a lot more than supply and demand, according to Bill Clinton, the forty-second president of the United States: Its about matching capability and opportunity. Its an interesting pairing, politics and supply chain. But President Clinton...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/President-Clinton-to-Supply-Chain-Conference-Do-Right-and-Do-Well/?kc=rss Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:47:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Oracle-to-Acquire-Demantra/?kc=rss - Oracle announced June 1 its plans to acquire supply chain management software developer Demantra. The terms of the deal are undisclosed. Demantra offers software for demand management, sales and operations planning and trade promotion planning and optimization. Oracle plans to combine the Demantr...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Oracle-to-Acquire-Demantra/?kc=rss Mon, 29 May 2006 17:25:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Lockheed-Martin-Revs-Up-Supply-Chain-Ahead-of-F35-Fighter/?kc=rss - The U.S. military, which spends more than $90 billion per year on logistics and resupply, is modernizing and outsourcing much of that work to save time and money and raise its level of preparedness. And Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, one of the militarys principal contractors, is not only restructur...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Lockheed-Martin-Revs-Up-Supply-Chain-Ahead-of-F35-Fighter/?kc=rss Mon, 29 May 2006 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/How-Lockheed-Martin-Revamped-Its-Supply-Chain/?kc=rss - Changing the supply chain it uses to deliver parts and services to the U.S. military may help Lockheed Martin win new contracts, but improving its internal supply chain and manufacturing turned out to be the only way the company could keep up with increasingly complex weapons systems like the F-35 J...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/How-Lockheed-Martin-Revamped-Its-Supply-Chain/?kc=rss Mon, 29 May 2006 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/PerformanceBased-Logistics-Run-Deep/?kc=rss - Performance-based logistics, or PBL, is a logistics model that puts in place specific goals and metrics to evaluate success. In the U.S. military version, it generally means that the Department of Defense buys not only a product or weapons system from a vendor such as Lockheed Martin but also ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/PerformanceBased-Logistics-Run-Deep/?kc=rss Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:19:00 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/JDA-Software-to-Acquire-Manugistics/?kc=rss - The once high-flying supply chain management software provider Manugistics has succumbed to consolidation. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based JDA Software Group announced April 24 that it is acquiring SCM stalwart Manugistics for $211 million in cash, or $2.50 a share. By combining the two companies, JDA pla...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/JDA-Software-to-Acquire-Manugistics/?kc=rss Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:21:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/GXS-China-Entercom-Partner-for-B2B-Hub/?kc=rss - Business-to-business integration provider GXS announced a partnership March 13 with China Enterprise Communications Limited, a Beijing-based telecommunications provider, to bring process sharing capabilities to Chinese automotive manufacturers. China Enterprise Communications, or China Enterco...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/GXS-China-Entercom-Partner-for-B2B-Hub/?kc=rss Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Distributor-Tosses-Paper-for-Digital/?kc=rss - When the time came for California Distribution to upgrade its copiers, David Friday wanted more than just photocopying capability. His company based its performance and reputation on accurate record keeping, but it was getting buried under a mountain of paperwork. If a customer had a question abo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Distributor-Tosses-Paper-for-Digital/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:22:00 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Gen-2-Spec-Gets-Major-Acceptance/?kc=rss - DALLAS At this weeks RFID World conference here, theres no question that Generation 2, the UHF (ultra high frequency) air protocol for tags and readers, is garnering major acceptance. The specification, ratified by standards forming body EPCglobal Inc. in 2004, is being adopted on a wide scal...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Supply-Chain-Management-and-Logistics/Gen-2-Spec-Gets-Major-Acceptance/?kc=rss