i-Procure is the premier on-line resource for purchasing, logistics and Supply Chain Management proffesionals. Jorgen Hornsten-Gran is managing the i-Procure activities in Europe.
Category: logistics
Managing suppliers is the key to adapting to changing customer demands
Managing suppliers is the key to adapting to changing customer demands Recently Sarah Windham-Luck, director of retail at Office Depot, wrote an interesting article on this topic. “To adapt to changing customer demands and tastes, retailers are looking at all parts of their operations to find the best way to ensure this happens consistently. One […]
How efficient implementation of logistics will boost your business
How efficient implementation of logistics will boost your business There is an ever-increasing complexity in regards to supplying businesses with materials and shipping out products in a progressively globalized supply chain; all of which begs for competent logistics. In the business sector, logistics may have either an internal focus (inbound logistics) or an external focus […]
Zara’s Supply Chain Strategies
Zara’s Supply Chain Strategies “One day it’s in and the next day it’s out” – a popular phrase that often resounds when the apparel industry comes to mind. The fashion industry is known to run on a high degree of uncertainty. With ever changing trends it is even harder to predict the market and hence […]
BI in the Supply Chain
BI in the Supply Chain In a feature story in Inbound Logistics, Amy Roach Partridge says that “thanks to Business Intelligence tools, companies are no longer awash in reams of data that they don’t know what to do with. Instead, logistics managers are using BI technologies to find real meaning in their sea of numbers and […]
2012 APICS International Conference & Expo
2012 APICS International Conference & Expo This year’s APICS conference will take place in Denver on October 14-16. Here we will examine strategies for aligning the entire supply network around a single goal and significantly improving performance. APICS 2012 will attract more than 1500 attendees from 39 different countries, offering a range of learning and […]
Wolf Blitzer keynote speaker at the annual International Supply Management Conference
Wolf Blitzer keynote speaker at the annual International Supply Management Conference Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Wolf Blitzer will deliver the opening keynote at Institute for Supply Management™’s (ISM) 97th Annual International Supply Management Conference and Educational Exhibit. ISM’s Conference takes place May 6-9, 2012 in Baltimore. ISM’s Conference also attracts notable figures and key influencers for […]