Apple suppliers 2011 Apple has released their list of suppliers for 2011, covering approximately 97% of their spend (materials, manufacturing, and assembly of Apple’s products worldwide) … AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. AcBel Polytech Inc. Acument Global Technologies Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AG Microchip Technology Inc. Amperex Technology Ltd. Amphenol Corporation Analog Devices, Inc. Anjie Insulating […]
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Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, December 2011
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, December 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on January 3 2012. The report was issued on January 3 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 53.9 percent, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from November’s reading […]
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, November 2011
Manufacturing ISM Report On Business®, November 2011 National report (USA), released by ISM on December 1 2011. The report was issued on December 1 by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management™ Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The PMI registered 52.7 percent, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from October’s reading […]
Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011
Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011 On November 7-8 the i-Procure.com team will participate in Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum 2011 in Miami, FL. The Forum is designed around three track sessions: Setting Innovative Sourcing Strategies Do you have a sourcing strategy in place that takes advantages of new technology offerings, such as mobile […]
Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011
Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011 Following the Miami event (Nov 7-8), we will join our colleagues from the i-Procure headquarters on the Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum EMEA 2011 event in London (Nov 30 – Dec 1). The program Some of the topics we will dig into: The New Sourcing Imperative: Aligning […]
Lean Principles in procurement
Lean Principles in procurement In the August 2011 issue of Inside Supply Management, Lisa Arnseth (Senior writer) is writing about about how Lean process methodologies are part of the global procurement leadership culture at Capital One Financial Corporation. Here we have compiled some of the highlights from her article “Transforming Traditional Lean Principles”. Implementing lean […]
OMBOK 3rd edition just released
The APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK) Framework, third edition The 2011 update to APICS Operations Management Body of Knowledge (OMBOK) Framework includes new sections on sustainability and risk management, highlighting emerging areas of corporate social responsibility, closed-loop manufacturing, and disruption risks. Key subject areas Supply chain Sustainability in the supply chain Risk management […]