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Supply Chains Can Be Both Resilient and Cost Efficient
Relatively few managers have done much to protect their supply chains from critical, costly disruptions, even though they know that disasters like the 2011 Japan tsunami and Thailand floods can hit business for months, a recent MIT Sloan Management Review […]
Sustainability & Supply Chain: Smart Grid Technology
by Sterling J. Scott, Marketing Communications Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_sterling The development of smart grid technology presents a great opportunity for manufacturing and and the supply chain. Coined in 2003, the term refers to a class of technology that uses computer-based […]
Kellogg Realigns Supply Chain To Help Achieve Cost-Savings Goals
The Kellogg Company has turned to its supply chain to help achieve the goals of its Project K, a four-year “efficiency and effectiveness program” that aims to save the snack and cereal company $425 million to $475 million annually by […]
The world’s largest automakers release responsibility and sustainability expectations for suppliers
Two leading corporate responsibility business associations, AIAG and CSR Europe recently reached agreement among 14 global automakers on a set of standards outlining expectations for suppliers on key responsibility issues including human rights, environment, working conditions, and business ethics. Participating members aligned with “The […]
Security & Supply Chain: Tension in the Pacific
by Sterling J. Scott, Marketing Communications Coordinator, MHI | @mhi_sterling President Barack Obama’s recent trip to the Asia-Pacific region underscores his administration’s continued focus on the world’s largest emerging region. The United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, […]
Dramatic Growth in Digitally Connected Physical Devices by 2020 Will Significantly Impact Supply Chains
An 30 fold increase in the number of intelligent devices between now and 2020 will create a network rich with information that allows supply chains to assemble and communicate in new ways, this according to a new report by Gartner. […]