| ModusLink
Global Solutions, Inc. designs and executes global supply-chain,
aftermarket and e-Business solutions — across multiple channels — for
the world’s leading technology and consumer brands. More than 25 years
of experience developing flexible, scalable and sustainable business
process outsourcing and technology solutions across the global value
chain enables the Company to solve clients’ cost, time-to-market,
customer satisfaction and revenue objectives, by enabling them to react
quickly to shifting market dynamics impacting value chain performance
and revenues. ModusLink Global Solutions has headquarters in Waltham,
Massachusetts and more than 25 facilities in 14 countries — giving it
the largest global footprint in the industry. For additional
information, visit www.moduslink.com.
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Actio provides global manufacturers and suppliers with on-demand, centralized supply chain materials management, down to the substance level. Actio’s secure, automated software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution creates a single repository of accurate, up-to-date substance data, as well as provides a collaborative infrastructure for suppliers, internal stakeholders and customers – so companies can quickly adapt and react to ever-changing global market conditions and compliance mandates. Read more at www.actio.net |
Since 1986 AMR Research has studied and fostered the revolution in supply chain as a professional discipline and as a competitive weapon for companies in the post-industrial economy. The governing principle of this emerging discipline is something we call demand driven, which means global supply chains built to serve customers with both operational and innovation excellence. Our annual Supply Chain Top 25 identifies those Fortune Global 500 companies that have best demonstrated leadership in applying this principle to drive business results. |
| 2009 marks our fifth year publishing the Supply Chain Top 25. Since 2004 we have chronicled the emergence of new ideas, like the build-to-order model pioneered by Dell and the emergence of content-based value chains exemplified by Apple and Disney. Today we are experiencing a global recession of such depth that no company, however blue chip, can feel certain of its future.Read more at www.amrresearch.com |
Today, business models are new
because of the need of business to find new ways of making money or servicing
customers, she says. “Innovation in business models can come through innovation
in the value chain, value-added propositions, channels to market and
product-price differentiation.” |
With globalization of competition,
energy and environmental challenges and security issues, there’s a need for
something different in how companies work together, in how materials are
identified, selected and purchased and how materials are delivered to customers.
That’s the word from Shelley Bausch, global executive director of the Xiameter
silicon-based subsidiary of Dow Corning at the Chemical Purchasing Summit II
organized in Boston by ICIS Chemical Business and Purchasing
magazines. Read more at www.purchasing.com |
| Most businesses have been affected one way or another by this current recession, particularly those companies operating a globally distributed, multi-enterprise supply chain. With all the moving parts and constantly changing markets, these organizations are now facing even more volatility than ever before, coupled with an urgent need for responsiveness. As a result, many are taking a closer look at their supply chain management strategies and determining how to manage their inventory positions at all times.Read more at www.industryweek.com |
In his First Thoughts column last week, SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore noted the predictions of a “new normal” in many areas of the economy and business as a result of this “great recession.” (See A “New Supply Chain Normal?”). |
Part 1 of the two-column series highlighted a few of the comments from four of the supply chain’s leading thinkers: Dr. Tom Mentzer of the University of Tennessee; Dr. Jim Tompkins, CEO of Tompkins Associates; Bill Read, head of Accenture’s global supply chain practice, and Rich Sherman, president of Gold & Domas Research and long-time supply chain pundit. Read more at www.scdigest.com |
Somali pirates, oil prices on a roller coaster, and poison peanuts are typical of the new reality for global supply chains in these crazy, turbulent times. As businesses prepare for a new normal of hyper-volatility, the limits of the Japanese-inspired, low-tech, Lean philosophy are starting to show. The global supply chain in 2009 is a lot more than just a factory and a loading dock – today’s system of plants, distribution centers and retail outlets works more like a worldwide telecoms network than an assembly line. Add a hefty dose of supply chain risk to the mix and a tech-free Lean gospel just can’t hack it anymore. |
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ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.
