Sustainability Initiatives at GlaxoSmithKline
The Fifth Annual Global Pharma Manufacturing Summit, organized by WTG, was held in Boson this past June. James Hagan, Vice President of Sustainability and Environment at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) gave a...
View ArticleWant a Fast-Response Supply Chain? Facilitate People-to-People Communication
What is needed [in a dynamic business environment] is a supply chain of rapid response…Many people who work in the materials business [and] talk about supply chains and the speed of supply chains [have...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (November 28-December 2, 2011)
It’s “Pajama Day” at my son’s first grade class. As a reward for doing good work the past few weeks, the students got to choose between having a pizza party, watching a movie, or wearing pajamas to...
View ArticleSupply Chain Integrity is Not Discussed Publicly
There are certain supply chain topics that are rarely discussed publicly. “Supply chain integrity” is one of them. Companies don’t want to admit that their products are being counterfeited, or that...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013)
Another crazy Friday morning, now with the kids out of school, so let’s go straight to this week’s news: JDA Announces Major Enhancements to Workforce Mobility, All-Channel Commerce Solutions HighJump...
View ArticleApple and Total Landed Profits
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, was hauled in front of a Congressional subcommittee in May and grilled about corporate tax avoidance. At issue is a complex corporate structure that allows Apple’s European...
View ArticleLeading Healthcare Systems Respond to Obamacare by Making Supply Chain a...
The health care industry in the US is undergoing transformation driven by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the increasing impact of consumerism. Healthcare providers historically have had...
View ArticleBolster Your Supply Chain’s Memory in Time for DQSA
In the movie Memento, the main character, Leonard Shelby, relies on tattoos and Polaroid pictures to retrace his past after amnesia wipes out his memory. He needs these details to faithfully...
View ArticleA Strategic Approach to Outsourcing European Distribution
I spoke to Tom Doherty, Senior Director Global Supply Chain at Welch Allyn, about the process they used to select a third party logistics (3PL) partner for European distribution. Welch Allyn, a...
View ArticleHighJump’s Elevate Conference: A Corporate Coalescence
Today HighJump is wrapping up its 2015 user conference – the first since HighJump and Accellos merged into a single entity. The conference has around 650 attendees. And the new HighJump is now a...
View ArticleSustainability Initiatives at GlaxoSmithKline
The Fifth Annual Global Pharma Manufacturing Summit, organized by WTG, was held in Boson this past June. James Hagan, Vice President of Sustainability and Environment at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) gave a...
View ArticleWant a Fast-Response Supply Chain? Facilitate People-to-People Communication
What is needed [in a dynamic business environment] is a supply chain of rapid response…Many people who work in the materials business [and] talk about supply chains and the speed of supply chains [have...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (November 28-December 2, 2011)
It’s “Pajama Day” at my son’s first grade class. As a reward for doing good work the past few weeks, the students got to choose between having a pizza party, watching a movie, or wearing pajamas to...
View ArticleSupply Chain Integrity is Not Discussed Publicly
There are certain supply chain topics that are rarely discussed publicly. “Supply chain integrity” is one of them. Companies don’t want to admit that their products are being counterfeited, or that...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (June 24-28, 2013)
Another crazy Friday morning, now with the kids out of school, so let’s go straight to this week’s news: JDA Announces Major Enhancements to Workforce Mobility, All-Channel Commerce Solutions HighJump...
View ArticleApple and Total Landed Profits
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, was hauled in front of a Congressional subcommittee in May and grilled about corporate tax avoidance. At issue is a complex corporate structure that allows Apple’s European...
View ArticleLeading Healthcare Systems Respond to Obamacare by Making Supply Chain a...
The health care industry in the US is undergoing transformation driven by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and the increasing impact of consumerism. Healthcare providers historically have had...
View ArticleBolster Your Supply Chain’s Memory in Time for DQSA
In the movie Memento, the main character, Leonard Shelby, relies on tattoos and Polaroid pictures to retrace his past after amnesia wipes out his memory. He needs these details to faithfully...
View ArticleA Strategic Approach to Outsourcing European Distribution
I spoke to Tom Doherty, Senior Director Global Supply Chain at Welch Allyn, about the process they used to select a third party logistics (3PL) partner for European distribution. Welch Allyn, a...
View ArticleNew Solutions to Support a Pharmaceutical Value Chain that is in Flux
Leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies must continue to adapt to increasing global competition, regulation, and pricing pressures. In response, the pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a major...
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