supply chain management News

Trilliant's Materials Management Team consistently sees a minimum 14% error margin in materials delivered to its customer's projects by the Vendor while on customer sites. When running multiple projects, Trilliant has observed contractors use the "Rob Peter to Pay Paul" scenario continuously as a short term solution to get by. Trilliant Oilfield Services offers Materials Management to any ...

Dec. 18, 2015

By Trilliant Oilfield Services, LLC.

UL Environment, a division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a global safety science leader, announced today that it is joining a team led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM), to support a Horizon 2020 circular economy project in the European Union. The EU Post-Consumer High-Tech Recycled Polymers for a Circular Economy (“PolyCE”) project is a ...

Aug. 10, 2017

By UL The WERCS

TOPIC: Managing Retailer Supply Chain Risks Plenary Session 5 at Supply Chain Risk Management Forum WHEN: Tuesday, March 29 2011 at 2:30 p.m WHERE: Toronto Priority Code: 3BL1 Featuring: ...

Feb. 4, 2011

By 3BL Media

TOPIC: Managing Retailer Supply Chain Risks Plenary Session 5 at Supply Chain Risk Management Forum WHEN: Tuesday, March 29 2011 at 2:30 p.m WHERE: Toronto Priority Code: 3BL1 Featuring: ...

Jan. 10, 2011

By 3BL Media

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is a holistic approach to improving environmental performance along the supply chain. A new study by Italian researchers on over 4000 manufacturing facilities in seven developed countries has indicated that GSCM increases environmental performance. More and more companies and retailers are adopting GSCM. It has also been suggested that it could be used to ...

Jul. 9, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Lara Greden, Director of Environmental Product Strategy, for Verisae, a leading environmental consulting firm, has authored an informative paper on Greening the Supply Chain. She notes, Greening the supply chain is rapidly becoming a business imperative for the supplier and customer alike. As companies define and execute sustainability strategies within their own boundaries, they are finding that ...

Apr. 21, 2010

By GLOBE Foundation

Wastewater solutions provider, WPL, welcomes Dave Parkinson into the newly created role of Supply Chain Manager. The creation of this role is part of an on-going, internal improvement program that sees the implementation of a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software system that will improve efficiency within WPL’s manufacturing operations. This implementation also facilitates ...

Oct. 8, 2012

By WPL Ltd

PHI Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PHIL), a company focused on energy and natural resources, today announced that the Company has set up a supply chain management operation to provide industrial and agricultural commodities to Asia and other parts of the world. The supply chain management division plans to partner with key producers and suppliers of industrial and agricultural commodities to ...

Oct. 31, 2012

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company Armed with a solid business plan and stable operation, a company should be able to operate without concern. However executives, especially in the last few ...

Jan. 20, 2011

By 3BL Media

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has been awarded the Sustainable Supply Chain Award 2012 for its responsible way of managing its supply chain. This is the fourth award this month that recognizes DSM's sustainability efforts, its transparency and its leadership. The prize was awarded by the VBDO, the Dutch Association of Investors for ...

Nov. 28, 2012

By DSM

Mandatory legislation can play an important role in managers’ decisions to keep their supply chains ‘green’, according to a recent survey of Greek businesses which investigated incentives driving investment in green management practices. Green-Supply Chain Management (G-SCM) incorporates environmental processes into the management of businesses that are linked together ...

Dec. 21, 2012

By European Commission, Environment DG

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Mar. 10, 2011

By 3BL Media

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company Do you struggle to effectively and clearly communicate your business sustainability message to your own organization?  What about to the outside ...

Feb. 21, 2011

By 3BL Media

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company The evolution of supply chain management over the past few decades has transformed procurement actions from pure price concessions to jointly-focused cost ...

Feb. 14, 2011

By 3BL Media

There is no magic bullet when it comes to managing your supply chain, shows recent survey done on DNV Business Assurance customers in the food and beverage industry. Managing every link to the best for the company and consumers requires multiple actions, involves managing a number of risk areas, and demands both commitment and investment. Nevertheless, quality and safety is still top of mind. ...

Apr. 23, 2013

By DNV GL - Business Assurance North America

The Panda, reliant on a high risk bamboo diet and habitat, is associated with “evolutionary dead end” and “extinction”.  Let’s face it; today Pandas survive because they are darn cute! Organisations with poor supply chain risk management are the pandas of business; they face potential ...

Nov. 28, 2013

By Karza Pty Ltd

Taiga Company Blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company Driven by evolving market conditions, consumer expectations, global policy, and a wide variety of progressive business sustainability action in 2010, supply chain management ...

Jan. 12, 2011

By 3BL Media

Taiga Company blog by Julie Urlaub, Founder and Managing Partner at Taiga Company As the discussion continues on emissions, many companies are reevaluating the internal and external impacts that pending legislation may have on costs.  For the first time, ...

Feb. 15, 2011

By 3BL Media

Savvy business sometimes requires only a flip of a lid. When Stonyfield Farm switched from plastic to foil lids six years ago, the organic yogurt company avoided 16 percent of the energy costs associated with producing its containers. Similar savings have been discovered throughout Stonyfield's manufacturing, transportation, and packaging divisions since the company began measuring its carbon ...

Sep. 29, 2009

By Worldwatch Institute

Viewpoint from Aleyn Smith-Gillespie, Principal at Carbon Trust Advisory Recent Carbon Trust Advisory research found that multi-national organisations will significantly increase their focus on supply chain carbon in the next 2-3 years, but what’s ...

Dec. 7, 2011

By Carbon Trust