Stanley Furniture is an oddity in an industry moving production abroad: it shifted its baby crib manufacturing back to the U.S. from China, capitalizing on Americans' willingness to pay more for perceived safety. (Read More)
Today's guest post is from Ayush Sharma, a Strategic Sourcing Consultant with Trade Extensions in the Americas. His particular speciality is the application of optimization to Retail Sourcing, Dedicated Transportation, 3PL Logistics Sourcing, and Direct and Indirect Materials Sourcing. Ayush has a Masters degree in Supply Chain Management from ... (Read More)
Japan's ofuro arrives in the U.S., as manufacturers adapt the traditional extra-deep soaking tub. (Read More)
(Reuters) - Martin Koffel, head of engineering company URS Corp , feels the United States is poised for a manufacturing renaissance, driven at least in part by demand among the developing world's burgeoning consumer class. "There is once again a cachet about American-made products," the CEO said in an interview on Tuesday. "In some industries at ... (Read More)
Televisions are being made in the U.S. again, but the effort says as much about marketing as it does about the global shift in manufacturing costs that is lifting wages in China and elsewhere. (Read More)
Not to be undone in a week filled with supply chain technology news, SAP announced this afternoon that its SAP America, Inc. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Ariba for an estimated value of $4.5 billion, or $45 per share. The transaction represents a 20 percent premium over Ariba’s closing stock price yesterday. [...] (Read More)
LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese electronics group Panasonic plans to open a European factory this year to make home appliances, a market it is targeting as sales of televisions stagnate, in a rare vote of confidence for manufacturing in the crisis-hit euro zone. Panasonic is looking to minimize the effect of a strong yen on its exports by bringing ... (Read More)
In conjunction with its Supply Chain Executive Conference being held this week, Gartner announced its often touted Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings for 2012. Supply Chain Matters provides readers an easy reference, not only to the 2012 rankings, but to previous ranking history: Gartner Top 25 Ranking 2012 Rank 2011 Rank 2010 Rank 1 Apple [...] (Read More)
(Reuters) - Eaton Corp's purchase of electrical equipment maker Cooper Industries means another U.S. company will soon leave the United States in favor of relocating its headquarters to a foreign country with sharply lower taxes. In the case of diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton , a complicated corporate structure will allow it to become ... (Read More)
In conjunction with its Supply Chain Executive Conference being held this week, Gartner indicated that the worldwide supply chain management software market grew a healthy 12.3 percent in 2011, reflecting two years of double digit growth. This author has been involved in quantitative SCM software forecasting for many years and I can share with ... (Read More)
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