Supply Chain Management Article Library

Dec 31, 2003

Supply Chain Improvements: Defined by Progress

Supply Management at Progress Energy realizes that, as the energy industry becomes more competitive, the effective management of the entire supply chain becomes an increasingly important contributor to the top…

Dec 31, 2003

Evaluated Receipt Settlement – Making Progress?

Supply Management at Progress Energy is seeking to increase the efficacy of an Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) process. Vendor relationship management is a key part of this effort. This point…

Dec 16, 2003

Deere’s Product Delivery Process

Supply Management at Deere & Company enables the effective delivery of world-class products and support systems to worldwide markets via its contribution to the company’s Enterprise Product Delivery Process (EPDP).…

Dec 11, 2003

Overview of the December 2003 SCRC Meeting

The SCRC meeting held last week on Thursday and Friday was a great success. A number of executives from different companies attended, and provided great feedback to the faculty and…

Dec 2, 2003

Cash to Cash: Toyota, Inventory Management and Heijunka

Both Accounting and Supply Chain professionals rely on Cash to Cash (C2C) measures to make processes more efficient and cost-effective. C2C is generally the number of days it takes to…

Nov 20, 2003

Trust in Supply Chain Relationships: Faith in the Moral Integrity of Others – Part II

Continuing from our last piece, we will discuss the different elements of trust and how they play out in supply chain relationships. Competence Competence is one’s perception of the ability…

Nov 13, 2003

Initiatives to Increase Maritime Supply Chain Security

Several government and industry initiatives have been introduced in the past two years to improve the security of the supply chain segment that deals with shipping containers that travel across…

Nov 5, 2003

Trust in Supply Chain Relationships: What Does It Mean to Trust? – Part I

One of the most misunderstood and ripe areas for research in the area of supply chain relationships is in the area of trust. Trust (and its cousin, Collaboration) seems to…

Nov 1, 2003

Can You Trust the Trust in Supply Chain Relationships?

One of the most misunderstood and ripe areas for development in the area of supply chain relationships is in the area of trust. Trust (and its cousin, Collaboration) seems to…

Oct 28, 2003

Negotiating for Success

Excellent negotiation skills not only influence the outcome of individual transactions, but also relationships with suppliers and overall success. One common misconception of negotiation is that one party has to…