Supply Chain Management Article Library

Jan 7, 2004

Supply Chain Visibility at GKN

GKN Driveline North America (GKN DNA) sees the upside of a world in which it could view and share identical business information with both its customers and its suppliers, regardless…

Jan 7, 2004

Why Does GKN Run Lean?

GKN Driveline North America’s (GKN DNA) primary customers are automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEM). An automotive OEM requires its suppliers to ship the right materials, in the right quantity, to…

Jan 1, 2004

The RFID Power Play

In June 2003, Wal-Mart gave the edict that its top 100 suppliers would need to tag pallets and cases with RFID chips by January 2005. The deadline is now 2006…

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…