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When I saw this article over on BBC News that Trains 'too costly' for rail firm, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. If you were truly running an efficient rail line, than rail travel should be a cheaper option for your employees than road transport!But for Network Rail, who own and operate Britain's rail infrastructure, it's cheaper to transport 200 staff by coach from Reading to Coventry for...
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Home > News > News > Topics > Politics > Defence Iraq report: Secret papers reveal blunders and concealment The “appalling” errors that contributed to Britain’s failure in Iraq are disclosed in the most detailed and damning set of leaks to emerge on the conflict. By Andrew Gilligan Published: 9:58PM GMT 21 Nov 2009 On the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s...
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Gap Inc. managed to increase profits 25% for its quarter ending Octoboer 31st. However, same-store sales for the retail were flat compared to the year before. Profit at Gap Inc., one of the world's largest apparel retailers by sales, rose 25% to $307 million, or 44 cents per share, for the quarter ended Oct. 31, from $246 million, or 35 cents per share, a year...
by Tom Laskawy Jennifer Hashley processes a chicken on her Massachusetts farm. Massachusetts poultry farmer Jennifer Hashley has a problem. From the moment she started raising pastured chickens outside Concord, Mass. in 2002, there was, as she put it “nowhere to go to get them processed.” While she had the option of slaughtering her chickens in her own backyard, Hashley knew that selling...
The Venezuelan government took operational control of four small banks, citing a number of irregularities ranging from missing government-imposed lending quotas to failing to explain a capital expansion by the banks. "It's an open-door intervention," Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Friday. "The banks will continue to operate as usual," he said. The measure is directed at Banco...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keating Capital, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent to serve as lead investor in a pre-public round of financing to Industriaplex, Inc., an Alpharetta, Georgia provider of outsourced supply chain management solutions to small and medium enterprises. The terms of the prospective transaction have not been disclosed. The completion...
Sony and Barnes & Noble may be launching two of the most high-profile challengers to Amazon’s Kindle, but supply chain challenges could keep both companies from denting Kindle’s popularity this holiday season. (Then again, Amazon ( NSDQ: AMZN ) has had its own problems shipping Kindles over the holidays last year). Updated : The NYT Bits reports that B&N has completely sold out...
Shiv Kapoor submits: Dell ( DELL ) investors need to be patient; yes, more patience is needed for the turnaround to take hold. For 2009, adjusted earnings can be expected to come in at $0.95; that is $0.28, $0.24 and $0.21 ex items as reported and a further very conservative $0.22 for the next quarter. (See earnings call transcript .) Everyone knows that Dell is more leveraged to corporate spending...
The Almac Group has completed a 67,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its facility in Durham, NC, which now houses the company’s Clinical Services and Diagnostics Divisions. Staff from Almac Diagnostics’ nearby facility in Durham has relocated to the site. This expansion increased storage capacity for clinical supplies with an additional 3,000 pallet locations. In recent months, the company also...
Is the supply chain data of Panjiva to be believed than the chances of a Snuggie or a Zhu Zhu Pet will be under your Christmas tree are very high. Panjiva (Via Computer World) used their new Panjiva Trends service (free to use this month) to analyze wh...
Earlier this week, Dan Ashton hosted a webinar ( replay here ) with speakers from Travelers Insurance and Kelly Services to discuss the current opportunity for driving value in contingent labor procurement. Here he shares some of the key take-aways. Justin Fogarty is Managing Editor of Supply Excellence. For any questions or feedback on the blog or its contributors, Justin can be reached at jfogarty[at]ariba.com....
Every Friday I will reach into my archive and re-post an article. The following was originally posted on October 18, 2007. Identifying My Package As publishers we remain committed to defining for our readers and users the ‘package’. At the Frankfurt supply chain meeting last week as I listened to another “history of the ISBN” and other bedtime stories I was stuck by our insistence...
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended that government departments tighten their Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes in order to minimise and manage the risk of fraud, corruption and other irregularities in the procurement process.
Avanquest Solutions has delivered a Supply Chain Management and Accounts Payable solution at Northern Marine Management Limited (NMM) to speed up procurement and payment business processes. This has increased productivity and cut costs, “By reducing the volume of paper we send around the world” said Dominic Fernandez, Senior Finance Manager at NMM.
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