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September 1, 2008
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IBM Opens Supply Chain Innovation Center in China Center will include a carbon trade-off modeler.   |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Supply Chain's Split Personality Cost containment, rather than improved service, is the prevalent supply chain strategy. |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 7, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
Achieving Supply Chain Productivity More than anything else, supply chain productivity requires that supply chain managers become experts at knowledge generation and change management. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2008
Steve Hamm |
International Isn't Just IBM's First Name IBM has built a global network for client services and in the past three years has hired 90,000 people in low-cost countries. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
David Blanchard |
Census Of Manufacturers: Too Many Supply Chains Are Failing To Integrate As supply chains lengthen globally, companies need to focus on tying together their suppliers and customers. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Supply Chain Earns a Seat at the Table Chief supply chain officers are becoming more influential within manufacturing circles. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Manufacturing's Biggest Challenges -- IndustryWeek's 2007 Salary Survey Responses If you come to work everyday worrying about global competition, finding and keeping skilled labor, raw material shortages, and the quality of your product, you're not alone. |
Food Engineering
August 1, 2005 |
Feeling Squeezed? According to a new technology company, significant revenue growth can be captured by those in the supply chain who are able to add value to their physical products -- with better information and service -- without overburdening employees and operations. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Top 11 Priorities for Supply Chain Information Technology Make some supply chain IT investments now. First on the list - make investments now. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
IBM Unveils Global Supply Chain Hub in Ireland New IBM facility was designed with green strategies in mind. |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007
Jim Getchell |
Globalization: Where in the World is Your Supply Chain? Globalization and outsourcing offer opportunities and risks for US food manufacturers striving to optimize their supply chains. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2007
David Blanchard |
Common Sense: Measuring Your Supply Chain Measuring your supply chain has become a competitive advantage for manufacturers wanting to improve their operational performance. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008 |
RFID Down on the Farm and Up on the Shelves IBM teams with Norwegian food giant to develop track-and-trace technology. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
Better, Faster, Cheaper... and Smarter As risks increase in the marketplace, supply chains are evolving into more intelligent and interconnected networks. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Sources of Strength With globalization forces transforming their businesses, manufacturers are creating more powerful sourcing strategies to control costs throughout the supply chain. |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 12, 2005
Kevin O'Marah |
Driving Innovation from the Supply Chain More and more, direct customer input is driving every aspect of innovation, from the overall product concept to the timing of the launch to packaging and delivery. In this emerging world of demand-driven innovation, the supply chain plays a crucial part. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Eye On China As China rapidly evolves into a more service-oriented economy, U.S. manufacturers need to adjust their China strategy to remain competitive. |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
Marketing Could Be Your Demand Chain's Weakest Link Marketing executives admit they don't always understand their role within the demand chain cycle. |
IndustryWeek
June 22, 2011 |
Value Stream Segmentation Focuses on Customer Needs By analyzing and segmenting market requirements, a business that is truly demand driven will optimize individual value streams to match customers' unique needs. |
IndustryWeek
April 20, 2011 |
Rust Belt Rising? World trends point to rich opportunities for niche manufacturing. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Hidden in Plain Sight, Wall Street Discovers a Tech Gem Misunderstood and underappreciated for years, IBM is starting to get credit for transforming itself over the last couple of decades into a well-oiled, cash-generation machine. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2011
Rich Smith |
IBM's 8 Billion Buck Buyback In addition to boosting its dividend payout 15%, it will spend $8 billion repurchasing its own shares. But are buybacks the best use of IBM's cash? |
InternetNews
October 18, 2010 |
IBM Surges Past Q3 Earnings Forecast IBM handily tops analysts' projections for its third-quarter profits, citing across-the-board increases in hardware, software and services, and rising margins. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2006
Ron Hira & Harry Goldstein |
IBM Takes the Guesswork Out of Services Consulting Big Blue pushes a new research discipline called services science |
CIO
March 15, 2004
Michael Schrage |
Now You See It, Now You Don't - Making I.T. Work In a world in which partners are privy to each other's data, the challenge will be how to collaborate without sacrificing competitive advantage. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
Top 10 Supply Chain Trends for Manufacturers in 2008 Following are the top 10 predictions for how supply chain management and technology will evolve this year. This year, it'll be all about business value, not just technology. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 24, 2010
Penny Crosman |
IBM Wades into Payments With Sterling Commerce Buy Software giant to buy B2B transaction software company for $1.4 billion, tapping into demand for supply chain networks and corporate payment hubs. |
IndustryWeek
January 19, 2011 |
How to Win the Energy Race Overcoming risks to the supply chain will be key to energy and green initiatives. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 29, 2005
David Bovet |
Risk and Reward in Supply Chain Management While there are no easy answers -- and, in most cases, no "right" answers -- there are frameworks for thinking about how to manage risk more effectively. |
InternetNews
February 3, 2010 |
IBM Brings Initiate Systems Into the Fold IBM bolstered its data management portfolio with its acquisition of the Chicago-based developer of master data management applications. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2009
Alex Goldman |
IBM Seeks to Maximize Access to Data With BAO IBM's new Business Analytics and Optimization Services service promises to help businesses master the mountains of data they have. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2010 |
IBM Blows Past Q4 Revenue, Earnings Projections Services and software businesses up, hardware down as the company ends the year strong. |
Bank Technology News
February 2010
Michael Sisk |
IBM "Frames" Its Approach to Banks After a year of acquisitions, partnerships and innovation, IBM creates the Banking Industry Framework to serve an industry facing historic challenges. |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010 |
The New Supply Chain Agenda Subtitled "The Five Steps that Drive Real Value," this book by Reuben E. Sloane appears to be aimed at companies that are still on the fence about the value of supply chain management. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2010 |
Is IBM a Buy? While other tech companies -- such as Apple -- take a lot of heat for hoarding cash, IBM leverages its balance sheet better than any other tech company. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 25, 2004
Hau L. Lee |
Adapt Your Supply Chain---or Die Unless companies adapt their supply chains, they won't stay competitive for very long. The secrets: trend spotting and supplier change. |
Bank Technology News
December 2007
Robert J. Bernabucci |
Unlocking the Value in Supply Chain Finance Globalization is driving a growing interest in global supply chain finance. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2010
Eric Bleeker |
IBM Delivers, Then Drops Like A Rock Big Blue's earnings growth can't hide revenue woes |
CIO
August 1, 2005
Susannah Patton |
The Perfect Order Achieving the Holy Grail of "perfect orders" involves more than just plugging data into software. Companies must also restructure their supply chain processes from end to end. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Building A Better Supply Chain Superior supply chain execution is a difficult challenge to meet. Experts share their thoughts about who is achieving top performances, and what criteria manufacturers should focus on to improve their own supply chain capabilities. |
InternetNews
April 3, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM-Sun Acquisition to Be Announced Today? Talk about a potential acquisition of Sun by IBM has been swirling for the last few weeks and now has hit a new level. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 23, 2006
Ken Cotrill |
Best Buy's Supply Chain Transformation Rarely has a major shift in a company's strategy relied so heavily on the supply chain. Best Buy is reimagining its big-box retail concept to focus intensively on customer needs, and the company's supply chain is an integral part of the new vision. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2011 |
IBM Kicks Off First Quarter With Strong Results IBM exceeds expectations and raises outlook for the full year. |
CRM
September 21, 2011 |
IBM Expands Cloud Delivery of Smarter Commerce New solutions and services help businesses respond in real time to shifting customer preferences. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Add It All Up: IBM Is Cheap Diversified businesses that are tough to value can be great values. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007 |
Viewpoint -- Technology Enables Supply Chain Innovation At Sun Sun Microsystems uses a "one-touch" supply chain. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: A Trim IBM The information giant is set to report earnings for third-quarter 2006. Investors, here's what to expect and why. |
CIO
July 15, 2001
Sarah D. Scalet |
The World's Most Competitive Supply Chain Contract manufacturers are under intense pressure to cut costs and streamline their supply chain. In a revealing interview, SCI CIO Vincent Melvin talks about whether technology can help... |
InternetNews
May 10, 2010 |
Will IBM Dump Its Foundry Business Soon? A consulting firm said the next thing for IBM to shed is its chip fab facilities, and Globalfoundries is the ideal partner. But will it happen? |
