The Brief – July 27 2010

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Channel Mgmt, Procurement Governance, Smart Highways, and Boeing’s Challenge

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Best practices, technology, and new takes on critical business topics from ChainLink Research

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 – Published weekly.

Channel partner relationship management requires the best in marketing, sales, and human resources. [ Read: Channel Management Is the Best of Collaboration… and Employee Management ]


Centralized vs. Local Sourcing and Procurement Governance Models: Part 1

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Large or divisionalized companies face the conundrum of how much power and decision-making should go to a centralized sourcing group vs. to the local procurement teams at each division, region, or business unit. It is definitely not one size fits all. We explore some successful models that have been deployed. [ Read: Centralized vs. Local Sourcing and Procurement Governance Models: Part 1]

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technology | supply chain, enterprise, RFID & sensors, and more

Small Steps to Smart Highways

The vision of driverless intelligent vehicles on an Automated Highway System is compelling, but seems always to be decades away. However, we are getting there in modest, incremental steps, as demonstrated by Con-way’s recently announced initiative to equip 1,300 new trucks with advanced driver alert and truck control technologies.

[ Read: ChainLink Commentary ]

supply chain news | markets, supply, demand, risk, industry news

The Boeing Challenge – Can They Increase Production Rates?

Boeing has a huge order book that promises ten Dreamliners per month. Can they do more?

[ Read: ChainLink Commentary ]

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