Participants: Karen Peterson, Vice-President and Research Director, Gartner. C Glenn Mauney, Senior Vice-President, Manufacturing Services, Genco Distribution Systems. Mike Nardella, Senior Vice-President, Logistics, ReturnBuy Inc. Devangshu Dutta, Director, Creatnet Services Ltd. In recent years, "reverse supply chain/logistics" has assumed much importance in supply chain management. We invited experts in supply chain management to give their views on various issues related to reverse supply chain/logistics. Some of the issues that were discussed include why companies are giving so much importance to reverse supply chain/logistics? Do companies need to change their existing supply chain management systems to implement reverse supply chain/logistics? On…
Companies spend more time and money in fine-tuning their forward supply chains while ignoring their backward supply chains. However, in today's competitive business environment when there is both external and internal pressure, companies can no longer ignore reverse supply chains. Efficient reverse supply chains bring many benefits to the companies. However, reverse supply chains are different from forward supply chains and most of the existing forward supply chains are not designed to handle reverse supply chains. In today's highly competitive business environment, the success of any business depends to a large extent on the efficiency of the supply chain. Competition…
This is a brief note to share an impromptu impression (and some anguish) about our apparel exports that came up after reading a magazine article recently. But let me start by sharing quotes from that article: Quote 1: India is an ideal sourcing base...Company A has a global purchasing process in place, which helps to source from any best "QSTP base" (that’s quality, service, technology and price) across the globe. "Some of the Indian suppliers are providing the best QSTP", points out the vice-president of corporate affairs for Company A. Quote 2: Exports today make up 12-15 per cent of…
By Devangshu Dutta, December 2002 This is a brief note to share an impromptu impression (and some anguish) about our apparel exports that came up after reading a magazine article recently. But let me start by sharing quotes from that article: Quote 1: India is an ideal sourcing base...Company A has a global purchasing process in place, which helps to source from any best "QSTP base" (that’s quality, service, technology and price) across the globe. "Some of the Indian suppliers are providing the best QSTP", points out the vice-president of corporate affairs for Company A. Quote 2: Exports today make…
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