CSCMP Annual Global Conference 2013

CSCMP Global Conference

CSCMP’s Annual Global Conference offers supply chain management practitioners more professional education and personal growth opportunities than any other event in the world. Learn from global experts and network with thousands of colleagues. Learn ways to cut supply chain costs and improve your bottom line. Network with colleagues from all over the world. Discover new [...]

The Toxic Workplace: The Culture of Fear

Fear in the Workplace

Not only does fear destroy any sense of team spirit and pride, but it also shuts down important communication channels, inhibiting the flow of creative, constructive, and corrective ideas upstream. Just how might the front-line employee fall victim to fear at the workplace? In the 1992 classic movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin masterfully portrays [...]

Crazy Bosses and Great Leaders: Is there a Middle Way?

Management of Organizational Behavior

What kind of a person is your boss? Because most of us work in such close proximity to our supervisor, we cannot help but ask ourselves that question on a regular basis. After all, they exert enormous influence on our lives both within and outside of our place of work. . Is your boss an [...]

APICS 2013 International Conference and Expo

APICS Logo

2013 APICS International Conference & Expo September 29-October 1, 2013 Orlando, Florida, USA Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center Register here. Attend the leading global gathering of supply chain and operations management professionals. Connect the APICS body of knowledge to strategies and tactics to meet and overcome the challenges companies face in the changing landscape [...]

Top 25 Supply Chain Management Degree Programs 2013

University of San Diego

A critical choice in any student’s life is the post-secondary institution that he or she plans to attend. Businesses and public sector entities demand that candidates for employment possess higher and higher levels of skill in virtually every academic discipline, including business, science, social sciences, technology and operations management. The pace of change in the [...]

ISM Hosts 98th Annual Supply Management Conference

ISM 98th Annual Conference on Supply Management

ISM 98th Annual International Supply Management Conference & Educational Exhibit   Registration is now open! One of the premier events in the supply chain and logistics management conference circuit is the ISM Annual International Conference. Plans have just been finalized and registration is now open for the ISM’s 98th Annual International Supply Management Conference and [...]

SAPICS Annual Conference 2013

2013 SAPICS Conference

From June 2 to June 4 2013, SAPICS will be hosting a unique and valuable learning and networking opportunity for supply chain professionals. The 2013 Conference will take place at the Sun City Resort, near the city of Johannesburg. It’s theme will be Design for Change. This year’s conference will cover broad trends affecting the profession, [...]

The Beer Game: Simulating Supply Chain Management

Beer Game

When I was an undergraduate studying Economics and Mathematics at university in Canada, “beer games” had everything to do with chugging pint-sized glasses of alcoholic malted beverages as quickly as possible, and as frequently as possible, while minimizing the spillage of the precious amber liquid. Little did I know at that time that something called [...]

W. Edwards Deming: Lessons Learned

W. Edwards Deming

For the past numbers of weeks, we have been on a journey of discovery of the thoughts, observations, and solutions about challenges in the fields of Quality Management and Supply Chain Management, as articulated by Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Practical applications of his theories have been discussed, and the enduring nature of his works have [...]

Procurement Certification: What Are the Options?

What direction should you take?

There is a bewildering amount of choice in today’s market for training, education, and certification. Many who labor within the supply chain eventually come to a watershed moment in their career: they ask themselves, “Am I passionate about this line of work? Do I see a future for me within SCM?” These questions might even [...]

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