Cover Story ---
Private-Label Sourcing: What's Next After China?
By Gurdip Singh
Economic and political changes are making it far less profitable to source products from China, and forward-looking retailers are beginning to explore other alternatives for creating private-label products. Where in the world will their business land?
Features ---
Fuel for Thought: Strategies for Counteracting Soaring Oil Prices
by Hal Feuchtwanger
Companies are looking at both short- and long-term hedges against escalating fuel costs, from retrofitting tractor-trailers with fuel-saving technologies to optimizing intra- and inter-organizational loads, routes, and transportation modes.
Linking the CFO to
Supply Chain Execution
by Mahesh Rajasekharan, Ph.D
CFOs are ideally positioned to grow market share and profits through strategic supply chain management. Changes in a company's supply chain processes require a CFO skill set the financial, analytical, and bottomline knowledge—to drive crossfunctional execution in S&OP process management.
Synchronizing Supply Chain Applications with Continuous Change
by Samir Bhargava and Lalith Vadlamannati
Keeping up with the speed of business: Now is the time to rethink today's and tomorrow's supply chains to assure continued business responsiveness, and sustainability.
Departments ---
Perspective
Supply Chain Leader Magazine Goes Interactive, by Beth Elkin
Interview
Lenovo's Online Buying Experience Leads to Competitive Advantage. An interview with Ajit Sivadasan, Vice President and general Manager of Lenovo Global eCommerce and Direct Sales, by Deborah Navas
Opinion
Can a Green Supply Chain Be an Efficient Supply Chain?, by Guy Courtin
Interviews with:
- Kimberly Knickle, Practice Director, Emerging Agenda, Manufacturing Insight
- Brittain Ladd, Logistics & Project Management Director, Dallas-based private equity firm
- Dr. Larry Lapide, Director, Demand Management, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
- Kelly Thomas, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing Industries, i2 Technologies
Focus
Increase Profitability by Managing Local Market Assortments, by Ijaz Parpia and Sai Buddhavarapu
Columns
Process Playbooks: Playing by the Rules, by Amarnath Thombre
Minimizing Risk During SCM Implementations, by Ramesh Raghunathan and Jiten Sandu
Inside i2
i2 and the i2 User Group Announce Ken Sharma Awards of Excellence, by Lauren Bossers
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