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Richard Wilding OBE (born 8 May 1965 [2] [3]) is a British academic and business professional specialising in logistics, transport and supply chain management.He is recognised as one of the world's leading experts in logistics and supply chain management.
Walmart (WMT) has already announced a number of initiatives to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions, and it will now expand those efforts to the companies that make up its huge supply chain.
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is the world's oldest and largest supply management association. [1] Founded in 1915, the U.S.-based not-for-profit educational association serves professionals and organizations with interest in supply management, providing education, training, qualifications, publications, information, and research.
A supply chain is the network of all the individuals, organizations, resources, activities and technology involved in the creation and sale of a product. A supply chain encompasses everything from the delivery of source materials from the supplier to the manufacturer through to its eventual delivery to the end user.
The term Supply Chain Management (SCM) was coined in the early eighties (1982) by Booz Allen Consultant, Keith Oliver, [9] but remained only a buzzword for many years. The holistic concept of a cross-functional set of processes aimed to fulfill the customer's needs, started to make sense to companies, consultants and academics in the early nineties.
CMMI for Acquisition (CMMI-ACQ), v1.3 was released in November 2010. It addresses supply chain management, acquisition, and outsourcing processes in government and industry. CMMI for Services (CMMI-SVC), v1.3 was released in November 2010. It addresses guidance for delivering services within an organization and to external customers.
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), formerly the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, [1] is a global professional body working for the procurement and supply profession in many regions of the world. It promotes best practice and provides services for non-professionals and its over 64,000 members in 180 countries.
Collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR) is an approach to the supply chain process which focuses on joint practices.This is done through cooperative management of inventory through joint visibility and replenishment of products throughout the supply chain.