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LONDON & ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Unilever achieved 10th place in the 2012 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25, announced today. The result is Unilever’s best-ever performance in the index and an improvement of five places compared with 2011. read more

Automakers are scrambling to avert a shock to their global supply chain caused by a shortage of a critical resin used in car parts. An explosion on March 31 in Marl, Germany at Evonik Industries, the German chemical maker, killed two people and took out one of the industry’s biggest producers of cyclododecatriene, or CDT. [...]

CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2012 — Kyriba, the global leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) treasury management solutions, today announced the launch of its Supply Chain Finance technology platform. Read more:

As activity in the oil sands charges forward, a Deloitte & Touche LLP report re-leased Tuesday highlights the labour-shortage problem facing the industry, advocating a new kind of collaboration between the companies doing business in the area. Read more:

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid recent criticism and debate over working conditions along Apple’s supply chain, CEO Tim Cook addressed those concerns immediately while speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference 2012 on Tuesday afternoon. read more

Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:24pm EST Apple has asked the Fair Labor Association, a non-profit labor group, to conduct special audits of the Chinese factories where Apple’s iPads, iPods and other products are manufactured. read more

NEW YORK—Supply chain, cyber security and global expansion risks are top of mind for risk managers at large companies this year. To get cutting-edge insights into how to manage these dynamic and potentially catastrophic exposures, risk managers from the largest companies in the world will gather at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York next month for [...]

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. is scrutinizing its supply chain’s capacity and quality more closely than ever as the planemaker enters “uncharted waters” by taking jet output to record levels, an executive said. read more

press release Feb. 8, 2012, 8:30 a.m. EST WALTHAM, Mass., Feb 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Nine out of the top ten companies recognized in “The 2011 Gartner Supply Chain Top 25: High Tech” are working with ModusLink Global Solutions(TM), Inc. MLNK -0.69% to provide value chain strategies and solutions. According to the report, “High-tech [...]

In his State of the Union address, President Obama stressed ways tech companies like Apple can boost America’s economic recovery, calling for an end to moving jobs and resources offshore. read more