Yesterday, Apple confirmed that they purchased Intrinsity, a small company in Austin, TX known for their very fast performing mobile device chips. The NYTimes reports that the move helps Apple’s products, such as the iPad, hold a ~50% edge over competitors in terms of processing speed since the Intrinsity designed chip runs at about 1,000 [...]

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I recently posted about the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement LinkedIn group member call on commodities that’ll be conducted this Friday, but wanted to provide a couple updates for those who’d like to listen or participate. Below are the details, format and experts we have lined up.

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With the economic challenges many companies are now focused on concerns that key suppliers will not deliver due to financial challenges. Well what happens when a Volcano in Iceland erupts and shuts down your supply chain? That’s exactly what happened to BMW and many other companies impacted by the recent eruption.
As I sit here in [...]

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We have all read about how the volcano has disrupted millions of peoples lives. It has stymied logistics systems worldwide. The economic impact to companies globally have been devastating. Especially to industries already hit hard by the economic downturn. What can we do going forward?
We need better contingency planning, that is pretty evident based on [...]

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We’re just a few weeks out from this year’s Ariba LIVE events in Orlando and Amsterdam. And since many of you Supply Excellence readers are Ariba customers or industry experts, I was able to get the powers that be to provide a promo code for a registration discount.
If you are attending, use the code - [...]

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