Vol. 17, No. 2
February 2006

Features

• Destination: Minneapolis
  
  The amount of supply management insight found at this year's Conference — held May 7-10, 2006 — could fill 10,000 lakes.
  Jill Schildhouse
  
  
• Raising The Bar
  
  A new qualification program will help professionals reach a higher standard of supply management expertise.
  Roberta J. Duffy
  
  
• COVER STORY
  Going Vertical and Getting Integrated With 3PLs
  
  With greater knowledge about the services and business processes of 3PLs, supply management organizations can more effectively choose a provider with the critical infrastructure to achieve their strategic goals.
  John Yuva
  
  
• Going Around the World Makes the (Business) World Go 'Round
  
  Globalization presents plenty of opportunity, but along with it come complex issues around logistics networks.
  Paul Bender
  
  

Business

• Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®
  
  
  
  
  
• Commodities
  
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In Every Issue

• Reaching Farther Up the Tree
  
  Travel management is ripe for supply managers to grab ahold of even more cost savings and value-adding opportunities.
  Marilyn Carlson Nelson
  
  
• Just-In-Time
  
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• Determining Total Supply Chain Costs
  
  It is important that supply managers have both the eyes and the skills to see opportunity and to capitalize on it.
  Mary Lu Harding, C.P.M., CPIM, CIRM
  
  
• The Lowest Price Is Not Always the Best
  
  Supply managers will not read this in textbooks, but if all else is equal or something seems to be missing, go with your gut feeling.
  Valerie J. Stueland
  
  
• Insight Into Incoterms
  
  Understanding this set of international rules will help supply managers interpret the most commonly used terms in foreign transactions.
  Pamela Lopata, Esq.
  
  
• ISM News
  
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Strategies and Solutions

• Turning Negotiation Experience Into Expertise — Part Two
  
  Knowing about negotiation is insufficient — action must occur, and taking action will generate experience from which learning can occur.
  Jim Mullen
  
  

• Identifying Strategic Initiatives
  
  The SCOR model is one tool that can help turn an unorganized wish list into an action plan of workable strategic ideas.
  Dan Swartwood
  
  

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