THE MAGAZINE FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS
MAY/JUNE 2009
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CONTENTS
THE NUMBERS HR FOCUS
8 Wind power rises in China 38 Recruiter, Michael Page International
offers advice on maintaining staff
COMPANY PROFILE morale in a downturn
10 Interview with Jacques van Niekerk,
Supply Chain Director, Holcim SCM GADGETS
Cement 40 A use for surplus shipping
containers: sustainable housing
SPECIAL Retail and
INDUSTRY VOICES
16 Opinions on how to balance short HOME GROWN
term cost cutting with long term 44 Profile of e-Future Information
FEATURE Distribution
objectives Technology, a Chinese supply chain
software developer
in China
SOFT SKILLS
46
17 Tips for employees to survive and BOOK REVIEW
thrive in the current economic 45 Business Leadership in China, by
climate Frank Gallo
NEWS ROUNDUP EVENT UPDATE
18 The Big Picture - A roundup of news 46 Dr. Lei Lei, Rutgers Business
relevant to business operations in Schools delivers talk on “Strategies
China for Managing Global Operations
20 Economic Indicators - Statistics and 48 Review of selected China Supply
numbers to watch Chain Council workgroup lunches
24 Supply Chain Management - A MOVERS & SHAKERS
roundup of supply chain news 50 A review of executive movement
26 Chinese Media - A selection of KNOW HOW
articles from the Chinese Media 52 Six big ideas to cut costs and
improve profitability
28 India Roundup - A selection of news
relevant to operations in India PRODUCT RECALLS
54 Consumer product recalls in the U.S.
29 Vietnam Roundup - A selection
of news relevant to operations in FINAL WORD
Veitnam 56 Applying the logic of physics to
supply chain management
INSIDE
SPONSORED FEATURE
30 Kuhne School of Logistics and 58 CLASSIFIED LISTINGS
VIEW
42
Management in Hamburg, Germany,
attracts Chinese professionals to its 62 COMPANY INDEX
MBA in Logistics Management
How to assess supplier health using
62 EVENTS CALENDAR
financial metrics
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