Economic Logistics

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 26, 2005–A newly released IDC study of worldwide procurement business process outsourcing (BPO) contracts signed by U.S. providers reveals that the procurement BPO market is much larger than public deal announcements alone indicate. While only 50 procurement BPO deals have been publicly disclosed by U.S.-based providers over time, IDC’s exploration of the […]

Cargo Connection Logistics Holding, Inc. (OTCBB:CRGO), today announced that recent bankruptcy filings by Delta and Northwest Airlines will have negligible impact on the operations of its wholly owned subsidiary, Cargo Connection Logistics Corp.
Cargo COO/CFO, Scott Goodman, said that the company was owed a minimal amount of money from each airline and that they will […]

DUBAI — Tejari has recently appointed a highly experienced new CEO, Mr. Omar Hijazi to direct the organisation through its next five years of growth. Mr Hijazi has more than five years of experience working with Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi during the years of her leadership of Tejari.
In an interview with Khaleej Times, Mr. Hijazi […]

SAP Supplier Network is a global document exchange platform that allows enterprises to transact business electronically with thousands of suppliers using a single, standards-based network connection. It complements the capabilities of mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM). The result is a comprehensive, collaborative solution for nonstrategic procurement that can be implemented within weeks.
Leading enterprises are […]

South Africa is in a unique position to be ahead of the game in terms of big corporate procuring and giving businesses to black suppliers of products and services. That’s the view from delegates gathering at the National African Federated Chamber of Commerce’s (Nafcoc) first annual global empowerment best practices conference week.
The conference is being […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Department of Homeland Security paid private contractors in Arlington more than $818 million in 2004 _ the most in any single jurisdiction, according to a study by a Virginia Tech professor.
The amount was nearly 30 percent of all the department’s contracts, exceeding what was spent in the Dallas and San Francisco […]