Economic Logistics

GREEN BAY, Wis. and SHANGHAI, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 11, 2005–Schneider Logistics, Inc., an international lead logistics provider, today announced it has opened a new office in Shanghai, China. The office will leverage Schneider Logistics’ core competency in all aspects of supply chain management and initially provide general consulting services. The expansion provides Schneider Logistics with the […]

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 […]

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 […]

AMD (NYSE:AMD) welcomes the publication of an EU Procurement Guidance document by the United Kingdom’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) intended to help contracting authorities develop tender documents that comply with EU rules on non-discrimination in public procurement (e.g. EU directive .93/36). This publication follows similar documents already issued by the French, Italian, Swedish, […]

Government have comprehensively revamped stamp paper procurement system by institutionalizing a number of security features and it has done away with the practice of taking orders on a quarterly basis. The States are now required to place 3 years rolling indent with a six monthly supply schedule to ensure realistic indent and better production planning. […]

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Wako Logistics Group Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: WKOL - News) announced today the appointment of Mr. David Koontz to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective August 8, 2005.
Mr. Koontz has previously held a senior position with a major international accounting firm as well as senior level positions with […]

FORT BELVOIR, Va., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Cornel Holder and Eddie Shelton
are the recipients of the 2005 Blacks in Government Civilian Meritorious
Service Award for Outstanding Department of Defense African American
Contributions.
Holder, the Defense National Stockpile Center administrator, was selected
in the GS-14 through GS-15 category.
Shelton, a Defense Supply Center […]

MIAMI, Aug. 10, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — SiteWorks Building and Development Co. (OTCBB:SWKJ), announced today that the company has the agreed to appoint Prestige Procurement and Networking Services (Prestige) as its representative in Asia. As a result of the discussion held a week prior to the signing of the service agreement yesterday enabling Prestige to operate […]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 10, 2005–Menlo Worldwide, a division of CNF Inc. (NYSE:CNF), is among the very best 3PL providers in the world, according to a survey conducted by the editors of Inbound Logistics magazine. As part of the magazine’s annual Top 100 3PL Provider Awards for 2005, Menlo Worldwide came in 4th place out […]