Economic Logistics

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 […]

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. […]

HAISAN Resources Bhd will implement a radio frequency identification and warehouse management system (WMS), which incorporates a distribution and transportation management module (DTM), as part of plans to upgrade its temperature-controlled logistics division.
The system will be set up in its subsidiary, Iglo Malaysia, by the third quarter, followed by the group’s Philippines and China […]

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 […]