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New Capgemini Study Says Crisis Dominates the Supply Chain Agenda in 2009

May 29, 2009 | No Comments →

A new white paper by Capgemini identifies the current economic downturn as the number one factor influencing the supply chain agenda for 2009.

Capgemini surveyed over 300 companies in Europe (62%), the US and Canada (16%), Asia (13%) and Latin America (5%) and compiled the results in a report titled, “Crisis dominates the supply chain agenda in 2009 –Which projects will hold out in these difficult times?”

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Capgemini Reports on Trends in Green Supply Chain Management

October 29, 2008 | No Comments →

Over the past few weeks, Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology, and outsourcing services, released results from two different studies about current trends in supply chain management. Both reports include information specific to sustainability initiatives, and like surveys I’ve blogged about before, ultimately, the findings are somewhat blurry. While companies seem to be in agreement about the benefits of ‘going green,’ there’s still a lot of confusion out there about how exactly to move forward in this direction.

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