Cahners Business Information Launches Supply Chain Link Web Site; Supply Chain Professionals Benefit From a Comprehensive Information Web Resource.NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 1999--Cahners Business Information today announced the launch of the Supply Chain Link web site www.supplychainlink.com, an online information resource for professionals across all supply chain disciplines. Cahners Business Information is the largest U.S. publisher of business-to-business trade magazines. The web site leverages the content and editorial expertise of nine publications within the Cahners Supply Chain/OEM Group and serves as a portal site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. for locating supply chain information on the Internet. It also offers additional articles, news stories, technical analysis, and access to the Manufacturing Marketplace products and services database. Manufacturing Marketplace (www.manufacturing.net) is the leading business-to-business Internet hub for manufacturing and engineering professionals in the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. and processing industries. Topics covered on the Supply Chain Link web site include everything from logistics, transportation and purchasing to distribution and planning. Specific content areas include enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. , advanced planning systems, MRP (Material Requirements Planning) An information system that determines what assemblies must be built and what materials must be procured in order to build a unit of equipment by a certain date. , supply chain management, E-commerce, cycle-time, warehouse management systems, bar coding, automatic data capture, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. , and forecasting. In addition, the user can perform specialized searches to find information on hundreds of related web sites linking to content from to vendors, research organizations, associations, government agencies, consultants, and universities - all over the world. "Supply Chain Link is the one-stop connection to information about logistics, sourcing, manufacturing, operations, planning, and information technology," says Rusty Piersons, group vice president, Supply Chain/OEM Group. "This web site is broad enough to include all areas of the supply chain but also intuitive enough to help initial users pinpoint exactly what they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. within that space." "The site is the next logical step in developing broad multifunctional content on the supply chain field." Says Mitch MacDonald, publisher, Supply Chain Management Review. "Supply chain professionals need information about multiple disciplines. We can now serve them with each specific monthly magazine, their web sites, as well as on a broader basis with both our two-year-old paid journal, Supply Chain Management Review, or this new supply chain portal." Supply Chain Link is a product of the Cahners Supply Chain/OEM Group, which includes Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet & Distribution Report, Purchasing, Industrial Distribution, Warehousing Management, Modern Materials Handling Modern Materials Handling (ISSN-0026-8038) is a trade publication and web site owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of material handling professionals in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies. , Automatic Data Collection News & Solutions, Design News, and Global Design News. About Cahners Business Information As the largest U.S. publisher of business-to-business magazines, with more than 127 titles in 18 markets, Newton Massachusetts-based Cahners Business Information (a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group) also provides industry-based research, online services, economic forecasting, reprints, database marketing and custom publishing services. |
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