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• Article: Read about a productive year for the FoodLink network and its innovative benchmarking partnership with the Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120117005580/en/FoodLink%C2%AE-Reports-Significant-Growth-2011
• Blog: Procurement certainly has come a long way.
  
  The simple definition of "procure" that everyone knows is "to obtain, buy or acquire." A more complicated definition would be something such as "obtaining goods and services from requisition to receipt and approval of invoice payment."
  
  Today, procurement (as "BUY") plays a crucial role in all aspects of the supply chain mega processes of PLAN - BUY - MAKE - MOVE - STORE - SELL/DELIVER. Click here to continue reading.
• Press Release: Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium new report reveals tools, Ttrends and timing secrets for network planning. Download the report here.
• Report: How can you combine business analytics with benchmarks to drive supply chain performance? Using supply chain intelligence. Download the report here.
• News: Comprehensive data-driven service helps fresh food suppliers compare performance and identify best practices across a $600 billion retail supply chain. Read about the new supplier benchmarking service and more here.
• Event: Hosted by the UW E-Business Consortium
  Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
  Sept. 27, 2011, 8:30-4:45
  https://www.uwebc.org/2011conference/
• Blog Post: Valerie Bonebrake writes a guest post on the GoGoGo Blog. Make sure to read and find out 5 basic questions that 3PLs often miss. You can read it here.
• Podcast: Jim Tompkins and Steven Crandall had way too much to say in the last episode to fit into a single podcast, so in this episode the two return to continue their conversation of China's Business Evolution. Listen in here.
• Executive Briefing: Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium's Domestic Transportation Report reveals industry insights into volume, capacity and pricing. You can read more here.