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 Coke Says It Feared Private Label Sports Drink Brand by Wal-Mart if It Didn’t Change Distribution Approach
Logistics Costs as a Percent of U.S. GDP  
HP Unwinds Central Supply Chain Function  
Weyerhauser Finds Basic Blocking and Tackling Helps Link Supply and Demand  
HP Raises the Bar in Procurement Through Use of Technology  
The Pros and Cons of the On-Demand TMS Model  
Bear Stears RFID Report Confirms What We Should Have Known All Along – New Technology Adoption Takes Time  
Dell Retools to Get its MoJo Back  
QVC Gets Transportation Right  

Is Saudi Arabia Running Out of Oil?

  

ISCEA and SCDigest Partner on Supply Chain Excellence Award for 2007

  
Even in China, You Have to get “Lean”  
Does Incentive Pay in the Warehouse Work?  

New Cannondale Associates Report Offers New Way to think about Retailer Segmentation

  
Will Retailer/Wal-Mart Inventory Cut Backs Mean Sales Risk for Consumer Goods Companies?  

New Texas Plant Shows How Toyota Continues to Gain Advantage over Gm

  

Sign of the Times – Restaurant Chain O’Charley’s Gets Chief Supply Chain Officer

  

i2’s CEO Outlines "Next Generation" Solutions and What i2 Needs to Do to Succeed

 
Managing Supply Chain Complexity  
Wal-Mart Inventory Policy Changes Impact Its Suppliers’ Financial Projections, Stock Prices  

RFID Market Shows Signs of Real Growth; Big Ramp-Up Still “Just Around the Corner

 
The Impact of Lead Time Variability  

Aldo Gets WMS, DC Automation Implementation – and Even “Big Bang” Deployment – Just Right

 
Ten Trends in TMS Software  

The Perils of Transitioning Offshore Manufacturing

 
Weyerhaeuser Restructures to Lower Inventories, Build a More Responsive Supply Chain  
SCM Software Consolidation Continues, as Manugistics is Acquired by JDA  

Why is Oil at $72 per Barrel, with Inventories at Record Levels?

 

Wholesale Supply Chain: VWR Finds Getting More “Demand-Driven” and Changing Its Approach to the Business Can Pay Big Rewards

 

Pallet Supplier IFCO Caught in Illegal Worker Sweep

 
Wal-Mart, Albertson’s, Sign RFID Reader Deals, Bear Sterns Reports  
Procurement Outsourcing Trend Continues, as Colgate-Palmolive Turns Over Many Purchasing Functions to IBM  
Chrysler’s Flexible Manufacturing Strategy Starting to Payoff, Wall Street Journal Story Says  
Wal-Mart Moves Key Executives, Impacting Supply Chain and Logistics Leadership  

“Motes” Continue to Gain Attention, as Venture Capital Interest Heats Up

  
22 People Reach U.S. Stowed Away in Cargo Container  
Time to Align the Supply Chain to the Boardroom, says The Limited Brands' Paul Mathews  
North American Material Handling Show 2006 “Best of Show" Review  
Best Buy Continues to Soar, Citing Supply Chain Efforts, but is Now also in Cost Cutting Mode  
Should the DoD Tag Its RFID Tags?  

Supply Chain Value: Another Survey on the CEO’s Perceptions of Supply Chain Management

  
Suit over PowerAde Distribution Highlights Changes Dynamics in Beverage Distribution  

Supply Chain Thought Leaders: Eli Goldratt Unplugged - Part 2

 
Supply Chain Digst Logistics Costs Survey Details and Charts Released  
Summary of Reader Feedback on Wal-Mart RFID Out-of-Stock Study  
Building a Flexible Supply Chain Network  
The Gap Splits Its Supply Chain Function, as Chief Supply Chain Officer Leaves the Company  
Bear Sterns Quarterly Shippers Survey Finds Supply-Demand Balancing in most Modes, but Continued Price Pressure in Rail  
RFID World - Audio Review Live from Dallas  
Latest Customer Satisfaction Index from the University of Michigan again shows Publix, Kohl’s and Costco at the Top of Consumers’ Perceptions  
i2 Acquires RiverOne, Highlighting On-Going Supply Chain Software Trends  
Port “Ownership Controversy Mostly Has It Wrong, but May Be Good for Security in the End  
Supply Chain Thought Leaders: Eli Goldratt Interview  
New Warehouse Management System TCO Calculator  

Lean Guru James Womack Analyzes What Ails GM, Ford

  

The DoD’s Quadrennial Defense Review Looks to Visibility, Cost-Benefit Management, Non-Military Best Practice and RFID to Help Move Logistics to the 21st Century

  

What’s the Real Size of the RFID Market? Look at Public Company Numbers

  

2006 Forecasting Benchmarks Released

  

Procter & Gamble on RFID/EPC – Three Categories of Products, Three Main Benefits

  
Alien Technology Ups the Ante with New RFID Solutions Center  

Logistics Cost Increases Hit Amazon.com Hard; Free Shipping Program Takes Toll on Profits as Stock Drops

  
Rail Carrier Norfolk Southern Uses Technology to Drive Big Efficiency Gains  
When Selecting Supply Chain Software, Be Sure to Understand Third-Party Software Requirements  

Where are the Risks to the Global Supply Chain? New Tool Assesses Risk by Country

  
Loblaw, Targeting Wal-Mart Like Efficiency, Still Battling Supply Chain Re-Design Woes  

Supply Chain/Warehouse Management Industry Continues Consolidation as RedPrairie Announces the Acquisition of MARC Global

  

Supply Chain and Manufacturing Issues Loom Large in U.S. Automaker Woes – and Recovery

  

Takeover Battle for P&O Illustrates Continued Growth in World Trade

  

Best Buy Moves to “Customer-Facing” Supply Chain

  

Body Shop Hits Supply Chain Snags

  
Keys to Multi-Modal Shipper Success?  
Greenspan Cites Global Trade as Key Factor in Price Stability  
Seven Supply Chain Lessons from Dr. Hau Lee  
Same Day Delivery Coming from a Store Near You?  
Gartner Predicts Solid Growth in RFID Spending, but Focused on True Value-Added Applications  
Wal-Mart in Trouble for Hazardous Waste Handling
 
     
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