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featured Stories
Manufacturing: National Labor Relations Board On March, Seeking to Block Boeing Factory Move and Challenging State Bans on Card Check

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Where is Your Stuff from Asia? Maybe at the Bottom of the Ocean, Changing the Habitat

Distribution and Material Handling: Medical Device Maker DJO Global Finds Success with Mobile Robotic Picking System

Transportation: Shanghai Truckers Strike Mostly Fizzles, but Brings Internal China Logistics System Back into Focus

Supply Chain Trends: In Which Direction is Your S&OP Process Biased?

Procurement and Sourcing: Commodity Price Crash is Short-Lived, while Import Prices Continue to Rise

RFID and Auto ID: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Green Supply Chain: Consumer Interest in Green Products Still Tepid, Headed Down

Research and Insight: Supply Chain Executive Brief: The Growing Imperative for 100% Trading Partner Connectivity


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: National Labor Relations Board On March, Seeking to Block Boeing Factory Move and Challenging State Bans on Card Check

NLRB Says Boeing Needs to Bring 787 Production Line back to Seattle, Seeks to Block Anti-Card Check Laws before a Card Check Law Exists

Related Content: US Manufacturing Looking Strong Generally, but Prospects Vary Substantially by Industry, New MAPI Research Report Says

Growth Projections in Pictures; Forecasts for 24 Industrial Sectors

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: In Which Direction is Your S&OP Process Biased?

One Question that is Infrequently asked and even less Frequently Answered is Whether the S&OP Process is Consistently Biased in one Direction or Another

Related Content: Second Annual ASN Study by Auburn University Professors Finds Retail Practices and Results Vary Substantially

Actual ASN Accuracy Averages 93% in Survey Respondents; Retailers Expect 98-99% Accuracy



distribution and material
Featured Story: Medical Device Maker DJO Global Finds Success with Mobile Robotic Picking System

New Solution from Kiva Delivers Payback, Supports Lean Distribution Center Approach; From Walking 3 Miles per Day to Product to Picker Approach

Related Content: 16th Annual Third Party Logistics Study is Underway

Research for One of the Most Anticipated Studies in the Industry has Begun; Please Take Survey Now; Prizes Galore!

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Where is Your Stuff from Asia? Maybe at the Bottom of the Ocean, Changing the Habitat

Unlikely Find by Marine Sanctuary Leads to Carrier-Funded Research Project; Container Looks Perfect after Seven Years in the Briny Deep

Related Content: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Understanding Risks from the Suppliers of Suppliers; Parallel in Japan Disaster and Supply Chain Impact with the 2008 Financial Crisis?



RFID
Featured Story: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Rush for Mobility Applications also Playing a Role; Is Hype Getting Out of Control Again?

Related Content: Was Reduction in Invoice Deductions the Magic Bullet for RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail

Could RFID have Offered Major Payback to Manufacturers in Terms of Lower Invoice Deductions? Perhaps that is not the Path Retailers Really Wanted to Go

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Commodity Price Crash is Short-Lived, while Import Prices Continue to Rise

Most Commodity Prices Back Up after Sharp Drops Last Week; All Due to Change in Margin Requirements on CME? Import Prices up 11% Year over Year

Related Content: Dr. David Simchi-Levi on Managing Supply Risk

Companies Too Often Focus on Financial Drivers, not Other Considerations He Says; Low Cost, High Risk Items often Overlooked?



transportation
Featured Story: Shanghai Truckers Strike Mostly Fizzles, but Brings Internal China Logistics System Back into Focus

Just as elsewhere, Independents There Feel Pain of Rising Fuel Costs; Strike Ends Quickly with Only Minor Concessions; Trucking Pressure Increasing with Manufacturing Moving Westward

Related Content: Market Trends Moving in Favor of Truckload Carriers, Analysts Say

Almost No Carriers are Adding Capacity Even as Demand Rises, Stifel Nicolaus Analysts Say; Some Seeing Double Digit Rates Increases; "Clear Need" to Raise Driver Pay

transportation
Featured Story: Consumer Interest in Green Products Still Tepid, Headed Down

Product Sales have Dropped from 2008; Is it Just because they Cost More, or Something Else?

Related Content: Battles of Plastic Grocery Bags Takes Another Turn, as Study Says Even Re-Usable Totes not much Better

How Many Times are Re-Usables really Used? Report Findings being Repressed?

transportation

Supply Chain Executive Brief: The Growing Imperative for 100% Trading Partner Connectivity

'This Supply Chain Executive brief from Chief Supply Chain Officer Insights disucsses the increaded importance of building near universal trading partner connectivity, and how improved technology is making the task easier and less expensive than ever.

 

Related Content: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value

''Earned Quantifiable Benefits'' is a Key Concept, says Barry Wildernan, to Finding Value

 

   
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