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featured Stories
Manufacturing: New Study from Boston Consulting Finds China Manufacturing Cost Advantage Over US to Disappear by 2015

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Will Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent be the Next Concern for Western Companies Operating in China?

Distribution and Material Handling: Interest in Crossdocking is High, but Challenges are Many

Transportation: Latest State of the Freight Report Sees Big Increase in Transport Budgets, Highest Level of Tight Truckload Capacity in 10 Year History of the Survey

Supply Chain Trends: Key Pros and of On-Demand Supply Chain Software

Procurement and Sourcing: Graphically Representing Supply Risk Across Three Dimensions

RFID and Auto ID: Use of QR Code is Exploding, but the Fast and Easy Approach May Lead to Problems

Green Supply Chain: World Bank Busy, Issuing Report on Carbon Exchanges and Recommending Carbon Taxes on Bunker and Jet Fuel

Research and Insight: Insights from the JDA Supply Chain Assessment Tool 2011


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: New Study from Boston Consulting Finds China Manufacturing Cost Advantage Over US to Disappear by 2015

China Labor Costs Alone will Rise to 69% of US Costs in Some Regions before Logistics, Duties, Inventory and Other Costs; A US Manufacturing Renaissance?

Related Content: Ford Using High Tech Avatar Worker to Improve Plant Safety, Ergonomics and Quality

New Developments in Avatar Technology Soon to Bring Even More Realistic Simulation to Factory Floor; ''Santos'' coming Soon

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Key Pros and of On-Demand Supply Chain Software

On-Demand is Hot, with Many Potential Benefits, but May not be Right for All Scenarios

Related Content: Can Smarter Analytics and Optimization Finally Reduce the Out-of-Stock Challenge in the Consumer Goods to Retail Supply Chain?

Past Industry Initiatives only Achieved Portion of Expected Benefits; Why Managing Inventory Levels across the Network is So Hard


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distribution and material
Featured Story: Interest in Crossdocking is High, but Challenges are Many

Potential and Current Users Cite Many IT System Limitations as Key Barriers; Spirits Distributor Uses Dismountable Containers for Route Deliveries to Eliminate Local DCs

Related Content: Annual WERC DC Metrics Study Finders Leaders Extending their Lead

Manrodt says Accelerating Peformance from the Best Word of Caution to Everyone Else; The 10 Most Frequently Used Metrics for 2011

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Will Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent be the Next Concern for Western Companies Operating in China?

New Study Says Chinese Nationals Now Prefer to Work for Chinese Companies, Not Western Multi-Nationals; Cisco Takes Actions to Make Employ Brand Attractive in China

Related Content: Will Rising Wages in China Significantly Change Outsourcing Economics?

Wages will be up 80% in Five Years, Li & Fung CEO Says; Vicious Cycle of Inflation and Wage Hikes; Western Consumption Patterns to Change?



RFID
Featured Story: Use of QR Code is Exploding, but the Fast and Easy Approach May Lead to Problems

Time for More Discipline in Code Creation; Can QR Code Linking to Web Pages Provide Benefits in Supply Chain Apps as Well?

Related Content: Understanding Europe's RFID Privacy and Data Protection Framework - And Whether Companies in US Should Consider such a Process

Framework Calls for Companies to Document Process for Categorizing Privacy/Security Risks - and How They Will be Mitigated

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Graphically Representing Supply Risk Across Three Dimensions

Reader Responds with Smart Way to Add Velocity Dimension to Familiar 2 X 2 Framework of Likelhood and Impact

Related Content: ISM 2011 Video Review and Comment

Risk management dashboard and ''register,'' from Goodrich, making reverse auction strategies successful, really leveraging suppliers in new product development, J. Shipman award winner - Gilmore covers all this and more from Orlando.



transportation
Featured Story: Latest State of the Freight Report Sees Big Increase in Transport Budgets, Highest Level of Tight Truckload Capacity in 10 Year History of the Survey

High Fuel Costs Accelerating Shift to Rail, even as Relative Service Declines, Wolfe Trahan Research Finds

Related Content: PepsiCo Brings Automated Wave Management Concept to Transportation Planning

Existing Process with Huge Volumes was not Sustainable, Ukidwe of PepsiCo says; New Optimization Cockpit Automates Order Selection and Optimization Process Across 10 Divisions

transportation
Featured Story: World Bank Busy, Issuing Report on Carbon Exchanges and Recommending Carbon Taxes on Bunker and Jet Fuel

Value of Carbon Trading Fell in 2010, and 97% in Europe; Dizzing Array of Emerging Programs Coming Though, Impacting the Supply Chain Big Time

Related Content: Toys R Us to Use Giant Solar Panel System to Power New Jersey Distribution Center

When Complete, will be largest Rooftop Solar System in North America; 37,000 Solar Panels

transportation
Featured Story: Insights from the JDA Supply Chain Assessment Tool 2011

CSCO Insights does the analysis on data taken from the JDA Software supply chain self-assessment database to shed light on current levels of supply chain performance.

Related Content: 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.

   
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