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featured Stories
Manufacturing: Can Just a Little More Lean Revive US Manufacturing?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: When Shipping in Pakistan, be Ready for an Artsy Experience

Distribution and Material Handling: Factors to Consider when Choosing Between Manufacturers and Systems Integrators for Conveyor System Projects

Transportation: Rail Carriers Enjoy Gonzo Quarter with Revenues, Profits Up Big; Mixed Bag in LTL, though Most Improving

Supply Chain Trends: Excellent Advice on How to Create a Rocking ''One Pager'' in Excel

Procurement and Sourcing: Survey Shows Procurement Organizations getting Some Relief from Deep Cost Cutting Focus to Adding Value

RFID and Auto ID: Is Item-Level Apparel Tagging Going Strong, Fading, or Just Catching Its Breath? WalMart Expanding Categories to Non-Apparel

Green Supply Chain: NASA Researcher Makes News with Claim that Global Warming Impact is far Overstated, but Opponents Question the Source

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization


Educational Web Seminar:
Three Key Steps to Help Retailers
Optimize ‘Last Mile’ Home Delivery


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: Just a Little More Lean Revive US Manufacturing?

One Expert Says Yes, but Many Lean Factories have also Gone Offshore

Related Content: Hearings on Controversial Proposed Changes by NLRB to Unionization Rules Began Monday with Strong Opinions on All Sides

Changes Would Speed Time from Union Campaign to Vote to as Little as 10 Days, giving Employers too Little Time to React, Business Interest Say

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Excellent Advice on How to Create a Rocking ''One Pager'' in Excel

New Book Helps Clarify Role and Structure of an Lean A3 Document, but Tutorials on Excel Use Provide Real Value for All

Related Content: Inventory Performance by Industry 2005 to 2010

Days Inventory Outstanding Numbers not Very Good over Past Six Years; Real Progress Seen in Restaurant Chains, Multi-Line Retail and Chemical Companies



distribution and material
Featured Story: Factors to Consider when Choosing Between Manufacturers and Systems Integrators for Conveyor System Projects

Cost Dynamics Change Depending on the Size of the Project; Specific Expertise, Local Presence can be Factors that Favor SIs in Larger Deals

Related Content: Understanding Conveyor Industry Sales Channels Ecosystem and its Impact on Vendor Selection

OEMs Usually Have Backs of Distributors; New ''Consultant Systems Integrator'' an Important New Trend

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: When Shipping in Pakistan, be Ready for an Artsy Experience

The Decorated Trucks of Pakistan are Like a Moving Art Museum; Truckers may Spend more On Vehicles than their Homes

Related Content: Summary of Activity and Trends at US Ports

Container Volumes Flat Recently, but Big Gains Expected in Q4; Port by Port Summary of Investments and Trends



RFID
Featured Story: Is Item-Level Apparel Tagging Going Strong, Fading, or Just Catching Its Breath? WalMart Expanding Categories to Non-Apparel

Macys Says it will Wait Until More Retailers Agree to Require Tagging; Just a Natural Lull Between Phases of Very Active Program, says one Expert

Related Content: The Seven Reasons RFID will Eventually Win in the Supply Chain

Despite Setbacks, RFID will Dominate Supply Chain Auto ID Landscape - the Question is How Soon

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Survey Shows Procurement Organizations getting Some Relief from Deep Cost Cutting Focus to Adding Value

Lots of ''Transformation'' in the Air in Procurement, Surevey also Finds

Related Content: Procurement Outsourcing Growth Has Never Really Reached Predicted Levels

Procurement Processes Connect to Directly to Bottom Line to be Easily Given Up, AT Kearney Says



transportation
Featured Story: Rail Carriers Enjoy Gonzo Quarter with Revenues, Profits Up Big; Mixed Bag in LTL, though Most Improving

Rail Revenue, Profits Up Strong, but Evidence of Slowing Volumes Seen; Old Dominion Blows Away LTL Field in Terms of Results

Related Content: US Truckload Carriers Enjoy Mostly Strong Second Quarter, but as Usual Recently, Logistics and Intermodal Lead the Way

Carriers Say Capacity Discipline Key to Improved Rates and Utilization; Driver Shortage Getting Worse

transportation
Featured Story: NASA Researcher Makes News with Claim that Global Warming Impact is far Overstated, but Opponents Question the Source

Far More Heat is Radiating Out of the Atmosphere than Current Models Say, Roy Spencer Says; Countercharges come Fast and Furious

Related Content: WalMart, Amazon, go Different Ways on Carbon Disclosure Project

WalMart Keeps Pushing CDP for its 100,000 Suppliers and Green SCM Assessment, While Amazon Says No Thanks, Fends of Shareholder Vote from Green Investment Firm

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.

Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.

   
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