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March 29, 2007Curing Transportation Infrastructure Woes Revisited
Two years ago, Supply Chain Digest detailed a promising new technology for addressing the capacity and throughput challenges of our ports and highways. Container movement based on Linear Induction Motors may be the answer right now, though the vision was started by the legendary Malcolm McLean of Sealand in the 1970s. We provide an update on this fascinating story and technology, which may finally get some traction in 2007.
  Topics : Global logistics | Ocean carriers | Rail carriers/transportation | Supply chain and the environment | Transportation | Trucking
   
March 28, 2007Recent Spike in Oil Shows How Sensitive Prices are to Unpredictable Geo-Political Events
Forget Predictions of $1.15 a Gallon in 2007 for Now
  Topics : Transportation
   
March 22, 2007Transportation News: Railroads, Unions Partner in Fight Against Limits on Working Hours
But regulations to reduce hours seems likely to us
  Topics : Global sourcing | Transportation | Trucking
   
March 19, 2007Transportunities: The Positive Impact of the Change Allowing Mexican Truckers to Operate in the U.S.
Recent Announcements Advance the Vision Declared by NAFTA but Never Executed
  Topics : Transportation | Trucking
   
March 10, 2007TMS (Transportation Management Systems) Resource Page
Excellent Transportation Management System (TMS) related resources, including our SCDigest Letter on TMS detailing latest trends, technology developments and more, cases tudies, expert insight, on-demand cost calculator and more
  Topics : Supply chain strategy | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation | Vendor selection
   
January 22, 2007On-Demand Videocast: Optimizing Transportation and Distribution
The informative Supply Chain Videocast will detail how use of the latest optimization techniques can be applied at the order demand level to increase shipment size without compromising customer requirements or over-the-road regulations - leading to significant reductions in transportation expense. These new techniques, combined with battle-tested optimization processes for pallet building and trailer loading, can help reverse rising transportation spend and dramatically improve case picking and overall distribution efficiency.
  Topics : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Order picking | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation
   
January 01, 2007On-Demand vs Traditional TMS Cost Calculator
This excel-based calculator is designed to help companies determine the total cost in present value terms of on-demand traditional TMS pricing and deployment models. While created specifically for TMS, it actually can be used to compare almost any on-demand versus traditional software offerings
  Topics : Supply chain software | Total cost of ownership (TCO) | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation | Vendor selection
   
December 29, 2006SCDigest Letter Dec. 2006 - Focus on TMS
On-line version of the December, 2006 Supply Chain Digest Letter. This month's focus: transportation management systems. Includes overview of the TMS solution space and key trends, a detailed cases study of a successful TMS adoption, finding the ROI in TMS, and much more.
  Topics : Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation
   
December 28, 2006Transportation Management and the Adaptive Supply Chain
Supply Chain agility today is an increasing important element of overall company success. Transportation Management Excellence has become a central foundation of supply chain performance, and a key component of Agile Supply Chain Networks. Find out how it can be achieved in this white paper.
  Topics : Agile supply chain | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation
   
December 28, 2006Building Products Giant Johns Manville Achieves Major Improvements in Transportation with Load Contr
Centralization, new TMS, and cross-company collaboration drive savings and service benefits for this building products giant. Read the detailed case study of how a new approach to transportation management and technology led to substantial improvements in operation efficiency, freight spend, and customer service.
  Topics : Logistics | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation
   

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