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January 29, 2020

Retail Vendor Performance Management News Round Up for January 2020

Key Themes and Trends from NRF 2020; Vendor Compliance Branching Out Beyond Soft Goods Retail; Amazon Cited Out for Anticompetitive Behavior

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain


January 27, 2020

Supply Chain News: Market for US Warehouse Space will Remain Tight in 2020, but Shippers Getting Back Some Leverage

New Reports from Real Estate Firms Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE Largely Agree on Market Conditions

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics | Warehouse design

January 27, 2020

Supply Chain News: It is a Major Change in Strategy for Giant XPO Logistics

XPO Putting Most of Company Up for Strategic Review, but Outcome far from Certain

TOPICS : Logistics | Third-party logistics

January 21, 2020

Supply Chain News: Learning from Toyota Way Principles versus Copying Toyota Practices

Copying is not Thinking, Dr. Jeffrey Liker Says

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing

January 20, 2020

Toray Industries Claims Breakthrough In Printer RFID Chips

Company Says Technology will Reduce Tag Costs by 80 Percent, to Just 1.8 Cents Apiece

TOPICS : RFID | Supply Chain Innovation


January 14, 2020

Supply Chain News: Three Negotiation Tips to Drive Improved Procurement Performances

Learning More about People than Product Categories will Drive Success, Negotiations Expert Says

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

January 13, 2020

Supply Chain News: As Micro-Fulfillment Systems Gain Traction, Walmart Gives Technolog a Test

Picking Speeds are much Higher with New System, but Headcount at Walmart has thus Far has not Dropped

TOPICS : e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Material handling automation | Supply Chain Innovation | Wal-Mart

January 08, 2020

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: MIT's Matthias Winkenbach on Drone Delivery Challenges

Winkenbach says there are many real drone challenges, including cost and even route efficiency

TOPICS : Parcel shipping/parcel systems | Transportation