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March 30, 2016

Still Lots of Room for Improvement in Retail-Vendor Collaboration

Benchmark Study Show Both Sides See Opportunity for Improvement, but Vendors Think They are Better than Retailers at Collaboration

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

March 30, 2016

Retail Vendor Performance Management News Round Up for March, 2016

Target Looks In New Places to Reduce Out-of-Stocks; Macy's "Picking to the Last Unit;" Williamsburg Garment Company Having Made in USA Success

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain

March 30, 2016

Supply Chain News: Lean Thinking - What Too Many Value Stream Maps Completely Miss

Moving Beyond Focus on Waste to Concepting the Optimal Future State

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing

March 29, 2016

Supply Chain News: Warehouse Management Systems in the Cloud Finally Starting to Gain Real Traction

Performance Issue Concerns Can be Addressed with Cloud Architecture, Native Integrations wit Materials Handling, Voice, RF and More, Expert Says

TOPICS : Distribution | Supply Chain Trends | Supply Chain | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

March 28, 2016

Supply Chain News: Fred Smith of FedEx Says eCommerce Shipping Rates Need to Rise, Discounts Amazon as Logistics Threat Near Term

Satisfactory Returns on Massive Investment are Needed, Smith Says, Doubts Amazon can Get Needed Density

TOPICS : e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Parcel shipping/parcel systems

March 28, 2016

Supply Chain News: Have a Bright Logistics Technology Idea? New Incubator May Fund the Development

Chattanooga-Based Program Wants Focus on ''Industrial Logistics,'' not eCommerce

TOPICS : Logistics | Supply Chain Innovation

March 23, 2016

Supply Chain News: New Deloitte Study Says Procurement Undergoing Digital Revolution

After a Period of People Expansion, Procurement Now Being Asked to Do More with Less; the Two Tracks for Digitization

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply Chain studies | Supply Chain

March 23, 2016

RFID, AIDC and IoT News: Wharton on Opportunities and Challenges of Internet of Things Technology

Expert Panel on Simple Ways to Get Started with IoT, but Be Aware of Many Challenges

TOPICS : Internet of Things


March 22, 2016

Supply Chain News: The Many Challenges of Getting US Infrastructure Right

New Book by Duke's Henry Petroski Takes a Deep Look at Vexing Issue

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking