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January 11, 2016

RFID, IoT, and AIDC News: Zebra Releases New Wireless Terminal with Dramatic New Design

More Wand-like Form Factor Reduces Movement, Can Deliver Double Digit Increase in Productivity, Zebra Says

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | Distribution | Order picking


January 05, 2016

Supply Chain News: Label Print and Apply Systems in Distribution Center Operations Can Drive Real Value, but It Takes Sophisticated Technology

Labels for Inbound Receiving, Parcel Deliveries and Retail GSI-128 Labels are Common Applications, But Just How Does the Applicator Know What Retail Label to Print?

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Consumer goods industry supply chain | Data collection/AIDC | Distribution | Material handling automation

January 05, 2016

Supply Chain News: US Gets First Stop Ever from New Generation of Megaships, but Ports are Far from Ready for Regular Service

Giant CMA CGM Ship Visits Port of Los Angeles, Heads to Oakland, but Major Systemic Changes Needed, Drewry Says

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Ocean carriers

January 04, 2016

Supply Chain News: Leaders Get Far More Return from their Investment in Procurement

Latest ROSMA Study Finds Top Companies See Returns 12 Times their Investment in Procurement, versus Just 4 Times for the Average Firm

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain value

January 04, 2016

Amazon.com took about a quarter of the estimated $94 billion growth in e-commerce sales in 2015

It is Amazon and Also-Rans in Retail Race for Online Sales

TOPICS : Web News

January 04, 2016

Supply Chain News: UPS Largely Sails through Christmas Delivery Crunch, While FedEx Hit with Some Modest Issues, Though Nothing Like 2013

UPS Sticks to Its Rules, Hits on Time Deliveries Near 98%, Even as On-Line Sales Continue to Surge

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

December 16, 2015

Supply Chain News: Is Working in a DC like Toiling in the Gulag?

Undercover Report by UK Paper Finds DC Job is Tough, Demeaning - Is that Just the Way it Is?

TOPICS : Distribution | Order picking | Retail industry supply chain

December 15, 2015

Supply Chain News: US Manufacturers Reasonably Bullish on 2016 Despite Recent Slow Down

ISM Panel on Average Expects Top Line Growth of 4.1%, versus Increase of Just 1.4% in 2015

TOPICS : Manufacturing

December 14, 2015

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Are We Making Progress on Total Landed Cost Calculation?

Fewer than One in Four Complanies Say They aee Very Good in Calculating Total Landed Costs: Our Expert Panel Discusses this Key Issue

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics