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February 23, 2015

Here it Comes - Office Complex in Sweden Offers Option of Embedded RFID for Workers to Automate Access, Buy Lunch

Many have Concerns, but Group in Country Seeks 100 Participants to Test and Study the Technology; Turning off Your Key Fob if You are Behind on Car Payment?

TOPICS : Data collection/AIDC | RFID

February 23, 2015

Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Accounting Data and Supply Chain Network Design

Do companies have the data you need to take on such projects successfully? Insight from Dr. Mike Watson of Northwestern University.

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Network design/optimization

February 22, 2015

Global Supply Chain News: West Coast Port Nightmare May Start to End, as Tentative Deal Reached with Dock Workers Union

Details Unclear, especially Around Automation Issue; Will We Just be Back here Again in Five Years?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers

February 18, 2015

Logistics News: Even Less-than-Truckload Carriers Join the Q4 Profit Party

Net Income up Almost 100% for the Group, as Old Dominion Keeps it Going

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 17, 2015

Supply Chain News: Procurement Function in Medium-Sized Companies Needs a Management Framework

More Activities Across the Procurement Lifecycle will Need to Be Shared with Non-Procurement Managers, but Governance is Key

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

February 17, 2015

Supply Chain News: Proposed New US Drone Rules Would Stop Amazon's Plans for Unmanned Deliveries

Rules will Open Up Some Commercial Drone Applications, but Packaged Deliveries Clearly would not be Allowed; Amazon to take Research to Other Countries?

TOPICS : Amazon.com | Distribution | e-fulfillment | ecommerce


February 11, 2015

Logistics News: Truckload Carriers have Blow Out Q4 on Strong Rate Gains

Profits Up 31% over 2013, on Revenue Gains of Almost 10%; Capacity Remains Mostly Flat

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 10, 2015

Supply Chain News: Big Advances Coming in AGVs for Distribution

Gartner Says Just 5% Adoption at High End by 2018, but Longer Term AGVs will Transform DC Operations

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Order picking

February 10, 2015

Global Supply Chain News: Someone is Lying at West Coast Ports with Regards to Union Productivity

PMA Says Work Slowdown is Clear, ILWU Says there is No Such Thing; Who Deserves the Pinocchios?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Ocean carriers