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April 23, 2013

Supply Chain News: Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?

WMS was Late to the Cloud Game, but that is Changing; Key Considerations for Making the Decision on Cloud or On-Premise

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

April 22, 2013

Global Logistics News: In the US and Mexico, Cargo Thieves Prefer to Eat and Drink

Incidents in Mexico Decline in Q1, but Probably Due Only to Effort to Reduce Reporting of Bad Conditions, Says FreightWatch; Official Warns Truckers to Stay Off Some Mexican Highways

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics | Rail carriers/transportation | Supply chain risk | Transportation | Trucking

April 22, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for April 22, 2013

How Well is New Risk Exposure Index Being Accepted in the Market? Swatch Says It is Time to Stop Selling to Swiss Watch Competitors; Unilever is Done with Landfill Waste; New Fundamentals of Supply Chain Workshop

TOPICS : VideoNews

April 18, 2013

Connecting Vendor Management and Out of Stocks Videocast Slides

Slides from our excellent videocast Connecting Retail Vendor Performance Management with Out of Stocks, Sales and Margins. Featuring Camille Fratanduono of Pep Boys. To see the full videocast, go to www.scdigest.com/supply_chain_videocasts.php

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Inventory management | Out-of-stocks | Procurement/Supplier Management | Retail industry supply chain

April 17, 2013

Supply Chain News: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession? (Part 2)

Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring

April 16, 2013

Supply Chain News: What are the Best US Distribution Network Designs Based on the Number of Distribution Centers in the Network?

Annual List from Chicago Consulting is Interesting as Always, Shows Rather Modest Changes from 2006 Data

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Network design/optimization

April 16, 2013

Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for April, 2013

The new JDA eight platform delivers a bold vision for a truly integrated software suite, the scale of which we have just not seen before in the supply chain.

TOPICS : Cool New Products | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software

April 15, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for April 15, 2013

Global Transportation Benchmark Study; Rail Carriers on the Rise? Truck Prices are Headed Still Higher; $100 Discount on Upcoming CSCMP Workshop; Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

April 10, 2013

Supply Chain News: What is Really Happening with the Food Safety Modernization Act?

Expert Panel Details What Has and Has Not Happened, What Leaders are Already Doing

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Supply chain risk | Supply chain visibility

April 10, 2013

Supply Chain News: How is US Manufacturing Doing Five Years after the Great Recession?

Despite Slow but Steady Growth from the Bottom, Manufacturing Overall, Many Sectors Below 2007 Levels

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring