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December 18, 2012

RFID and Auto ID News: Co-Inventor of Bar Code Concept Dies

Pioneering Work by Joseph Woodland Directly Connected to Inventory of UPC Code; Lines in the Sand Lead to Big Idea

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | Supply Chain Innovation

December 17, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for Dec. 17, 2012

Is There Still a War on Trucking? Doha Climate Dud; Warning Signs of Potential for Deadly Apparel Factory Fire in Bangladesh? Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews


December 12, 2012

Logistics News: Batch Picking and Sortation Systems in Distribution

Understanding How Batch Picking Delivers ROI from Sortation System Investment; Throughput Increases Can be Just as Important as Operational Savings

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Logistics costs | Logistics | Material handling automation | Order picking | Warehouse design

December 11, 2012

Supply Chain Transformation by the Book

New Book from Rich Sherman Offers Guideline for Transforming Supply Chains, Creating Organizations and Cultures that are Built to Last

TOPICS : Supply chain excellence | Supply chain strategy | Supply chain transformation

December 10, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for Dec. 10, 2012

Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Supply Chain Network Design; One Port Strike Ends, Another Looms; How Did Walmart Order Get to Fatal Factory? Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

December 05, 2012

RFID and AIDC News: First Students, Now the Vatican - Is Use of RFID for Continuous Tracking of Humans an Inevitability?

After Texas Schools Controversy, Vatican Says it Is Deploying RFID-based Tracking System for Staff after Embarrassing Document Theft

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | RFID and Privacy | RFID


December 05, 2012

Update! Strike at Ports of LA and Long Beach Ends, as Office Workers Union Seems to Win the Negotiations; Attention Now Turns to East Coast Port Threat

Ports Agree to End Outsourcing and Provide Lifetime Job Guarantees; Will Total Comp Really go to $195,000 Annually?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Supply chain risk | Transportation

December 04, 2012

Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Understanding Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization

Interview with Inventory Optimization Pioneer Dr. Sean Willems on what IO Sotware is, Strategic versus Tactical IO, Rightsizing Inventory and More

TOPICS : Inventory management | Inventory optimization | Supply Chain Planning software