How Widespread is Practice of Pursuing the Shelf-Connected Supply Chain? What are the Barriers?

Update on Natural Gas Truck Progress; Apple Gets its Labor Practices Audit Report; Factory Utilization Up, but Still Below Average; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

Stores Almost Always Overestimate their Current Levels of Inventory Accuracy, He Says; Getting to 70% Takes ''Extraordinary Effort'' without RFID

Just 10% of Retailers Say they Have a High Level of Integration Between Stores and Web; Transportation a Concern for 2012

Oriental Trading Company CEO Finds DC Work Hot, Hard - and that What He Thought Employees Valued Is Wrong

Amazon Makes Surprise Acquisition of Warehouse Automation Vendor; Asian Wages Rising in Many Countries besides China; NAFTA Trade Volumes Exploded in 2011

Hackett Group Survey Shows Modest Increase Expected for Outsoucing - but More Aggressive Plans for Offshoring

One Month In, Some Benefits Already Clear, One Manager Says; Shielding the Backroom?

Will Spend $775 Million to Acquire Boston-Based Technology Provider, an Extremely High Price; Will it Sell System to Its Competitors - or Even Have the Capacity to Do So for Years

Agency Reverses Earlier Decision, Will Add Accidents Not Caused by Driver to Record of Carrier