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March 14, 2012

RFID and AIDC News: New System Uses RFID Fobs to Warn Lift Truck Drivers in the DC When Pedestrians are Close

Solution from UK's Transmon Engineering Can Offer Visual/Audio Signals and/or Reduce Vehicle Speed

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Distribution | Logistics | Material handling automation | RFID

March 14, 2012

Logistics News: Latest State of the Freight Report Finds Rate Expectation Rising Again Across Most Modes

Wolfe Trahan says Rail, Truckload Rates will Rise 4-6% Again this Year, above Shipper Predictions

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Rail carriers/transportation | Transportation | Trucking

March 13, 2012

Logistics News: State of the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Market 2012, According to Gartner

Behind a Veneer of Similarity, Many Important Differences Exist; Sometimes Hard to Cost Justify, WMS Still Selling Well in Support of Other Supply Chain Goals

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

March 12, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for March 12, 2012

New Index for Measuring Supply Chain Risk from David Simchi-Levi of MIT; Toyota Announces Plan to Massively Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk; Supply Chain Planning Software Market Strong; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

March 09, 2012

Supply Chain News: Molycorp Rare Earth Metals Deal Causes more Concern of China Dominance

Acquisition of Metals Processor Draws Questions because its Facilities are in China; US Metal Production will be Sent There?

TOPICS : China | Global supply chain | Manufacturing


March 07, 2012

Global Supply Chain News: Toyota Taking Massive Effort to Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk in Japan

Says it will Reduce Its Time to Recovery from Major Disruption from Six Months to Two Weeks; Exec Says Company's Grip on Its Supply Chain was ''Illusion''

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain risk

March 07, 2012

Logistics News: Rail Carriers Enjoy Another Strong Quarter and Year, as LTLs Make Progress

Rail Carriers Once Again Show Strong Profit Growth with Modest Volume Gains; a Little More Black Showing Up in LTL Segment, Our Exclusive Analysis Shows

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Rail carriers/transportation | Transportation | Trucking

March 06, 2012

Supply Chain News: Labor Disputes Settled at Cooper Tire and Caterpillar Canada - with Very Different Ends

Cooper Workers In Findlay Finally Reach Deal after Three-Month Lockout; Cat Workers in London See Factory Closed after Refusal to Agree to Major Concessions

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply chain costs

March 06, 2012

Supply Chain News: Top Retail Supply Chains 2011

Walmart Dominates the Rankings, more than 60 Percentage Points Ahead of Number 2 Kroger

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain studies | Wal-Mart