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August 31, 2011

Logistics News: The Load Control Center Continues to Evolve

Opportunity Now for Many Shippers to Advance LCCs to Version 2.0, even as Many have Yet to Centralize

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

August 31, 2011

Global Supply Chain News: China Continues to Flex Rare Earth Metals Muscle, as Companies Moving Factories there to Avoid Shortages and Brutal Prices Increases in Global Markets

Lighting Maker Intematix Would Have Preferred New Factory in California, but Heading to China Instead; Costs up Astronomically in Past Few Years

TOPICS : China | Global supply chain | Manufacturing

August 30, 2011

Supply Chain News: Across the Globe, Countries Trying to Rev Up Manufacturing Sector and Related Job Growth

Australia, India, Brazil, even China Look at Plans to Empower Domestic Manufacturing; In US, Sen. Feinstein Proposes $20 Bill in Loans to US Manufacturers Facing Subsidized Foreign Competition

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Manufacturing

August 29, 2011

Supply Chain Video News for Week of Aug. 29, 2011

Series of Countries all Propose Plans for Manufacturing Sector Growth Last Week; New Report says Supplier Financial Risk still a ''Ticking Time Bomb''; Green Job Growth Disappoints, New York Times Says

TOPICS : VideoNews

August 24, 2011

Supply Chain News: ISM 2011 J. Shipman Award Winner Shelley Stewart on Procurement Careers, Lean and Supply Management, and More

Chief Procurement Officer at Tyco International Says Better Managing Risk will be Key Skill Area in Next Few Years

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain thought leadership

August 24, 2011

RFID and Auto ID News: Honeywell Vaults to Major Wireless Terminal Provider for Supply Chain Applications Overnight with Acquisition of LXe Parent Company EMS Technologies

Where did All the Old Wireless Terminal Providers Go? Honeywell Challenge will be Merging Its Go-to-Market Strategies with ''High Touch'' LXE Model

TOPICS : Data collection/AIDC

August 23, 2011

Logistics News: DC Associates Say Wearable Wireless Terminals Offer Big Productivity and Ergonomic Gains

Associates from WESCO Distribution and OHL on What is Better About Wearables in DC Environments versus Traditional Handhelds

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Distribution | Logistics | Order picking

August 23, 2011

Gartner Methodology for Rating Top Supply Chain Schools may not be Perfect, but is Much Better than US News and World Report Process, Don Klock of Rutgers Sa

Gartner Survey of Real Supply Chain Professionals is Key, Klock Argues; Many Difference in the Two Top Tens

TOPICS : Supply Chain studies | Supply Chain Trends

August 19, 2011

Video Supply Chain News for Week of Aug. 22, 2011

Consumer-Driven Supply Chains at P&G; The Big Ocean Ships are Getting Bigger; Home Depot Execs Cite Supply Chain Performance in Q2 Earnings Report; Supply Chain Innovation Award Finalists, plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

August 18, 2011

Logistics News: Sears Builds Powerful Transportation Scorecard, and Shares Experiences on How to Get it Right

Data Organization is as Important as the Data Itself; Every Number Should be Relative to Something, Sears Says

TOPICS : Metrics/Performance measurement | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation | Trucking