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December 15, 2011

Global Supply Chain News: World Shipping Council Says it is Time Ocean Container Weights are Verified, Not Just Declared

US Only Country to Require Actual Weight Verification at Ports; Erroneous Weights Cause a Slew of Problems for Ocean Carriers and Shippers

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Ocean carriers | Transportation

December 14, 2011

Supply Chain News: US Manufacturers Must Make Progress in Six Key Areas to Regain Competitiveness

Survey Finds Execution Gap Between Awareness of What Needs to be Done and What is Happening; Few Have Both Lean Talent and Programs

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Lean | Manufacturing


December 14, 2011

Logistics News: Q3 State of the Freight Report Says Rate Hikes Across Modes Still Relatively Strong, but Expectations Dropping a Bit as Plans for Shipments, Inventory Coming down for 2012

Public Rail Carriers Show Profit Growth Well Above Changes in Volumes; LTL Carriers are Slowly Turning the Financial Ship Around On Rate Increases, Business Discipline

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

December 12, 2011

Supply Chain Video News for Dec. 12, 2011

Q3 Results from Rail, Truckload, and LTL Carriers; Is Cloud-Based WMS Ready for Prime Time?; Shipping Policies for E-Commerce Continue to Loosen; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

December 07, 2011

Logistics News: Rail Carrier Profit Engines Roll On, While LTL Sector Slowly Crawling Out of Its Hole

Public Rail Carriers Show Profit Growth Well Above Changes in Volumes; LTL Carriers are Slowly Turning the Financial Ship Around On Rate Increases, Business Discipline

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

December 06, 2011

Supply Chain News: New ISM Supply Management Certification for Non-Degreed Professionals Goes Live

New Certified in Supply Management Credential First Announced in September Now Available for Training, Testing

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

December 06, 2011

RFID and AIDC News: Dayton RFID Business Incubator Gaining Critical Mass

16 Supported Companies are Developing Breakthrough Technologies, Executive Director Brad Proctor Says; Many Large Companies Actively Involved in the Program

TOPICS : RFID

December 05, 2011

Supply Chain News: A Distributed Order Management Thought Leaders Discussion

DOM as a Powerful Driver of Supply Chain and Customer Service Excellence

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Order management | Supply chain software

December 05, 2011

Supply Chain Video News for Dec. 5, 2011

NLRB Takes Next Step to Approve "Microwave" Union Voting; Dayton RFID Incubator Starting to have an Impact; Threat of Rail Strike Disappearing; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews