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July 19, 2011

Supply Chain News: Hearings on Controversial Proposed Changes by NLRB to Unionization Rules Began Monday with Strong Opinions on All Sides

Changes Would Speed Time from Union Campaign to Vote to as Little as 10 Days, giving Employers too Little Time to React, Business Interest Say

TOPICS : Manufacturing


July 12, 2011

Supply Chain News: Goya Foods Shows Path to Success for Mid-Market Companies from New Supply Chain Planning Tools

Out of Stocks Reduced by 60%; As Software Gets Easier, will More Mid-Market Companies Upgrade their Supply Chain Tool Sets?

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Demand planning/management | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software

July 12, 2011

Logistics News: Shipper Group Proposes New Rules to STB to Regulate Rail Carriage Through ''Reciprocal Switching''

Detailed Proposal for New Rules Likely to Be Successful, Experts Say, Forcing the Hand of the STB; New BNSF Option for Houston Chemical Makers Captive to UP?

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

July 06, 2011

Supply Chain News: How can Companies Most Effectively Outsource Innovation to Suppliers?

Like Make or Buy Decision, but Different; A Framework for Analysis of When to Outsource Innovation

TOPICS : Outsourcing/offshoring | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply Chain Innovation

July 06, 2011

RFID and AIDC News: Will Bar Code Base Self-Scanning Systems Doom Item-Level RFID Tagging in CPG to Retail?

Increasing Number of Retailers Giving Mobile Wireless Devices to Consumers and Telling them to Scan Away; 10% Bump in Sales per Visit

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Retail industry supply chain | RFID

July 06, 2011

Global Logistics News: Will US Global Trade Increasingly Move Through Gulf Ports?

Variety of Economic, Political and Supply Chain Factors May Lead to Change in US Trade Dynamics; Rise of Third US Coast?

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

July 05, 2011

Supply Chain News: Supply Chain Legend Dr. Don Bowersox of Michigan State University Dies from Bout with Cancer

Author of First Logistics Textbook Influenced Thousands in his Career; Helped Start what is Today CSCMP; Dead at 79 in Michigan

TOPICS : Supply Chain Experts