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March 16, 2011

Global Supply Chain News: Looking Ahead, Drewry Says Large Gap Coming Between Ocean Shipping Demand and Capacity

2013 will See Balance Definitely Swing to Carriers, with Rates Rising 10%; Will Maersk Strategy Pay Off?

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

March 16, 2011

RFID and Auto ID News: More Thoughts on What Went Wrong with CPG to Retail RFID

Additional Highlights from Our Expert Panel; A Wide Variety of Views - A Boondoggle, or Path to More Value from RFID?

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain | RFID | Wal-Mart

March 15, 2011

Logistics News: Have Improvements in Material Handling Systems Led to an Upsurge in User Satisfaction?

New Study from Material Handling Association Says Yes (Surprise), but Many Reasons to Believe Data is Correct; Surge in DC Automation Coming?

TOPICS : Distribution | Manufacturing | Material handling automation | Order picking

March 11, 2011

Benchmarking As A Catalyst For Supply Chain Improvement Videocast Slides

Slides from our Videocast on Benchmarking As A Catalyst For Supply Chain Improvement, featuring Eric Deutsch of EMD Chemicals, For full broadcast, go to www. scdigest.com/supply_chain_videocasts.php

TOPICS : Benchmarking | Project management | Metrics/Performance measurement

March 09, 2011

Supply Chain News:How Much Technology is Needed for Lean Manufacturing?

Purists Say Not Much, but that is not t the Case for Many Manufacturers; Growing Complexity Requires more Support

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing

March 09, 2011

Supply Chain Video: The Two Most Important Members of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) Project Team

In our New Featured Series, Mark Fralick Says the Customer Operational Lead and Vendor Technical Lead are the Real Keys to WMS Implementation Success

TOPICS : Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply chain thought leadership | Vendor selection | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

March 09, 2011

Logistics News: GAO Tells Congress Freight Carriers, especially Trucking, are not Paying True Costs of Moving Goods

Government Investments and Especially ''Social Costs'' not being Paid by Carriers and Shippers, Report Says; Here Come Higher Diesel Taxes? A $126 Billion Gap

TOPICS : Global logistics | Green supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation


March 01, 2011

Logistics News: Distribution Center Space Still Largely a Buyer''s Market in 2011, New Report Says, though Rates Slowly Inching Up from 2009 Nadirs

Rates to Rise on Average just 1.6% over Next Two Years, Grubb & Ellis Report Says; Chart of Current Rates by Market

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics