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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



June 29, 2011

Global Supply Chain News: US FDA Announces Broad Program to Help it Keep Up with Increasingly Impossible Demands for Protections Against Tainted Imports

Long Supply Chain Journey of Tuna Can; Agency Announces Four Pillars of New Strategy the Focus Heavily on Collaboration and IT; Says it Cannot Meet the Requirements of 2011 Food Safety Act with Status Quo

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Supply chain risk

June 28, 2011

Logistics News: Where Does the Intelligence Belong in Automated Material Handling Systems?

Almost Always Just in the WMS, Fralick Says, not the WCS, but at Least Makes Sure there isn't Some in Both

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

June 21, 2011

Supply Chain Video: Getting Vendor Compliance Programs Right

Dan Gilmore talks with Greg Holder of Compliance Networks, on why some companies, especially retailers, fail to thrive with their vendor compliance programs.

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain