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March 01, 2011

RFID and Auto ID News: Not Clear What it Is, but Rumors Swirl that Apple is Building Major New RFID/Near Field Communications Innovation for iPhone5

Rumors of Unique Twist for iPhone would Imply more than e-Wallet Capabilities, but Everyone is Guessing from There

TOPICS : RFID

February 28, 2011

Supply Chain News: A Picture Tells the Sad but True Tale, as Commodity Prices Continue Strong March

Huge Year over Year Prices Increases Virtually Across the Board; Widespread Warnings on Profits Across Sectors - and Maybe More Global Unrest Over Rising Food Prices

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costs

February 28, 2011

Logistics News: Schneider National Exec Tells FMSCA that New Hours of Service Rules will Drop Productivity 5%, have no Impact on Safety

Osterberg Says Better Idea is to Mandate EOBRs Now, and Focus on Issues with Drivers..... Snoring?

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 28, 2011

Cool New Supply Chain Product of the Month for February 2011

New Agile Demand Planning System from Softeon Puts Multiple Functions all in One Place for Perhaps the First Time, offers a Number of Unique Features

TOPICS : Cool New Products

February 24, 2011

Supply Chain Software Market will Really Turn to On-Demand when Large Vendors push On-Demand First

Now Often a Fallback; Transition for the Business and Sales Reps is not Easy

TOPICS : On Demand Software | Supply chain software | Vendor selection

February 24, 2011

Global Supply Chain News: Megaship Era Enters New Period as Maersk Places Order for 10 18,000-TEU Ships

New Triple E Promises Fuel, Emissions and Cost Benefits - if Maersk can Fill Them; Too Big for US Ports

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

February 22, 2011

Supply Chain News: How Soon will ''Printed'' Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains - and the World?

Increasingly, seems Matter of When not If; Mass Customization Finally Realized?

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply chain transformation

February 16, 2011

Supply Chain News: Understanding the Operations Rules

Excerpt from First Chapter of New Book from Simchi-Levi Describes Promise of Engineering the Supply Chain

TOPICS : Agile supply chain | Network design/optimization | Supply chain excellence | Supply chain strategy | Supply chain thought leadership

February 16, 2011

Supply Chain News: Understanding the Operations Rules (Con't)

Continuation of our excerpt of Chapter 1 of the new book Operations Rules by Dr. David Simchi-Levi

TOPICS : Agile supply chain | Network design/optimization | Supply chain excellence | Supply chain strategy | Supply chain thought leadership

February 16, 2011

RFID News Summary for Week of Feb. 16, 2011

Watch your RFID Wallet; Tag Consumption for Apparel Apps Nearing a Billion per Year, ABI Says; Avery Dennison CEO Bullish on RFID Too; GM Plant Tracks Pallets

TOPICS : RFID and Privacy | RFID market size | RFID