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January 12, 2011

Supply Chain News: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

Partial Disconnect between Cash Savings and P&L is Part of the Problem; A Calculation Framework

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

January 12, 2011

Supply Chain News: Where does Crossdocking have the Best Operational Fit?

Crossdocking can Lower Costs, but Fits Especially well with Specific Retail Scenarios; Key Operational Issues

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Inbound logistics | Integrated logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Order picking | Retail industry supply chain | Warehouse design

January 11, 2011

RFID and AIDC News: New Kroger Bar Code Scan Tunnel Could Revolutionize Retail Checkout

High Speed UPC Scan Tunnel at Heart of New Advantage Checkout System; Reducing Billions of Touches Annually; Bearish Bet on RFID in Grocery; What will Kroger Do?

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

January 11, 2011

Supply Chain Video News: NRF 2011 Review and Comment

SCDigest is there at the NRF Big Show, and SCDigest Editor Gilmore reviews interesting new technologies from the show floor at the Javits Center.

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain

January 06, 2011

RetailWire Discussion: Rebound will Not Slow Down Dollar Store Growth

Down-Market Retailers Continue to Add Stores and Share Even with the Rebound

TOPICS : RetailWire

January 06, 2011

Supply Chain Video News: ASNs and Inventory Control in Retail

Gough Grubbs, EVP of Logistics and Distribution for Strage Stores, shares his thoughts on achieving ASN accuracy from suppliers.

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Distribution | Inbound logistics | Inventory management | Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain Integration

January 05, 2011

Logistics News: Proposed New Hours of Service Rules a Lump of Coal in Trucking Industry Stocking, ATA Says

New Rules Could Reduce Driving Time by an Additional Hour, Other Hits to Productivity; Fixing Something that is not Broken?

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Transportation | Trucking

January 04, 2011

Supply Chain News: Understanding Retail Distribution Models

Use of Crossdocking is Growing, but There are Pros and Cons to Each Approach, Says Kevin Gue of Auburn

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Logistics costs | Logistics | Material handling automation | Warehouse design

January 03, 2011

Supply Chain News: How Well Do You Know US Manufacturing?

10 Questions to Challenge Your Knowledge!

TOPICS : Fun stuff | Manufacturing

January 03, 2011

Major Macro Trends Impacting the Supply Chain in 2010

Most Indicators were Positive in 2009, but Weaker than Many Past Economic Recoveries; Factory Utilization Still well Below Historic Average, Despite 16 Straight Months of Manufacturing Growth

TOPICS : Supply Chain Trends