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?

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

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

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

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

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

10 Questions to Challenge Your Knowledge!

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

New Study from IBM Shows Top 10% of Companies in Terms of Supply Chain More than Double Financial Performance of the Average Companies

Caterpillar Finds Procurement Shortcomings Hurt Profits, brings in Fresh Talent and New Ideas