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July 21, 2010

Top RFID News of the Week

Cheap, Printable Tags a Step Closer? Construction Company Chases Ghost Workers; New RFID, GPS, Cellular Trailer Padlock; Item-Level Tagging in Retail Growing - Maybe

TOPICS : RFID

July 21, 2010

Supply Chain News: Additional Insight from the 2009 Inventory Report

Which Companies have Shown the Greatest Two-Year Improvements in Inventory Levels? We List Many of the Leaders

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Inventory management | Supply Chain studies

July 20, 2010

Logistics News: Upcoming Requirement for Rail Safety May Bleed Capital Badly Needed for Rail Expansion

New AAR Study Questions Whether Benefits Worth the Billions in Costs for Positive Train Control; Wyman Study Finds Claimed Benefits for Shippers Non-Existent

TOPICS : Rail carriers/transportation | Transportation

July 15, 2010

Logistics News: Thinking Sortation for Distribution? What it will the Costs Be?

Getting Early Cost Estimates from Vendors is Tough; We Offer Ranges by Throughput Levels

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | Logistics costs | Logistics | Material handling automation | Order picking

July 15, 2010

Global Logistics News: FedEx Thinks New Boeing 777 Fleet is a Game Changer in Air Freight out of Asia; UPS Disagrees

FedEx Says it will Take Delivery of Six More of the Planes in Next Year; Global Air Cargo Volume Surges in 2010

TOPICS : air carriers/cargo | Global logistics

July 14, 2010

Supply Chain News: Tried and True Strategies for Combating Supply Price Increases

From E-Auctions to Unbundling, Procurement Managers Need to have Many Tools Available

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

July 07, 2010

Supply Chain News: Understanding IBM's Bob Moffat's Strange Fall - Cherchez La Femme!

Credited with Integrating IBM's Vast Supply Chain, CEO Candidate Made not One Dollar from the Insider Trading Scandal that will Send him to Jail - but Receiving Other Benefits Counts Too

TOPICS : Managing effectively

July 07, 2010

Logistics News: Time to Listen to the Voice of the Carrier?

Carriers are Rating Shipper Attractiveness Every Day, former Owens Corning Transportation Executive Says; Take the Quiz to See How Well You Understand what Carriers Value

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking

July 06, 2010

Supply Chain News: Card Check Unionization Bill May Quickly Reappear, as US Labor Gets Active

Sen. Harkin says Bill Likely to be Re-Introduced in Senate in 2010, as New UAW Chief Vows to Pound Toyota

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply chain costs