Growing Trend for MHE Manufacturers to Position themselves as Single Source for Full Distribution Center Systems, Including other Equipment; What Should MHE Users Do?

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Anshan will Invest in Mississippi Steel Bar Plant, with Potential for Four More to Follow; Market Access and Advanced Technology?

75% Expect Truckload Capacity to Further Tighten; Biggest Rate Hike seen for Ocean Shipping

Manufacturers have Greater Costs for RFID versus Two-Dimensional Bar Codes, GS1 Workgroup Co-Chair Says

Doing a Quality TCO is Hard Work, but Key to Understanding True Costs; Be Careful about Assumptions Underlying Cost Estimates

After Considering Voice and Pick to Light, Retailer goes with Unique Solution that Produces High Throughput and almost Perfect Accuracy

Strike at Honda Plant in China - though Technically Illegal - Shows Changing Wage and Social Policy Dynamics; How Big will Wages have to Rise for Companies to Source Elsewhere?

Annual Report says Companies Focused inward last Year in Measuring Performance; What are the 10 most Commonly Used Metrics in 2009?

Product Impact Matrix can help Produrement Focus on Most Important Tasks - but can Internal Customers Pick up the Remaining Work Load?