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March 24, 2010

Signs are Pointing Up for RFID, AMR Analyst says, though Broad-based Supply Chain Applications still Lagging

Crawling Up from ''the Trough of Disillusionment''; More and More Production Projects Moving Forward

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | RFID market size | RFID software | RFID

March 23, 2010

Supply Chain News: The Dos and Don''ts for Procurement Leaders

CPO of Axa Group Offers advice for Succeeding as Procurement Executive

TOPICS : Managing effectively | Procurement/Supplier Management


March 23, 2010

Logistics News: Early Results from DC Complexity Calculator

More than 50 Companies have Tested On-Line Beta Version; Insight Emerging on How to Improve, but Need More Reader Feedback

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Warehouse design

March 18, 2010

Logistics News: New Distribution Complexity Calculator Beta Version Released

Supply Chain Digest and Distribution Digest Looking for Reader Input to Create Industry's First Standard Way to Assess DC Complexity

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Warehouse design | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

March 17, 2010

Supply Chain News: BMW Uses Creative Thinking -- and Employee Input -- to Reduce Productivity Impact of Aging Workforce in Manufacturing

Workers Spawn 70 Ideas that Cost Just $40,000 Euros to Implement, and Increase Productivity by 7% While Improving Ergonomics; fro Orthopedic Footwear to Changing the Angle on Computer Monitors

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Managing effectively | Manufacturing | Supply Chain Trends

March 17, 2010

Logistics News: Increasing Stress, New Generation of Drivers, Leading to Rising Incidents of Road Rage among Truckers

Trash Talk on Channel 19; One Driver Fatally Stabs Another in Wisconsin

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking

March 16, 2010

Global Supply Chain News: Back again - Bottlenecks in Shipping US Exports to World Markets

Amid Growing Exports and Major Changes in Ocean Carrier Strategies, Some US Exporters Can'' Make Timely Shipments; US Infrastructure Built for Imports, not Exports; A Soybean Order Lost

TOPICS : Global logistics | Ocean carriers | Supply chain risk

March 09, 2010

Supply Chain News: How CEOs are Thinking about Supply Chain

Cost Cutting and Risk Management are at Top of the Agenda; Managing these Trade-Offs will be Key to Supply Chain Success; CEOs Fret about New Normal

TOPICS : Supply chain risk | Supply chain strategy | Supply Chain studies

March 09, 2010

Logistics News: When Building a New DC or Leasing an Existing One, Many Factors to Consider in Terms of Physical Design

Low Lease Rates make that Option Attractive, but Consider how Design may Impact Operational Flow – and Potential for Automation

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Warehouse design