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August 06, 2012

Chain Reaction for Aug. 6, 2012: Throwing DC Labor at the Problem

Someone has to Process the Giant Mart Order

TOPICS : Chain Reaction

August 03, 2012

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of Aug. 2, 2012

Amazon Keeps Delviering DCs; FleetPride Plans in the Cloud; Intermodal Keeps on Truckin'; Clock Ticking on Longshoremen Contract

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers


July 27, 2012

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of July 27, 2012

How Many US Manufacturers are Coming Back Home? Caterpillar Strike a War of Attrition; Walmart Amazing Store Count; UPS Flying a Bit Lower Out of Asia

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

July 25, 2012

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: US Trade Deficit with China Continues to Grow

Annual Numbers are Bad Enough, but Cumulative Deficit Since 1999 is Staggering; It Cannot Last, Some Say - but it Does

TOPICS : China | Global supply chain | Outsourcing/offshoring

July 24, 2012

Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Contest Starting July 24, 2012

Show us your Supply Chain Wit

TOPICS : Cartoons

July 20, 2012

Supply Chain Cartoon Caption Winners for June 26, 2012 Contest

Roger McCoy of GAP Inc and Michael Rogers of Lexmark Take Home the Prize!

TOPICS : Cartoons

July 20, 2012

Supply Chain by the Numbers for Week of July 20, 2012

US Logistics Ranking Improves; Internet Sales Tax Ban Falling; China Cozies Up Still More to Africa; Ocean Shippers to Pay Big Bucks to Developing Nations?

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

July 19, 2012

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Fascinating Charts on US Manufacturing Output, Capacity, and Utilization

US Manufacturing Still Trying to Dig Out of Deep Drop of 20% Seen in Recession; Surprisingly, Capacity Did Not Fall Nearly as Far

TOPICS : Manufacturing

July 12, 2012

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week: Freight Tonnage Versus Freight Rates Since 2008

We Compare Trends Since 2008 in the ATA Freight Tonnage Index and the Linehaul Rates Index from Cass Information Systems; Rates Paid Generally Lag Volume Changes

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking