This Week: Intermodal Traffic Declines; Mission Accomplished in Iraq; Maybe Jimmy Hoffa Knows Where All the Unionized Laborers Have Gone; Most Companies See Supply Chain and Logistics As A "Specialist" Function

Across a large number of product categories, China has simply become the factory to the world; try 70 percent share of all sewing machines and ocean containers made globally

Where Are the Dells?; Soaring Copper Prices Heavily Influenced by Chinese Demand; Rising Average DIOs in the Consumer Goods Industry; A--evel Customers and Products Deserve Nothing But the Best

With Burlington Northern and other Rail Carriers Well off 52-Week Highs, is there Opportunity for Investors, or Just Bad News for Rail Shippers?

The Limits of Chinese Demand on Global Prices; Manufacturers and Plumbers Take a Whack out of Copper Usage - Will Prices Follow Nickel Down?

Spot Check by One Observer Finds Wide Range of Inventory and Placement at Wal-Mart Stores; RFID to the Rescue

Auto ID Center Saw Low Prices Spurring Widespread Adoption, and Higher Prices More Modest Application Growth - Looks Like the More Constrained View was Accurate

The British Are Coming (And They Are Bringing Food); Drug Stores Are Big with Consumers; Tons of Movement at the Port of Savannah; Voice-Directed Picking Leads to Improvement in Order Picking Productivity

Most Recent Port Tracker Report finds Smooth Sailing from Long Beach to Savannah, though European Ports are Jammed; Temporary Condition, or Brief Respite from the Storm?

Real Issue or Paranoia, as Philadelphia Woman Says Dog is Dead?