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June 06, 2012

Industrial Giant 3M on Mission to Remove Its Supply Chain "Hairballs"

Solution Involves Large Manufacturing Hubs, Reduced Outsourcing

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Network design/optimization | Supply chain excellence

June 05, 2012

Supply Chain News: US Manufacturing Still Strong in May, ISM Report Says, Though a Couple of Worrying Signs

Manufacturing Expands for 34th Straight Month, New Order Grow, as US Looks Like Island of Strength in Global Sea of Concern

TOPICS : Manufacturing

June 04, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for June 4, 2012

Our Quarterly Review of Truckload, LTL and Rail Results; 3M Battles Supply Chain Hairballs; Labor Showdown at Cat Plant in Joliet, IL; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

May 30, 2012

Logistics News: New Software Application Could Significantly Ease Effort to Connect Voice Technology to Existing WMS Software

VoiceExpress from Vocollect Leverages Existing RF Transactions to Enable Voice Applications in the WMS

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | Distribution | Order picking

May 30, 2012

Logistics News: Rail Carriers Kept Rolling in in Q1, While LTL Sector Muddles Along Like Usual

Rail Carrier Profits Continue to Soar on Modest Volume Growth; LTL Sector Continues Struggles, but Conway Joins Old Dominion in Showing Strong Profits

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Rail carriers/transportation | Transportation | Trucking

May 29, 2012

Supply Chain News: "Microwave" Unionization Process Shot Down by Federal Court for Now

Decision Cheered by Business Groups, but Victory on Technical Grounds Likely to be Short-Lived

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply chain costs

May 28, 2012

RFID and AIDC News: Will Multi-Channel Commerce Be the Catalyst that Finally Drives RFID into Retail?

Super High Levels of Inventory Accuracy become Necessary to Commit and Fulfill Multi-Channel Orders

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | RFID



May 23, 2012

Supply Chain News: Two Steps to Revive US Manufacturing

It is a Mercantilist World, Not a Free Trade One, Former IBM Exec Says; Tax Incentives and Smart Tariff Policies Could Work

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring