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March 07, 2012

Global Supply Chain News: Toyota Taking Massive Effort to Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk in Japan

Says it will Reduce Its Time to Recovery from Major Disruption from Six Months to Two Weeks; Exec Says Company's Grip on Its Supply Chain was ''Illusion''

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain risk

March 07, 2012

Logistics News: Rail Carriers Enjoy Another Strong Quarter and Year, as LTLs Make Progress

Rail Carriers Once Again Show Strong Profit Growth with Modest Volume Gains; a Little More Black Showing Up in LTL Segment, Our Exclusive Analysis Shows

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

March 06, 2012

Supply Chain News: Labor Disputes Settled at Cooper Tire and Caterpillar Canada - with Very Different Ends

Cooper Workers In Findlay Finally Reach Deal after Three-Month Lockout; Cat Workers in London See Factory Closed after Refusal to Agree to Major Concessions

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Supply chain costs

March 06, 2012

Supply Chain News: Top Retail Supply Chains 2011

Walmart Dominates the Rankings, more than 60 Percentage Points Ahead of Number 2 Kroger

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain studies | Wal-Mart

March 05, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for March 5, 2012

Truckload Carriers Keep Discipline, Hike Profits; Supply Chain Segmentation and Profitability, Toyota Says it has Reduced Supply Chain Risk; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

February 29, 2012

Global Logistics News: Following Events at Maersk can Say a Lot about the State of the Container Shipping Industry

Post Big Loss for Year, Cancels Option for Next 10 Triple E Megaships; Loss on Each Container, but Making it Up on Volume?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation

February 29, 2012

Logistics News: Truckload Carriers Again Enjoy a Solid Q4 and Full 2011, Our Exclusive Analysis Shows

Good 2011 Continues on in Q4, with Asset Discpline Remaining the Key to Higher Rates and Profits; Swift Lowers Deadheading and Adds EOBRs

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 28, 2012

Supply Chain News: Top Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chains 2011

Annual Kantar Retail List Again Shows Procter & Gamble on Top, but Kraft is Closing, as Heinz makes Further Progress

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain | Supply chain excellence | Supply Chain studies

February 28, 2012

Logistics News: Does''Count-Back'' Make Sense for Case Pick-to Belt Applications and Downstream Sortation? Part 2

Food Industry Practice for Manual Picking May Just Solve Issues Associated with Pick Errors Associates with more Automated Systems

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Material handling automation | Order picking