PMI Numbers for October looked Good Across Most of the World, but US, Europe and Japan not Near Back to Pre-Recession Production Levels while China and India Have Soared

Costs of Supplier Failure or Trouble Higher than Companies Realize, New Report Says; Companies must Become their Own Credit Ratings Agencies, Use Multiple Assessment Factors

Klappich, says connecting the dots between supply chain strategy, practice and technology will be a key focus of 2010 research project..

Hundreds of Respondents Again Expected; Major Gartner Report on Supply Chain Trends and Technology Offered Free to Participants; Take Survey Now

Surprising Move Comes after Nine Years at Georgia Tech; Former CSCMP President and Distinguished Service Award Winner

Calls for Tariff of 25% on Chinese Imports; Stop Buying Chinese-Made Toys for Your Kids, The Donald Says Last Week

Dan Gilmore from the Conference Floor in Scottsdale: New Supply Chain Software App Store Concept, MercuryGate Partnership, Scheider Logistics Builds End-to-End Visibility System

At Least One Device Seems to have been Designed to Go Off in Midair, and Both Bombs were On at Least Two Flights before Discovery

GAO Delivered Status Report on Cargo Security Initiatives Just Weeks Before Aborted Terror Plot, Saying Several Programs/Technologies Behind Schedule, Full Operating Scenarios Not Being Considered

Watch Dan Gilmore, editor of Supply Chain Digest, and Scott Friedman of Seegrid Corp. in a fast-paced discussion on why AGVs have not worked well to date in distribution, what changes are needed to alter the status quo.