Cities Order to Buy American-made Safety Gear and Unforms, but Balk at Price Differences in Period of Shrinking Budgets; Many Items Have No Domestic Sources

Analyzing the Sub-Steps in Each Distribution or Manufacturing Process to Understand Why the Best Performers Exceed in Each Step

Focus on TCO, Categorize by Savings Types, and Tie Expected Savings to Budgets, Say Two Academics

In Motor-Driven Roller Technology Increasing Emphasized by Manufacturers; Hershey Foods Automated Palletization

Retail Chain Joins Germany''s Metro Stores in Piloting the Approach; Can this be a Real Catylyst for Adoption?

A Year-by-Year Recap of the Decade's Biggest Stories in Supply Chain and Logistics

We award Two Winners: Jennifer Makanoff of Dicks Sporting Goods and Darrel Kuhse of ITT Force Protection Systems; New Cartoon Next Week

Supplies for Schools, Orphanages and Hospitals Headed to Ghana and Uganda; Looking for Individual or Corporate Assistance

Unclear if Academic Paper Independent an Position or Part of Coordinated Effort to Make Change; What Would be Impact on US Sourcing Costs?

In This Exclusive Two-Part Report, Distribution Digest Interviews Representatives of Three Industry Leading Providers to Get Answers On How They Are Responding