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From RetailWire: How to Forecast When History is No Longer Relevant
BrainTrust Panel Discussion Questions: What Factors in Addition to Historical Trends Should be Used to Help Determine Your Forecasts? What Other Impacts from the Economy Should be Considered?
TOPICS : Demand planning/management | Forecasting | Retail industry supply chainLogistics News: Rail Anti-Trust Legislation Postponed but Coming, Though Pricing Impact Still Several Years Away
Vote Pulled this week in Senate, in favor of More Comprehensive Bill Later; "Bad Bill" Needs to be Defeated, Norfolk Southern CEO Says
TOPICS : Rail carriers/transportation | TransportationSupply Chain News: What Makes Procurement Leaders Different?
First, they Simply Manage more Spend, ATKearney Study Says; Collaboration and Advanced Measurement also Key
TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier ManagementGlobal Supply Chain News: China Increasingly Pursues an "Industrial Cluster" Strategy
Industrial Policy Nationally and Regionally Pushes Industry Sector Development in Specific Metro Areas; Should Western Companies Jump In?
TOPICS : China | Global supply chainSupply Chain News: A Little Supply Chain Flexibility is Usually Enough, MIT's Simchi-Levi Says
Adding a little Flexibility Delivers Most of the Potential Benefits, with much Lower Investment Upfront
TOPICS : Supply Chain Trends | Supply chain visibilityLabor Management Systems: Considering the Options for Engineered Standards Development
Most LMS Software Companies have their Own Engineering; Are You Better off with that Approach, or Splitting the Software and Engineering Work?
TOPICS : Distribution | Labor Management SystemsSupply Chain Video: New Retail Label Compliance Requirements Worrisome?
Gilmore and Holste analyze the situation.
TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Consumer goods industry supply chain | Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics | Retail industry supply chainSupply Chain News: The Seven Timeless Challenges of Supply Chain Management
University of Tennessee's Paul Dittmann says Many of Our Current Supply Chain Challenges have been around for Awhile
TOPICS : Supply Chain TrendsLogistics News: Cargo Thieves Getting More Aggressive and Sophisticated
Mexican Situation Getting Extreme; 40 Attacks since 2008 for Third Largest Steel Maker
TOPICS : TransportationRFID News: New University of Arkansas Study on Item-Level Apparel Tagging Interesting, but Cause-Effect Relationships Not Clear
96 Percent Faster Cycle Count in Store? Thawing Out "Frozen" SKUs
TOPICS : RFID