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May 29, 2008

From RetailWire: Time for the Retail Consumer Products Industry to Embrace ISI?

Where are the In-Store Implementation Best Practices?

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain

May 27, 2008

Supply Chain News: Getting Supply Chain Network Planning Projects Right

Taking a Systematic Approach will Help Overcome Many Pitfalls; Six Steps that Can Lead to Success

TOPICS : Network design/optimization | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain strategy

May 27, 2008

Logistics News: Is Slotting Optimization Ready for Prime Time?

Trends Are Driving Increased Interest, and Software Vendors Making the Tools Easier to Use; McKesson, Vera Bradley, and OReilly Auto Parts Finding Slotting Success

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Order picking | Slotting optimization | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply chain software | Warehouse design

May 27, 2008

Supply Chain News: Getting to the Root Cause of Root Cause Analysis Failures

More Interest than Ever, says One Quality Consultant, but Little Real Progress; Top 10 Reasons Root Cause Programs Flounder

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing | Six Sigma

May 27, 2008

The Week in RFID and Auto ID - We Review the News of Note in the RFID and AIDC Industry for the Week

Stanley Tools Acquires RFID Solution Company; Market Researcher Bullish on RFID Adoption Growth, Is RFID Actually a Threat to Port Security?

TOPICS : RFID and Privacy | RFID market size | RFID software | RFID

May 27, 2008

Logistics News: Rising Diesel Costs May Finally Drive More Transportation Collaboration

Mitsubishi Motors says it May Co-Mingle its Inbound Freight with Caterpillar Shipments

TOPICS : Collaboration | Transportation

May 20, 2008

RFID: The EPC Vision - Then and Now

2003 EPC Roadmap Laid Out Compelling Vision - but in Retrospect, Projection of Industry-wide Networks was Way too Far Ahead of Reality; Our Take on How Things Have Turned Out

TOPICS : RFID

May 20, 2008

Global Supply Chain: US Supply Chain Managers Should Be Reviewing Potential Changes to Trade Policy if Democrat Wins White House

In Recent Past, Tough Talk on Trade has Rarely Led to Action, but Maybe Not This Time; China Currency Revaluation May be Key Target, Raising Cost of Imports

TOPICS : China | Global sourcing | Global supply chain | Outsourcing/offshoring

May 19, 2008

Supply Chain Software: AMR Research Remains Bullish on Supply Chain Software Spend

Uptrend that Began in 2005 should Continue this Year, Driven by Legacy Application Replacement and Interest in Collaborative Technologies; More Companies Going for Custom-Built Solutions?

TOPICS : Supply chain software | Supply Chain studies

May 19, 2008

Supply Chain News: Household Goods Maker Rev-a-Shelf Gets Lean in Manufacturing and Distribution, Drives Big Returns in Short Time

Better Information, Visibility, are Catalysts for Lean Transformation; E-Kanban Drives Flow

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing | Supply chain software