Side with the Better Log Often wins Arguments Down the Road; "Important but not Urgent," it Rarely Gets Done Well

This Week: Forecasting Error Just Wont Go Away; Even Distribution is Bigger in Texas; Hardly a Sunset for Union Pacifics Rail Network Expansion; Pricing for Teddy Bears and More Goods from China Are Not So Cuddly of Late

What are the Guidelines for Disqualifying a Supplier? Growth in Chinese Domestic Market Means Less Influence to Western Pressures

Number of Forecasters per Company, Use of CPFR Continue to Rise; Demand Planners Still Squeezed by Functional Pressure

Rising Labor Costs, Inflation, Oil, are Causing Rapid Increases in Imports from China, with More Increases Expected; Crossing the Break Even Point

First Target is Toys, as Major Retailers Start Pulling Products; What Categories are Next?

As LMS Gains in Popularity, It is Time to Dispel Misconceptions that Sometimes are a Barrier to Adoption

Store Execution Thwarted RFID Success at Regular Wal-Mart Stores, He Says; Debate by Suppliers about How Much Value it Will Deliver at Sams

Continued Growth in Outsourcing and Offshoring Make the Question Increasingly Important; Sarbanes-Oxley, Product Quality/Recall Issues Complicate the Issue; What is a Supplier to Do?

Now Privately Held, Chrysler was Willing to Take Plant Shutdown to Make its Stand with Troubled Supplier; Smart Strategy, or a Mistake in the Long Term?