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September 25, 2007

Logistics News: Better Preparation and Negotiation Can Avoid Expensive Material Handling Control System Modifications Later

A $50,000 Scanner Change? How Small Mods Turn into Big Dollars

TOPICS : Distribution

September 25, 2007

Understanding the RFID Timeline of Metro Stores

Long Journey of Retail RFID Pioneer Shows Its Staying Power - and How Long It Really Takes for New Technology to Find Its Place

TOPICS : RFID

September 25, 2007

Global Supply Chain: Falling Dollar, Growing Affluence Worldwide, Means Sourcing and Logistics Patterns Will Change

After Years of Import Binging, Exports are Rising - as Will Offshore Supply Costs; Volkswagon Looks to Increase Production in the US as Dollar Loses Value

TOPICS : Global sourcing

September 25, 2007

Manufacturing Supply Chain News: Lego, the "Toy of the Century," had to Reinvent the Supply Chain to Save the Company

Product Innovation Drove Complexity, and Skyrocketing Costs; Losing $337,000 in Shareholder Value Per Day

TOPICS : Manufacturing

September 18, 2007

Sourcing and Procurement: Understanding Supplier Price-Cost Management in Sourcing

Dr Ed Marien of the University of Wisconsin Says You Have to Focus on the Difference Between Cost and Price

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain strategy

September 18, 2007

Manufacturing News: Do "Bucket Brigades" Work in Manufacturing as Well as Distribution?

The "Self-Organizing" Concept Can Work in Many Assembly Line Scenarios; Solving the Sub-Assembly Line Balancing Problem; Success at Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America

TOPICS : Distribution | Manufacturing | Supply chain strategy

September 18, 2007

Global Logistics: Thinking the Unthinkable - The Economic and Supply Chain Impact of a "Dirty Bomb" at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

New Report from Terrorism Risk Center says Threat is High; if the Worst Happens, Would Your Supply Chain be Able to Respond?

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Ocean carriers | Supply chain risk | Supply chain security

September 18, 2007

RFID and AIDC News: What Ever Happened to PDF417?

Two-Dimensional Bar Code has a Place in Many Applications, But Has Growth of Networks, RFID Reduced Need for Bar Codes as Portable Data Files?

TOPICS : Data collection/AIDC | Electronic Product Code/EPC | RFID

September 18, 2007

Transportation News: Which Way are Oil Prices - and Fuel Surcharges - Headed? Take Your Pick, as Expert Opinion Diverges

Goldman Sachs Says $90 per Barrel to be Here Soon, While Another Expert Says Prices Are Likely to Fall Rapidly

TOPICS : China | Forecasting | Parcel shipping/parcel systems | Peak Oil | Supply chain costs | Transportation | Trucking

September 18, 2007

Green Supply Chain News: Sustainability Meets the P and L

In Rush to go Green, are Companies Fully Looking at the Costs? Opportunities and Challenges in both Buy and Sell; Who Makes the Decision?

TOPICS : Green supply chain | Supply chain and the environment | Supply chain costs