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March 02, 2015

Supply Chain News: Amazon Ponders Ninth Generation Fulfillment Center Design

10 Eighth Generation FCs Make Broad Use of Kiva Robots, more Automation Coming

TOPICS : Amazon.com | Distribution | e-fulfillment | Order picking | Warehouse design

March 02, 2015

Supply Chain News: Is Higher Pay Really the Key to Solving Driver Shortage?

Wages are Headed Up, but Impact as Yet Unclear; Maybe Carriers Should Increase the Respect Quotient Too

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

March 01, 2015

Supply Chain Planning Software Need to Move to a More ''Sense and Respond'' Model, Gartner Says

Planning Mostly Focuses Now On Optimization, Needs to Balance with Design and Responsiveness Capabilities

TOPICS : Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software

February 25, 2015

Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Just What is "Smart Manufacturing?"

IDC Manufacturing Insights Analyst Bob Parker Discusses Smart Manufacturing with Supply Chain Digest Editor Dan Gilmore

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Metrics/Performance measurement

February 24, 2015

Supply Chain News: New World of Augmented Reality Likely Coming to Logistics Applications

Matrix-like Download Capabilities May Not be too Far Away; Looking at Bar Codes Instead of Scanning Them

TOPICS : Distribution | Order picking | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

February 23, 2015

Here it Comes - Office Complex in Sweden Offers Option of Embedded RFID for Workers to Automate Access, Buy Lunch

Many have Concerns, but Group in Country Seeks 100 Participants to Test and Study the Technology; Turning off Your Key Fob if You are Behind on Car Payment?

TOPICS : Data collection/AIDC | RFID

February 23, 2015

Supply Chain Thought Leadership Video Series: Accounting Data and Supply Chain Network Design

Do companies have the data you need to take on such projects successfully? Insight from Dr. Mike Watson of Northwestern University.

TOPICS : Supply chain finance | Network design/optimization

February 22, 2015

Global Supply Chain News: West Coast Port Nightmare May Start to End, as Tentative Deal Reached with Dock Workers Union

Details Unclear, especially Around Automation Issue; Will We Just be Back here Again in Five Years?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers

February 18, 2015

Logistics News: Even Less-than-Truckload Carriers Join the Q4 Profit Party

Net Income up Almost 100% for the Group, as Old Dominion Keeps it Going

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

February 17, 2015

Supply Chain News: Procurement Function in Medium-Sized Companies Needs a Management Framework

More Activities Across the Procurement Lifecycle will Need to Be Shared with Non-Procurement Managers, but Governance is Key

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management