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June 12, 2014

Supply Chain News: Update - Senate Committee Votes to Suspend Key Hours of Service Provision, but House Now Leaves Measure Off Its Bill, Perhaps over Walmart Accident

34-Hour Restart Rules would have to be Studied before It Could be Enforced Under Proposed Bill; Development Comes as Accident with Walmart Driver May Make Reform Politically Toxic

TOPICS : Transportation | Trucking


June 09, 2014

Supply Chain News: Amid Sales Slump, New Walmart CEO says it Has to Go More Digital, will Push 3D Printing

McMillon Says Walmart Needs to Change Quickly, is Likely to Do More Acquisitions in US

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain Trends | Wal-Mart

June 09, 2014

Supply Chain News: Senate Committee Votes to Suspend Key Hours of Service Provision, but will Walmart Accident Thwart Reform?

34-Hour Restart Rules would have to be Studied before It Could be Enforced Under Proposed Bill; Development Comes as Walmart Driver in Fatal Crash Said to have not Slept in 24 Hours

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

June 04, 2014

SCDigest, MIT Supply Chain Forum Again Partner on Study to Gauge Extent of US Reshoring Trend

2012 Study Showed Reasonably Strong Plans to Keep or Return Production Work to US - How Has Dynamic Changed Over the Past Two Years?

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring

June 04, 2014

Global Supply Chain News: P3 Network Almost Home on Regulatory Approvals, though will Now not Launch Operations Until Fall at Earliest

Europe Approval Came this Week, after OK from US in March, with only Asia Remaining; What will be Impact on Market and Shippers?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation

June 04, 2014

Supply Chain News: New Technology Promises Improved Safety and Better Mileage Rates through Platooning Trucks

System Automatically Controls Braking and Acceleration, Provides Improved Aerodynamics

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

June 03, 2014

Supply Chain News: Jeff Bezos Puts Hard Numbers Behind Plans for Kiva Systems Robots at Amazon

10,000 or More to be in Its Fulfillment Centers by End of Year, Up Strongly from 1300 or So Currently

TOPICS : Amazon.com | Distribution | e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Logistics | Material handling automation

June 03, 2014

Supply Chain News: Logility to Enter Retail Planning Market in Bigger Way with MID Retail Acquisition

Changes Retail Planning Market Dynamics, Opens Up Big New Market for Logility, but will Require Lots of Resources and Clear Omni-Channel Strategy

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain Planning software

June 02, 2014

Supply Chain Video News for June 2, 2014

Gartner Top 25 Supply Chains for 2014; Operating Performance in Q1 by Carrier Mode; Amazon Rapidly Increasing Use of Kiva Robot

TOPICS : VideoNews