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December 02, 2013

RFID News: Sudden JC Penney Retreat from RFID Led to Rash of Store Thefts

EAS Tags were Dropped in Favor of RFID - but then that Program Also Was Largely Abandoned; a $28+ Million Mistake

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | Retail industry supply chain | RFID

December 02, 2013

Supply Chain News: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study Part 2

Big Data and Logistics; New Talent for the New Normal; Profiting from Global Trade Management

TOPICS : Distribution | Outsourcing/offshoring | Supply Chain studies | Third-party logistics

November 27, 2013

Supply Chain News: The Timeless Procurement Challenge of Supplier Price versus Cost

Need to Understand Cost Drivers at Suppliers, and Manage for Total Supply Chain Costs

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costs

November 26, 2013

Global Logistics News: Even as Rates Tank Again, European Commission Looking at Whether Container Carriers are Illegally Signaling Prices

Timing and Level of GRI Announcements are Amazingly Similar Across Euro Carriers, Alphaliner Finds

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

November 25, 2013

Seventh Annual Supply Chain Digest-Gartner Study to Delve Deeper Into Supply Chain Maturity Levels, Where Cloud Software is Taking Off

Research has Now Become One of the Most Important Studies in the Supply Chain Discipline; As Always, Complimentary Gartner Reports Available to Respondents

TOPICS : Supply Chain studies

November 20, 2013

Supply Chain News: Ford Takes New Approach to Supplier Risk Management

Upcoming Videocast to Detail New Thinking and Approach at the Auto Giant

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Supply chain risk | Supply Chain Trends

November 20, 2013

Logistics News: LTL Sector Results Continue to Improve in Q3, even as YRC Goes a Bit Wobbly Again

Profitability Continues to Grow, as Operating Ratios Fall; Are Looming Debt Payments a Big Problem for YRC Worldwide?

TOPICS : Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

November 19, 2013

Supply Chain News: German Workers Throw Weight Behind Unionizing US Auto Factories

Lower Cost US Factories Threat to Jobs Back Home; UAW Loves the Idea, but will the Workera Agree?

TOPICS : Auto industry supply chain | Global supply chain

November 19, 2013

Supply Chain News: Highlights from the 18th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study

Satisfaction of Shippers Continues to Rise, as Spend with Outsourcers Heads North; IT Gap Still There, but is Slowly Closing

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Third-party logistics

November 13, 2013

SCDigest Tech Note: Understanding the New JDA

In our lastest Tech Note, we look at JDA almost one year after its acquisition of RedPrairie, where it is headed, the impact of the JDA eight platform, and more

TOPICS : Supply Chain Planning software | Supply chain software