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Supply Chain News: The Fatigue Factor in Labor Management and Engineered Standards
Many Companies Apply Simple Flat Allowance, but More Nuanced Calculation is Usually Better; Personal, Fatigue and Delay Factors
TOPICS : Distribution | Labor Management Systems | Logistics | Order picking | Warehouse Mananagement SystemsGlobal Supply Chain News: The First Maersk Triple E has Left the Station, er, Port
Ship will Likely Operate Less than Full, as Ports Upgrade Equipment; 22,000 TEU Ships Coming?
TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | TransportationLogistics News: New HOS Rules Could Cause Driver Shortage of 60,000, Turn Some Two-Day Deliveries to Three Day
1000 Miles is Magic Number; Some Truckers Say Rules Needed to Keep them from Pushing Too Hard; Are Rates Headed Higher?
TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | TruckingSupply Chain News: Roadmap for Materials Handling 2025 Completes Key Phase I Milestone
MHI Hopes to Paint Vision for Future, Up Profile of Materials Handling Industry in Terms of Economic Impact, Supply Chain Contribution
TOPICS : Material handling automationSupply Chain News: If US is in Early Stages of Manufacturing Renaissance, it is Doing it with a Lot Fewer Factories
Number of Plant Closing is Slowing, but Openings Even More So; the Procter & Gamble Example
TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoringGlobal Supply Chain News: New Ocean Carrier Mega-Alliance May Boost Rates, Causes Concern Among Shippers
Maersk Leads Three Largest Container Carriers into New P3 Alliance; Bad News for Shippers?
TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Logistics | Ocean carriers | TransportationSupply Chain News: Input and Commodity Costs Continue More than Two-Year Slide in Q2
Metals Price Decline Leads Way; Major Commodity Index Now 24% Below its April, 2011 Peak
TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain costsSupply Chain News: Research on the Poorly Understood Role of the Demand Planner
Anecdotal Evidence Indicates Practices and Policies Vary Significantly Between Companies; New Study will Benchmark Demand Planning Role Across a Number of Key Questions
TOPICS : Demand planning/management | Forecasting | Supply Chain Planning software | Supply Chain studies | Supply Chain TrendsMacy's Gives Update on Its RFID Rollout and Plans, Connects RFID and Multi-Channel Commerce
Vendors Starting to Source Tag in Earnest, Accuracy will be Key to e-Fulfillment, Exec Says
TOPICS : e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Retail industry supply chain | RFIDLogistics News: Which are the Largest Global and US 3PLs? The Latest List from Armstrong & Associates
Just Two US Companies Make the Global Top 10; Which 3PLService Sector is by Far the Most Profitable?
TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Third-party logistics