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March 19, 2013

Logistics News: Distribution Thought Leader Marc Wulfraat Joins Supply Chain Digest as New Expert Columnist

Wulfraat Will Focus on Distribution, Material Handling Automation, Supply Chain and Logistics Trends

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Material handling automation

March 19, 2013

Supply Chain News: A Lot at Stake for Shippers, as Federal Appeals Court Hears ATA Suit on Hours of Service

FMSCA Bended Evidence to Fit Agenda, ATA Says; Agency Says Court Should Not Decide Issue that is Just a Scientific Dispute

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

March 18, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for March 18, 2013

How is Baxter the New Age Industrial Robot Doing? Toy Maker KNex Comes Back to US Soil; Cancellations by Ocean Container Lines Causing Problems; Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

March 13, 2013

RFID and AIDC News: The 10 Keys to Voice Deployment Success

While Voice Deployments Keep Getting Easier, Some are More Successful than Others; We Explain Why

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Distribution | Order picking | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

March 13, 2013

Global Supply Chain News: Is Your Container Coming? Only if the Sailing Is Not Cancelled by the Carrier

Ocean Carriers Really Ramp Up the Cancellations this Winter Instead of Adjusting Published Schedules; Goal of Capacity Reduction in Slow Period is the Same, but Impact on Shippers/Importers is Much Different

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Supply chain risk | Transportation

March 12, 2013

Supply Chain News: Summary of Latest ''State of the Freight'' Report from Wolfe Trahan

Shippers Expecting 3.1% Increase in Rail Rates in 2013, Just 1.4% for Truckload; Conversion to Rail and Intermodal Continues

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

March 12, 2013

Supply Chain News: Another US Company Brings Manufacturing Back Home - and this Time It Is Surprisingly a Toy Maker

KNex Sees Opportunity for Faster Responsiveness, but there are Challenges; Finding Suppliers is Hard

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring

March 11, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for March 11, 2013

The Top Consumer Packaged Goods and Related Retail Supply Chains; US Manufacturers Say They Will Drive Down COGS in 2013; Maersk Reduced CO2 Emissions per Container - Slowly

TOPICS : VideoNews


March 05, 2013

Global Logistics News: Who is Up and Who Is Down Among Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers?

Filling Role Between Freight Forwarders and Ocean Container Lines, Volumes Rose 3.2% in 2012, New Analysis Finds; Expeditors Sees Volumes Drop 4.9%

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics | Ocean carriers | Transportation