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March 25, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for March 25, 2013

CEO Rick Blasgen on the 50th Anniversary of CSCMP, 2013 Focus Areas, and More; Hours of Service Lawsuit Begins; Now the Rail Carriers are Looking at Natural Gas

TOPICS : VideoNews

March 25, 2013

Supply Chain News: Update: Bi-Partisan Group of Congressmen and Senators Ask FMCSA to Delay HOS Rules

Separate Letters from Legislators to Ray LaHood and Anne Ferro Ask for Same Three-Month Delay from Court Decision FMCSA Already Rejected After Request from ATA

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics | Transportation | Trucking

March 20, 2013

RFID and Auto ID News: Is Imaging Technology Inevitably Going to Dominate Bar Code Scanning Applications?

Laser Still Has a Place, but Move Towards Imagers Across Applications is Very Powerful , as Price Differentials Shrink, and Need for 2D Bar Code Reads and Image Capture Rises

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | Distribution

March 19, 2013

Supply Chain News: Recent Scandals Show Abdicating Sourcing to Tier 1 Suppliers Can Drive Huge Supply Chain Risk

Deadly Apparel Fire, Horse Meat Scandal in Europe Show Dangers; Tesco CEO Calls Out Supply Chain Complexity as Root Cause

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply chain risk

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