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February 06, 2013

Supply Chain News: Interesting Look at Procurement Benchmarks in the Industrial Sector from Latest CAPS Research Report

Percent of Total Spend Managed by Procurement Continues to Grow, While Only 50% are Currently Using E-Auctions

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management | Supply Chain studies

February 06, 2013

Predictions from Supply Chain Gurus for 2013 - Full Text Version

Complete Predictions from Cecere, Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insights and More

TOPICS : Supply chain thought leadership | Supply Chain Trends

February 05, 2013

Logistics News: When Automating a DC, be Sure to Stay on Top of the WMS-WCS Discussions

Key Decisions on Where the Intelligence Rests, How Integration Is Done Often Made by Vendors and Consultants, Leading to Issues Down the Road; Customer Involvement Needs to be Planned for from the Start

TOPICS : Distribution | Material handling automation | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

February 05, 2013

Global Logistics News: East and Gulf Coast Longshoremen Reach Deal with Ports, Finally Ending Container Cliff Threat

Deal Still has to be Ratified by Rank and File, but that is Near Certain; Does Anyone Care about Costs to Shippers?

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

February 04, 2013

Logistics News: Does Growth in Logistics Outsourcing Mean Companies Need Different Manager Skill Sets?

Is it Time to More Explicitly Create an Internal ''4PL?'' Greg Aimi of Gartner on What the Continued Growth in Outsourcing Means for Logistics Talent Management

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics costs | Managing effectively | Outsourcing/offshoring | Third-party logistics

February 04, 2013

Supply Chain Video News for Feb. 4, 2013

Does Growth in Logistics Outsourcing Mean Companies Need to Rethink Management Talent? Apple Supplier Report Impresses Again; JC Penney Scales Back RFID Program for Now

TOPICS : VideoNews

January 30, 2013

Supply Chain News: What are the Barriers to Lean Success?

Most Companies are Using Lean, but Not Always So Well

TOPICS : Lean | Manufacturing | Six Sigma

January 30, 2013

Supply Chain News: Highlights from ProMat 2013 - Individual Video Clips

We Break Down Day 1 and Day 2 Video Reviews into Individual Solutions and Interviews That Caught Our Eye

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Logistics costs | Logistics | Material handling automation | Order picking | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

January 30, 2013

RFID and AIDC News: JC Penney Backs Off RFID Rollout Pace, as Getting All the Parts Together Proves a Little More Complicated than First Thought

Letter to Vendors Tells them to Back Off Broad Tagging Requirements, Focus on Products in Footwear, Bras, Denim

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Retail industry supply chain | RFID