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December 10, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for Dec. 10, 2012

Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Supply Chain Network Design; One Port Strike Ends, Another Looms; How Did Walmart Order Get to Fatal Factory? Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

December 05, 2012

RFID and AIDC News: First Students, Now the Vatican - Is Use of RFID for Continuous Tracking of Humans an Inevitability?

After Texas Schools Controversy, Vatican Says it Is Deploying RFID-based Tracking System for Staff after Embarrassing Document Theft

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Data collection/AIDC | RFID and Privacy | RFID


December 05, 2012

Update! Strike at Ports of LA and Long Beach Ends, as Office Workers Union Seems to Win the Negotiations; Attention Now Turns to East Coast Port Threat

Ports Agree to End Outsourcing and Provide Lifetime Job Guarantees; Will Total Comp Really go to $195,000 Annually?

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

December 04, 2012

Supply Chain Thought Leadership: Understanding Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization

Interview with Inventory Optimization Pioneer Dr. Sean Willems on what IO Sotware is, Strategic versus Tactical IO, Rightsizing Inventory and More

TOPICS : Inventory management | Inventory optimization | Supply Chain Planning software

December 04, 2012

Logistics News: Are there Hard to Find Workflow and Screenflow Inefficiencies in Your DC Operations?

Opportunities can be Difficult to Spot, but Can Deliver Real Productivity Gains; Key Question - How Configurable is Your WMS with Regard to RF Screenflow? 30% Gain in Cart Picking

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics costs | Logistics | Order picking | Supply Chain Execution (SCE) | Supply chain software | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

December 03, 2012

Video Supply Chain News for Week of Dec. 3, 2012

Keys to Supply Chain Transformation, Port Strike Shuts Down LA/Long Beach, Tragic Apparel Factory Fire Likely to Impact Sourcing Practices, Plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

November 28, 2012

Sixth Annual Gartner-SCDigest Study Will Provide Window into Connection Between Business Strategy and Supply Chain Technology

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 | Supply Chain Trends


November 27, 2012

Supply Chain News: US Manufacturing Still Has Not Come All the Way Back from Recession, While Fate of Different Sectors Varies Dramatically

Only Three Sectors in Our Pool Are Currently Above Pre-Recession Levels of Output; Data Shows how Apparel, Furniture Production Has been Devastated

TOPICS : Manufacturing | Outsourcing/offshoring