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April 11, 2012

Logistics News: Truck Driver Turnover Dropped Slightly in Q4, ATA Says

One Point Improvement over Q3 at Least Stops Rising Levels Since Start of 2010

TOPICS : Logistics | Transportation | Trucking


April 04, 2012

Logistics News: Holste on Sortation Systems in Distribution

When Sortation Systems Go Wrong, Usually Due to Insufficient Upfront Planning, Holste Says, Though Outright Disasters Very Rare Today

TOPICS : Distribution | Logistics | Material handling automation | Order picking


April 04, 2012

Building the Supply Chain from the Shelf Back Research

How Widespread is Practice of Pursuing the Shelf-Connected Supply Chain? What are the Barriers?

TOPICS : Consumer goods industry supply chain | Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain Integration | Supply Chain studies

April 02, 2012

Supply Chain Video News for April 2, 2012

Update on Natural Gas Truck Progress; Apple Gets its Labor Practices Audit Report; Factory Utilization Up, but Still Below Average; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

TOPICS : VideoNews

March 28, 2012

Dr. Bill Hardgrave on Keys to Item-Level RFID Pilot Success

Stores Almost Always Overestimate their Current Levels of Inventory Accuracy, He Says; Getting to 70% Takes ''Extraordinary Effort'' without RFID

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

March 28, 2012

Third Annual RILA Supply Chain Report Finds Pure Cost Gutting Drops Sharply as Key Strategy, Multi-Channel Commerce Continues to Be Major Area of Focus

Just 10% of Retailers Say they Have a High Level of Integration Between Stores and Web; Transportation a Concern for 2012

TOPICS : Retail industry supply chain | Supply Chain studies | Supply Chain Trends

March 26, 2012

Logistics News: Undercover Boss Hits the Distribution Center for the Second Time, and Paints a Lousy Picture of Work in the Warehouse

Oriental Trading Company CEO Finds DC Work Hot, Hard - and that What He Thought Employees Valued Is Wrong

TOPICS : Distribution | e-fulfillment | ecommerce | Logistics costs | Logistics | Managing effectively