Behind a Veneer of Similarity, Many Important Differences Exist; Sometimes Hard to Cost Justify, WMS Still Selling Well in Support of Other Supply Chain Goals

New Index for Measuring Supply Chain Risk from David Simchi-Levi of MIT; Toyota Announces Plan to Massively Reduce Its Supply Chain Risk; Supply Chain Planning Software Market Strong; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

Acquisition of Metals Processor Draws Questions because its Facilities are in China; US Metal Production will be Sent There?

Survey Also Finds a Lot of Room for Process Maturity Growth in Most Industries

Says it will Reduce Its Time to Recovery from Major Disruption from Six Months to Two Weeks; Exec Says Company's Grip on Its Supply Chain was ''Illusion''

Rail Carriers Once Again Show Strong Profit Growth with Modest Volume Gains; a Little More Black Showing Up in LTL Segment, Our Exclusive Analysis Shows

Cooper Workers In Findlay Finally Reach Deal after Three-Month Lockout; Cat Workers in London See Factory Closed after Refusal to Agree to Major Concessions

Walmart Dominates the Rankings, more than 60 Percentage Points Ahead of Number 2 Kroger

Truckload Carriers Keep Discipline, Hike Profits; Supply Chain Segmentation and Profitability, Toyota Says it has Reduced Supply Chain Risk; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

Post Big Loss for Year, Cancels Option for Next 10 Triple E Megaships; Loss on Each Container, but Making it Up on Volume?