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June 19, 2008

From RetailWire: A Look into the Impact of $10 a Gallon

Truckers Going out of Business, Airplanes Sitting Idle, and Scores of Restaurants and Stores Shutting Down?

TOPICS : Peak Oil | Supply chain costs

June 15, 2008

Global Logistics News: Will International Protests Scuttle US Plans for 100 Percent Container Scanning?

New Report from World Customs Organization is Latest Salvo Against Law; Says will Add Big Costs, Further Slow Flow of Goods and Trade, Change Port Structure

TOPICS : Global logistics | Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Supply chain risk

June 15, 2008

Logistics News: Where is the ROI in Transportation Management Systems?

Always Strong, Soaring Fuel Costs Make TMS Justification Easier than Ever

TOPICS : Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

June 15, 2008

RFID News: When RFID-Based Solutions Stop Focusing on RFID, the Market Will Have Arrived

To Date, RFID has Too Often Been a Technology in Search of a Problem; Now, RFID not Broached Until End of Discussion, Some Vendors Say

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | RFID

June 15, 2008

Logistics News: Understanding Task Interleaving in the Distribution Center

Potential Productivity Gains of 20%, but there are Many Challenges

TOPICS : Distribution | Order picking | Warehouse Mananagement Systems

June 15, 2008

Supply Chain News: Companies Pulling Out All Guns to Thwart Counterfeit Goods

New Balance Limits Access to Trade Show Booths; Made in China, Sold Everywhere

TOPICS : Global sourcing | Global supply chain

June 14, 2008

Sourcing and Procurement News: Tactics to Combat Spiraling Commodity and Raw Material Inflation

No Company Can Escape Overall Trends, but Mitigating the Impact Can Improve Profits, Offer Competitive Advantage

TOPICS : Procurement/Supplier Management

June 10, 2008

Supply Chain News: Heinz Gets to One Number Forecasting

Food Giant Makes Major Supply Chain and Financial Improvements as it Professionalizes the Forecasting Discipline

TOPICS : Case studies | Consumer goods industry supply chain | Demand planning/management | Forecasting | Sales and Operarions Planning (S&OP) | Supply chain excellence

June 10, 2008

Logistics News: What Does a Sortation System for Distribution Cost?

Baseline Systems Can Be Implemented for about $1 Million; Wal-Mart Level? Do not Ask

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

June 10, 2008

RFID and AIDC News: With Globalization Comes New Challenges in Label Printing

Unicode May be the Answer for Exporters and Offshore Manufacturing; Zebra Says Approach has Dramatically Simplified Printing and Printer Distribution

TOPICS : Automatic Data Collection | Global supply chain