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July 28, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Logistics Operating Models

What is your Strategy for Logistics Organization and Capability Deployment Globally, Regionally and Locally?

TOPICS : Global logistics | Logistics | Supply chain strategy | Transportation Management Systems | Transportation

July 17, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - The Transportation Benefits of Improved Packaging

New Milk Cartons Reduce Deliveries Per Week by 50% or More; 11,000 Shipments Eliminated at Sam's Club?

TOPICS : Logistics | Packaging | Transportation

July 17, 2008

Supply Chain by the Number for the Week of July 17, 2008

This Week: New Milk Jugs Deliver Transportation "Moo"-La; Dow Chemical Says Surcharges Aren''t Just for Carriers; Some Companies Find Losses, not Savings, from China Sourcing; Free Trade Agreements Finally Turn a Profit for US

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

July 16, 2008

Logistics News: New Milk Jug Design Shows Promise of Improved Packaging to Reduce Transportation Spend

Not all Consumers are Happy, but Cylinder-based Design Leads to Fuller Trailers and Lower Costs at the Store

TOPICS : Global supply chain | Logistics costs | Packaging | Supply chain and the environment | Transportation

July 14, 2008

Supply Chain Trivia of the Week - When was the First Portable "Wand" Type Bar Code Scanner Introduced?

When was the First Portable "Wand" Type Bar Code Scanner Introduced, which Dramatically Opened up the Number of Potential Bar Code Applications?

TOPICS : Trivia

July 09, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: July 9, 2008

This Week: The Best Things in Life are Free - Unless it is Trade; Salmonella Scare Hurts Tomato Farmers; T. Boone Pickens Pushes Alternative Energy Plan; Procurement Spend in Mexico by Chrysler

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

July 09, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Supply Chain Software Maturity Curve

Forrester Classified 19 Software Applications and Where they are from Creation Stage to Decline

TOPICS : Supply chain software

July 07, 2008

Logistics News: Reports Coming in the DHL Shipments Getting Routed to USPS in Mid-Stream, Causing Long Delays

Shippers, Customers, Need to Keep on Top of Possible Service Issues Until Transition Ends

TOPICS : Parcel shipping/parcel systems

June 26, 2008

Supply Chain by the Numbers: June 25, 2008

This Week: FedEx Reports Quarterly Loss; Toyota Truck Plant Utilization Expected to Fall; US Gasoline Consumption Peaks Out; US Cost of Logistics as Percent of GDP

TOPICS : Supply Chain By the Numbers

June 25, 2008

Supply Chain Graphic of the Week - Rising Logistics Costs

Logistics Costs as Pecent of GDP Rose for Fifth Straight Year, Annual State of Logistics Report Says; Transportation as a Percent of GDP at Late 1980's Levels

TOPICS : Logistics costs | Logistics