Is There Market Opportunity or Just Cost in the 80 Percent of SKUs that have Low Velocity? Postponement can Make All the Difference

This Week: Fabric Today Has More Stretch Iran Has "Strait" Jacket on Crude Oil Supplies; Port Congestion in the USA; Put it In Reverse to Go Faster

Looking at a Veto from Schwarzenegger, Legislator Cancels Vote, but Arnold Signals He is OK with the Concept Overall; Where will the State find the Money for Needed Logistics Infrastructure Improvements?

Will We Switch in Focus from Sweatshops to Green Issues? The Heavy Environmental Price of Chinese Apparel Manufacturing

As Mattel Continues to Reel from Toy Recall, It is Worth Remembering Research Showing Long Term Impact in Profitability and Share Price

This Week: Intermodal Traffic Declines; Mission Accomplished in Iraq; Maybe Jimmy Hoffa Knows Where All the Unionized Laborers Have Gone; Most Companies See Supply Chain and Logistics As A "Specialist" Function

Across a large number of product categories, China has simply become the factory to the world; try 70 percent share of all sewing machines and ocean containers made globally

Where Are the Dells?; Soaring Copper Prices Heavily Influenced by Chinese Demand; Rising Average DIOs in the Consumer Goods Industry; A--evel Customers and Products Deserve Nothing But the Best

With Burlington Northern and other Rail Carriers Well off 52-Week Highs, is there Opportunity for Investors, or Just Bad News for Rail Shippers?

The Limits of Chinese Demand on Global Prices; Manufacturers and Plumbers Take a Whack out of Copper Usage - Will Prices Follow Nickel Down?