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Manufacturing: How Soon will ''Printed'' Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains - and the World?

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Megaship Era Enters New Period as Maersk Places Order for 10 18,000-TEU Ships

Distribution and Material Handling: Distribution Center Space Still Largely a Buyer's Market in 2011, New Report Says, though Rates Slowly Inching Up from 2009 Nadirs

Transportation: Schneider National Exec Tells FMSCA that New Hours of Service Rules will Drop Productivity 5%, have no Impact on Safety

Supply Chain Trends: Supply Chain Software Market will Really Turn to On-Demand when Large Vendors push On-Demand First

Procurement and Sourcing: A Picture Tells the Sad but True Tale, as Commodity Prices Continue Strong March

RFID and Auto ID: Not Clear What it Is, but Rumors Swirl that Apple is Building Major New RFID/Near Field Communications Innovation for iPhone5

Green Supply Chain: Boston Company Claims Game Changing Breakthrough in Production of Biofuels

Research and Insight: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: How Soon will ''Printed'' Parts Revolutionize Supply Chains - and the World?

Increasingly, seems Matter of When not If; Mass Customization Finally Realized?

Related Content: After Years of Lean 1.0, US Automakers Finally Get Healthy with Lean 2.0 after Restructuring

Bankruptcy Leads to Dramatic Changes that Take out Unsustainable Costs; Hourly Labor Now Just 6% of Revenue at GM

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Supply Chain Software Market will Really Turn to On-Demand when Large Vendors push On-Demand First

Now Often a Fallback; Transition for the Business and Sales Reps is not Easy

Related Content: Understanding the Operations Rules

Excerpt from First Chapter of New Book from Simchi-Levi Describes Promise of Engineering the Supply Chain



distribution and material
Featured Story: Distribution Center Space Still Largely a Buyer's Market in 2011, New Report Says, though Rates Slowly Inching Up from 2009 Nadirs

Rates to Rise on Average just 1.6% over Next Two Years, Grubb & Ellis Report Says; Chart of Current Rates by Market

Related Content: The Overlooked Keys to Warehouse Management System Success

Fralick says Operations must Rule, Integration Convenience Should not Trump Needs on the DC Floor, and Focus most on the Few Things that Matter

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Megaship Era Enters New Period as Maersk Places Order for 10 18,000-TEU Ships

New Triple E Promises Fuel, Emissions and Cost Benefits - if Maersk can Fill Them; Too Big for US Ports

Related Content: As 2014 Suddenly Looms, US Ports on both Coasts Look to the Future with an Uncertain Eye

Panama Canal Expansion is Great Development for Importers and East Coast Ports - if Only They Could Handle the Megaships

RFID
Featured Story: Not Clear What it Is, but Rumors Swirl that Apple is Building Major New RFID/Near Field Communications Innovation for iPhone5

Rumors of Unique Twist for iPhone would Imply more than e-Wallet Capabilities, but Everyone is Guessing from There

Related Content: RFID News Summary for Week of Feb. 16, 2011

Watch your RFID Wallet; Tag Consumption for Apparel Apps Nearing a Billion per Year, ABI Says; Avery Dennison CEO Bullish on RFID Too; GM Plant Tracks Pallets

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: A Picture Tells the Sad but True Tale, as Commodity Prices Continue Strong March

Huge Year over Year Prices Increases Virtually Across the Board; Widespread Warnings on Profits Across Sectors - and Maybe More Global Unrest Over Rising Food Prices

Related Content: When it Comes to Calculating Procurement Savings, Many Roads to the Same Goal

New Data from CAPS Research Shows Wide Variation Among Companies to Measure Sourcing Savings; 4.26% as Percent of Total Spend Saved through Procurement Actions on Average



transportation
Featured Story: Schneider National Exec Tells FMSCA that New Hours of Service Rules will Drop Productivity 5%, have no Impact on Safety

Osterberg Says Better Idea is to Mandate EOBRs Now, and Focus on Issues with Drivers..... Snoring?

Related Content: Fourth Quarter and Full Year Quite Good for Rail Carriers, but LTL Sector Continues to Struggle

Core Rates up 5.5% in Q4, Union Pacific Says; LTL Carriers Still Struggle to Make a Buck - is this Good or Bad for Shippers?

transportation
Featured Story: Boston Company Claims Game Changing Breakthrough in Production of Biofuels

New Direct Approach Eliminates Problems with Sourcing Biomass, Can Produce Diesel Fuel at $30 per Gallon; Can it Really Work?

Related Content: When It Comes to Green Job Creation, the Only Thing that is Clear is that Nothing is Clear

New Report Says Green Job Creation almost Certainly Way Overstated; Counting the New Jobs, not the Ones Lost or Simply Transferred

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insight: Enterprise Software Applications - Measuring the Value

''Earned Quantifiable Benefits'' is a Key Concept, says Barry Wildernan, to Finding Value

Related Content: CSCO Insights: The Stages of Value Delivery for Enterprise Software

Barry Wilderman on why achieving real value from ERP and other enterprise software is hard - and a 5-stage model for making it happen.

   
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