Faster Time to Election Thought to Give Advantage to Labor

China Labor Costs Alone will Rise to 69% of US Costs in Some Regions before Logistics, Duties, Inventory and Other Costs; A US Manufacturing Renaissance?

Lurking Concerns Supply Chains have become too Lean; Can Risk Potential be Quantified?

On-Demand is Hot, with Many Potential Benefits, but May not be Right for All Scenarios

Almost Always Just in the WMS, Fralick Says, not the WCS, but at Least Makes Sure there isn't Some in Both

Hands-Free Technology Gives New Boost to Productivity in already High Performing DCs; Roll-Out Almost Plug and Play, WESCO Exec Says

Long Supply Chain Journey of Tuna Can; Agency Announces Four Pillars of New Strategy the Focus Heavily on Collaboration and IT; Says it Cannot Meet the Requirements of 2011 Food Safety Act with Status Quo

New Study Says Chinese Nationals Now Prefer to Work for Chinese Companies, Not Western Multi-Nationals; Cisco Takes Actions to Make Employ Brand Attractive in China

New NutriSmart Prototype from London Researcher Would Track Eating Habits and Food Safety - with Digestible Tags Right in the Food; Taking the Internet of Things in Entirely New Directions

Time for More Discipline in Code Creation; Can QR Code Linking to Web Pages Provide Benefits in Supply Chain Apps as Well?

Supply Chain Woes from Japan Earthquake were Predictable, Given the Misapplication of Lean; Rational, Regional, Practical Supply Chains

Reader Responds with Smart Way to Add Velocity Dimension to Familiar 2 X 2 Framework of Likelihood and Impact

FMCSA Releases Several Studies Supportive of HOS Changes, but ATA Research Expert Questions Results

High Fuel Costs Accelerating Shift to Rail, even as Relative Service Declines, Wolfe Trahan Research Finds

Pharma Company Adcock Ingram Deploys VRV System to Cool Building for First Time Ever in a DC; Literally a Life or Death Matter

Energy Consumption Rose 5.6% in 2010, Well above Economic Growth; Oil Reserves Growing Very Slowly

How Companies Think about Growing Network Pressures - and Ways they can Effectively Respond. New Report from CSCO Insights.

CSCO Insights does the analysis on data taken from the JDA Software supply chain self-assessment database to shed light on current levels of supply chain performance.