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Manufacturing: Turning the US Manufacturing Inflection Point in the Right Direction

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time

Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: Slowly, Warehouse Space Overcapacity is Turning, and Rates Heading Upward

Transportation: Insights from the Gartner 2011 Transportation Management System (TMS) Magic Quadrant

Supply Chain Trends: Gartner and SCDigest Launch 5th Annual Supply Chain Study - Reader Help Requested

Procurement and Sourcing: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success Part 2

RFID and Auto ID: Nine Capability Must Haves for Mobility Solutions in the Supply Chain

Green Supply Chain: Infrastructure for Natural Gas Trucks (and Cars) Moving Forward, as Cost Delta for Truck Engines Continues to Shrink

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: Turning the US Manufacturing Inflection Point in the Right Direction

US Manufacturing at Inflection Point, Needs ''Wake-Up'' Call to Head Back in Right Direction, Report from Booz& Company Says

Related Content: How Real Is The ''Made-in-America'' Repatriation Of Jobs Back To The U.S.?

Is Now The Time To Rethink The 'Invent It Here & Make It There' Strategy?

supply chain Trends and issues

Featured Story: Gartner and SCDigest Launch 5th Annual Supply Chain Study - Reader Help Requested


Number of Respondents, Quality of Research and Insights Continues to Grow Each Year; Take Survey, Receive Valuable Gartner Research

Related Content: 2011 Trends and Issues in Logistics and Transportation Finds more Companies Taking Be Everything to Everyone Strategies

Is this Good or Bad? Supply Chain Segmentation Strategies Key to Making it Work?



distribution and material

Featured Story: Slowly, Warehouse Space Overcapacity is Turning, and Rates Heading Upward

New Report from Grubb & Ellis Says Empty Space from Recession Nearly Absorbed; A Return to Spec Building by Developers at Last?

 

Related Content: Managing Future Logistics Operations Will Require The Ability To Navigate Through Uncharted Waters - and Simulation will be Key

Going Forward Companies Will Need To Adopt Tools Specifically Designed To Better Manage Marketplace Fluctuations in Distribution

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Good News for Shippers and Importers, as Glut of New Capacity will Keep Ocean Carriage Rates Low for Some Time

Asia to Euro Rates Down 69% from March 2010, Net Rates Below Zero; Drewry Worries about Ocean Carrier Stability

Related Content: Senate Bill on Yuan Value Said to be Near Passage, Impact Unclear

China Says Passage will be beginning of a Trade War; Global Sourcing Organizations Should begin to Play Out Various Scenarios



RFID

Featured Story: Nine Capability Must Haves for Mobility Solutions in the Supply Chain


Newer Capabilities Can Provide Substantial New Ways to Provide and Extend Mobility Applications and Value

 

Related Content: Do JCPenney, Macys Announcements Mean RFID to Finally Really Takeoff in Retail?

 

Penneys Says it has Item-Level RFID Live in all 1100 of its Stores, Surprising Many; Macys has Aggressive Program Moving Forward, Joining Walmart

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success Part 2

The Five Work Streams that Must be Managed; What SRM Leaders are Doing

Related Content: Keys to Supplier Relationship Management Success

The Five Work Streams that Must be Managed; Changing the Culture to Support Supply Collaboration and Respect



transportation
Featured Story: Insights from the Gartner 2011 Transportation Management System (TMS) Magic Quadrant

Competition Increasing, with Record 13 Vendors Included in the Analysis; Do We Need More Network Connectivity for Carriers Across All Modes

Related Content: ATA to Seek Supreme Court Review of Areas it Lost in the Port of LA Decision on Drayage Regulation

ATA Executive Committee Gives Unanimous Approval for Continued Legal Action in Potentially Significant Case; Potential Impact on Shippers Still Very Real

transportation
Featured Story: Infrastructure for Natural Gas Trucks (and Cars) Moving Forward, as Cost Delta for Truck Engines Continues to Shrink

Clean Energy to Build 70 More Highway Stations in 2012; $1.50 Savings per Gallon has Truckers, Shippers, Highly Interested

Related Content: Details of California Cap and Trade Plan Released

Eyes of the World will be On Program to Judge its Success; Will it Drive Development of a National Program - or Just Jobs out of State?

transportation
Featured Story: CSCO Insights: The Value of Vendor Compliance Optimization

Analysis of where and how customers of vendor compliance optimization/management solutions find value from the software.

Related Content: Supply Chain Executive Brief: Five Strategies for Reducing Supply Chain Network Inventories

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

   
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