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Manufacturing: Supply Chain News: After Years of Lean 1.0, US Automakers Finally Get Healthy with Lean 2.0 after Restructuring

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Global Supply Chain News: China Foreign Acquisitions/Investments Likely to Grow Rapidly - What is the Impact?

Distribution and Material Handling: Logistics News: Research for Automated Case Picking 2011 Report Launched with new Survey on this Increasingly Important Topic

Transportation: Logistics News: Q4, All of 2010 Much Better for Truckload Carriers, but Data Show Divergent Performance

Supply Chain Trends: Full 2011 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts at Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insight

Procurement and Sourcing: Supply Chain News: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

RFID and Auto ID: RFID and AIDC News: How can RFID Help the Soft Goods Supply Chain - Let Us Count the (60) Ways

Green Supply Chain: Green Supply Chain News: 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report Finds much Progress, but not Enough to Meet Global Emission Reduction Goals

Research and Insight: CSCO Insights: The Stages of Value Delivery for Enterprise Software


 
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Manufacturing
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: 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

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Popular, Influential John Engler Leaves National Association of Manufacturers for Top Spot at the Business Roundtable

Insider Jay Timmons Named New President, Says ''Manufacturing Means Jobs''

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: Full 2011 Supply Chain Predictions from the Analysts at Gartner, IDC Manufacturing Insight

The Smart Guys and Gals at Both Firms Look into their Supply Chain Crystal Balls

Related Content: Supply Chain Guru Predictions for 2011 - Full Text Comments

Tyndall, Langley, Regan and Other Experts Share Their Thoughts on the Supply Chain Year Ahead



distribution and material
Featured Story: Logistics News: Research for Automated Case Picking 2011 Report Launched with new Survey on this Increasingly Important Topic

Groundbreaking 2009 Report to be Updated for 2011 with New Research, Case Studies of ACP Implementation Success; Automated Case Picking is a Logistics Megatrend, Holste Says

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Where does Crossdocking have the Best Operational Fit?

Crossdocking can Lower Costs, but Fits Especially well with Specific Retail Scenarios; Key Operational Issues

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Global Supply Chain News: China Foreign Acquisitions/Investments Likely to Grow Rapidly - What is the Impact?

Natural Resources and High and Emerging Tech are Key Targets; Recent Investments in European Logistics; Level of Investment to Quadruple by 2020?

Related Content: Global Logistics News: Federal Maritime Commission to Relook at Slow Steaming, has Concern over Ocean Carrier Alliances

FMC wants to look at Impact of Slow Steaming on the Supply Chain, as for More Disclosure from Carrier Alliance Meetings

RFID
Featured Story: RFID and AIDC News: How can RFID Help the Soft Goods Supply Chain - Let Us Count the (60) Ways

New Research Report from University of Arkansas RFID Center Maps Processes and RFID Use Cases from Cutting to POS

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Major Deal in Auto ID Industry, as Intermec Announces Plans to Buy Voice Leader Vocollect

Deal Shows Rising Place of Voice in Distribution and other Markets, Gives Intermec a Boost in DC Applications

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Supply Chain News: Can Procurement and Finance get on the Same Page in Measuring Savings from Supply Management Improvements?

Partial Disconnect between Cash Savings and P&L is Part of the Problem; A Calculation Framework

Related Content: Supply Chain News: Supply Management Effectiveness can Make or Break Bottom Line Results

Caterpillar Finds Procurement Shortcomings Hurt Profits, brings in Fresh Talent and New Ideas



transportation
Featured Story: Logistics News: Q4, All of 2010 Much Better for Truckload Carriers, but Data Show Divergent Performance

Revenues Rise Nicely, but Profits Even More; What is Up with the Money Machine at Heartland Express?

Related Content: Logistics News: Supply Chain Digest Announces Availability of Parcel Rate Analysis Tool for 2011

By Product of Highly Successful Townhall Meeting on UPS and FedEx Rate Hikes, Shippers Can gain Better Understanding of True Impact on their Business

transportation
Featured Story: Green Supply Chain News: 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Report Finds much Progress, but not Enough to Meet Global Emission Reduction Goals

About One Third of Member Company Suppliers have CO2 Reduction Targets; Total CO2 likely to Rise at this Pace, Report Finds; PepsiCo Reduces Energy per Unit by 16%

Related Content: Green Supply Chain News: 2010 the Hottest Year on Record... or was it?

UN Organization Says 2010 Ties for Warmest Year with 2005 and 1998, but Questions about the Data are Raised

transportation
Featured Story: 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.

Related Content: Research Note: Understanding RedPrairie Acquisition Strategy

ChIef Supply Chain Officer Insights uses the RedPrairie acquisition of its TMS channel partner Shippers Commonwealth to look at recent moves at RP and its impact on the company and its customers.

   
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