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Manufacturing: National Labor Relations Board On March, Seeking to Block Boeing Factory Move and Challenging State Bans on Card Check

Global Supply Chain and Logistics: Where is Your Stuff from Asia? Maybe at the Bottom of the Ocean, Changing the Habitat

Distribution and Material Handling: 16th Annual Third Party Logistics Study is Underway

Transportation: Market Trends Moving in Favor of Truckload Carriers, Analysts Say

Supply Chain Trends: In Which Direction is Your S&OP Process Biased?

Procurement and Sourcing: Dr. David Simchi-Levi on Managing Supply Risk

RFID and Auto ID: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Green Supply Chain: Consumer Interest in Green Products Still Tepid, Headed Down

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


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Manufacturing
Featured Story: National Labor Relations Board On March, Seeking to Block Boeing Factory Move and Challenging State Bans on Card Check

NLRB Says Boeing Needs to Bring 787 Production Line back to Seattle, Seeks to Block Anti-Card Check Laws before a Card Check Law Exists

Related Content: US Manufacturing Looking Strong Generally, but Prospects Vary Substantially by Industry, New MAPI Research Report Says

Growth Projections in Pictures; Forecasts for 24 Industrial Sectors

supply chain Trends and issues
Featured Story: In Which Direction is Your S&OP Process Biased?

One Question that is Infrequently asked and even less Frequently Answered is Whether the S&OP Process is Consistently Biased in one Direction or Another

Related Content: Second Annual ASN Study by Auburn University Professors Finds Retail Practices and Results Vary Substantially

Actual ASN Accuracy Averages 93% in Survey Respondents; Retailers Expect 98-99% Accuracy



distribution and material
Featured Story: 16th Annual Third Party Logistics Study is Underway

Research for One of the Most Anticipated Studies in the Industry has Begun; Please Take Survey Now; Prizes Galore!

Related Content: When implementing a new Warehouse Management System (WMS), Filling Two Roles on the Project Team are Key

Operational Lead at Company, Technical Lead at Vednor Make All the Difference in Success; Project Managers at Vendors often Focused Now on Financial, not Operational Success

Global supply chain and logistics
Featured Story: Where is Your Stuff from Asia? Maybe at the Bottom of the Ocean, Changing the Habitat

Unlikely Find by Marine Sanctuary Leads to Carrier-Funded Research Project; Container Looks Perfect after Seven Years in the Briny Deep

Related Content: Will Japan Supply Chain Disruptions Really Cause Changes in Approach to Supply Management?

Understanding Risks from the Suppliers of Suppliers; Parallel in Japan Disaster and Supply Chain Impact with the 2008 Financial Crisis?



RFID
Featured Story: Business Case for RFID in Apparel Really Reaching Critical Mass, Driven by Improvement in both Operations and Customer Service

Rush for Mobility Applications also Playing a Role; Is Hype Getting Out of Control Again?

Related Content: Was Reduction in Invoice Deductions the Magic Bullet for RFID in Consumer Goods to Retail

Could RFID have Offered Major Payback to Manufacturers in Terms of Lower Invoice Deductions? Perhaps that is not the Path Retailers Really Wanted to Go

sourcing and procurement focus
Featured Story: Dr. David Simchi-Levi on Managing Supply Risk

Companies Too Often Focus on Financial Drivers, not Other Considerations He Says; Low Cost, High Risk Items often Overlooked?

Related Content: Procurement Graphic of the Week: General Mills Continued Progress in Supplier Diversity

Sourcing from Minority-Owned Businesses has more than Doubled Since Program Started in 2003



transportation
Featured Story: Market Trends Moving in Favor of Truckload Carriers, Analysts Say

Almost No Carriers are Adding Capacity Even as Demand Rises, Stifel Nicolaus Analysts Say; Some Seeing Double Digit Rates Increases; "Clear Need" to Raise Driver Pay

Related Content: Behind Rising Oil Prices, Everything but Supply and Demand

Speculation Adding 20% to Cost, Goldman Sachs Says, but That is Connected Directly to Falling Value of the US Dollar

transportation
Featured Story: Consumer Interest in Green Products Still Tepid, Headed Down

Product Sales have Dropped from 2008; Is it Just because they Cost More, or Something Else?

Related Content: Battles of Plastic Grocery Bags Takes Another Turn, as Study Says Even Re-Usable Totes not much Better

How Many Times are Re-Usables really Used? Report Findings being Repressed?

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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