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For companies like Edy's Grand Ice Cream, voice technology is paying huge dividends in the distribution center. So why aren't the vendors getting the air time they think they deserve?
Too many companies see visibility solutions as tools that can simply be slapped onto existing operations. But some assembly is required if you really want to see results.
Pressure to improve customer service and in-stock rates is pushing more companies to abandon the "consolidation" model in favor of a flexible, agile network of regional distribution centers.
He had every expectation of finishing out his career as the top supply chain exec at Nabisco. But life got in the way. Today, Rick Jackson is a senior VP at Limited Brands, where he heads up a logistics and DC operation with almost boundless potential.
To help manufacturers avoid costly equipment downtime, the Crane Manufacturers Service Committee has issued new standards for servicing overhead traveling cranes.
The factors that determine shipper satisfaction with their small-package carriers vary based on the type of service under consideration, according to the results of a study by J.D. Power and Associates.
Members of one organization of packaging machinery manufacturers worry that pressures from major customers to add services and reduce costs could endanger some of their businesses.
SAMSys Technologies announced that the U.S. Patent Office has granted the company a patent for its system for tracking individual items within a large shipment of objects.
Just as the threat of further labor disruptions at U.S. ports began to evaporate, new government rules took effect that could disrupt the distribution networks of businesses that import goods into the United States.
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