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China offers lavish incentives to lure foreign investors to its lessdeveloped hinterland. But as some of the takers have discovered, life on the frontier has its perils.
For years, the standard answer (in the DC, at least) was the warehouse management system. But nowadays, the answer is more and more likely to be a warehouse control system.
The Defense Department is looking to outsource the management of its domestic freight?a contract that could run into the billions of dollars. The program is intended to cut costs and boost service; it could also shake up the industry.
Whether it's a dusty battlefield in Kuwait, a gleaming North American DC or Michelin Tires' corporate offices, Bob Brescia says that when the rubber hits the road, logistics operations are pretty much the same.
Leasing pallets through a pooling system isn't for everyone, but rising disposal costs and landfill restrictions are prompting more companies to jump into the pool.
Companies have little trouble justifying investments in equipment used to make goods—it's understood that machine tools, assembly equipment and the like are necessary to create wealth. But when it comes to material handling equipment, it's a different story.
As has become a tradition in our November issue, we devote this space this month to the many things for which we are thankful. This year, allow me to start by offering a heartfelt "Thank You" to you, yes you, the readers and sponsors of DC VELOCITY.
If your career is to benefit from all your achievements, you have to make sure the right people take note. But short of hiring a publicist, how do you get their attention?
Though truckers may have taken the initial hit, shippers are proving to be the long-term casualties of the "perfect storm" that rocked the industry a few years back.
Given the millions of containers that flow in international commerce and the varying financial abilities, not to say willingness, of foreign ports or shippers to invest in any technology that doesn't offer business benefits, the container security issue won't be an easy one to resolve.
A new term has begun to creep into the lexicon: the migratory supply chain. But despite the similarity in their names, these supply chains have little in common with whooping cranes or monarch butterflies.