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Our latest research into DC and warehouse metrics shows that managers are getting better at using those measures to boost performance. But is their DC performance as good as they think it is?
We may live in a hyper-networked digital age, says Stephen M.R. Covey. But the secret to swift, efficient business transactions is something distinctly old fashioned: trust.
The state of California has postponed its e-pedigree requirement to 2011, giving manufacturers more time to assure that all drugs distributed within the state's borders are accompanied by electronic pedigrees that document their history.
The raw material for Fage USA's yogurt may come from the rolling hills of upstate New York, but the end product is churned out in a highly automated state-of-the-art facility.
Looking for warehouse workers you can rely on? Older folks can be highly reliable and productive, provided you give them the support and benefits they need.
Biofuels can be expensive, and the supply network is still under construction. But that's not stopping some of the largest fleet operators in the country from making the switch.
When NA 2008, the biennial material handling industry trade show and conference, opens its doors in Cleveland later this month, it will do so against a backdrop of economic uncertainty.
Only 37 percent of IWLA members predict their business will grow by 10 percent or more in 2008, while another 17 percent expect sales gains of just 1 to 5 percent.
During the competition, each of the 12 teams played the role of a consulting firm preparing a supply chain plan for a start-up company in the wind-turbine industry.
Reacting to a slew of toy recalls over the last year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is deploying safety inspectors to screen incoming shipments at the Port of Long Beach.
If your company depends on imports, make sure it hasn't bought into any of these "myths" of import compliance, as outlined by the Global Trade Services group at JPMorgan.
Statistics released last month by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that the value of NAFTA surface trade grew 4.9 percent from 2006 to 2007.
This November, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will begin requiring anyone who works within the roads' rights-of-way to wear high-visibility reflective clothing in either lime green or bright orange.
Earlier this month, the University of Washington launched what's known as the RFID Ecosystem Project, one of the largest people- and item-tracking experiments on record.
Though things may be pretty dismal in other parts of the economy, it appears that in the logistics corner of the business world, everything's going to be all right.
The problem of recruiting workers into the distribution business? The plain truth is that your business is practically invisible to most high school students.
I realize that one size does not fit all but thought it might be helpful to develop a brief, generic list that could be used as a guide to developing specific supply chain best practices.
At the annual spring meeting of the Material Handling Industry of America, other than an acknowledgment of a slight economic slowdown, reports from attendees seem pretty rosy. I don't get it.