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Why Automate Order Fulfillment in the Warehouse

Order picking is indisputably the most labor intensive job in the warehouse, says Brian Keiger, global IT sales leader-logistics, KUKA Systems. But with SKU proliferation and the retirement of baby boomers, there will be more and more automation.

Have You Really Optimized Your Lean Material Handling?

New, relatively inexpensive technologies can help you redeploy labor, cut costs, and remain flexible and performance-minded, says Frank Devlin, manager, advanced technologies, at The Raymond Corporation, a forklift manufacturer.

New York, London, Paris and Tokyo are 'Top Global Cities' in 2012, Though Beijing and Shanghai on the Rise

New York and London remain the world's most global cities, while major emerging-market cities strengthened their ability to challenge global leaders in the next 10 to 20 years, according to the 2012 A.T. Kearney Global Cities Index.

The Human Element in Supply Chain Sustainability

So much of the attention focused on supply chain sustainability has to do with energy conservation, regulatory compliance and the like, says Todd Stark, chief operating officer of Fair Trade USA. But companies and consumers shouldn't forget that the workers upstream need to have fair wages and safe and clean working environments.

The Benefits of Goods-to-Person Order Fulfillment

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The Dynamics of Capacity in Trucking

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Why Aren't You Doing DC Bypass Right?

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Skills for Supply Chain 2.0

From sourcing to delivery, the supply chain is now the most horizontal function in the enterprise, says Tony Pittman, director of global procurement at HP. And any role that has such wide-ranging impact, from how money is spent to affecting the customer's experience, needs highly trained managers and workers.

Business Services Job Loss Due to Offshoring Will Spike in 2016, But Virtually Cease by 2024, Report Says

Corporations in the U.S. and Europe will move an additional 750,000 jobs in IT, finance and other business services to India and other low-cost geographies by 2016, according to new research from The Hackett Group. But levels of additional offshoring in these areas will begin to decline by 2014, and in the next 8 to 10 years the flow of jobs offshore is likely to cease, as companies simply run out of business services jobs suitable for moving to low-cost countries.

Given Skills Gap in U.S., Who Would Fill Any Manufacturing Jobs That Are Created?

President Obama and his Republican challengers are ramping up their rhetoric about creating more manufacturing jobs in the United States. The question is, will employees be ready for manufacturing?

Supplier Diversity Is Making Headlines, Not Progress

Diversity is one of the hottest buzz words in the supply chain world today. But, are supplier diversity programs a fad or a truly integral part of companies' supplier management strategies?

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Just Being Efficient Isn't Enough? We Really Need a Chief Sustainability Officer?

Two years ago, the director of sustainability at a $1bn consumer-products company suggested the corporate budget committee add a new criterion in deciding which capital projects to approve: the project's environmental impact. The director devised a metric for measuring the impact in categories such as water usage, waste reduction, packaging and carbon emissions. The idea saved $20m the first year.

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