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Specialty Retailer Relies on Weber Logistics for Store Replenishment, eFulfillment

Challenge: A fast-growing specialty retailer of nutritional products, with over 500 stores nationwide and growing online sales, was expanding westward. Since it was no longer practical to replenish west region stores from the east coast, a west coast DC was established with Weber Logistics.

Pet Food Company Collaborates with KANE to Drive Distribution Efficiency

Challenge: A mid-sized pet food company had operated its own distribution center outside Boston, but decided to outsource DC operations to improve performance on inventory accuracy, code date tracking, food-grade compliant storage and other critical warehouse measures. 3PL Kane Is Able (KANE) was chosen to operate the DC in Scranton, PA.

Winery Partners with KANE to Shorten Cycle Times

Challenge: A major winery was distributing all its wine products from its California location. This resulted in 7-day to 21-day delivery cycles to its customers - 500 U.S. wine distributors. The company, and its independent logistics services subsidiary, wanted to shorten this cycle and chose Kane Is Able, Inc. to be its Northeast logistics partner.

Emcien Issues Update of Application for Analyzing Customer Buying Patterns

Emcien Corp. has released a new version of EmcienPatterns, its application for analyzing customer buying patterns by retailers, distributors and consumer packaged goods manufacturers.

Electronics Industry Issues Guide for Reporting Substances in Electronic Product Packaging

A guide for the supply chain disclosure of substances used in packaging for the global sale and distribution of electronic products has been issued by the Consumer Electronics Association, DIGITALEUROPE, and the Japanese Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative.

Despite Airfreight Doldrums in Asia, New Cargo Airline Begins Operations in China

Six months after the Civil Aviation Administration of China gave CDI Cargo Airlines the green light to launch operations, the carrier has commenced B737-300 service from its Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport hub to Changchun, via Qingdao. And although Asian cargo has been rather sluggish lately, CDI Cargo's Alex Zhang feels that the carrier is poised for success.

Pricing Dips as Cloud Computing Services Become Commodities

Cloud computing is slowly becoming a mainstream technology. However, even before the hype cycle has died down, cloud providers are already starting to see downward price pressures. Every hosting provider under the sun is now repackaging itself as a cloud provider, and basic capacity and services are quickly becoming commodities.

Epicor, Tour de Force CRM Offer Sales Force Automation to Wholesale Distributors

Epicor Software Corp. has formed a new alliance with Tour de Force CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Inc.

SupplyChainBrain Introduces Turbo-Charged-Laser-Targeted Job Board

Ever wonder if those online dating sites really work? We have all seen, heard, or actually witnessed those "good match on paper" connections gone bad. There are, of course, those few "destined couples" who make it out alive, and the stories are inspiring. Job boards tend to function the same way. There are a myriad of job boards out there that deliver similar results to the typical online dating sites.

Perhaps the U.S. Can Learn Some BYOD Lessons from China

Smartphone owners in China don't want to carry around a personal and a corporate phone. Instead, they're accessing work data from new-fangled phones under emerging corporate policies known as BYOD, or bring-your-own-device.

Government Regulations Seriously Impacting U.S. Manufacturing Output, Industry Report Says

Regulations on U.S. manufacturing may reduce output by as much as $500bn this year, according to an industry-sponsored study that cast doubts on President Barack Obama's efforts to trim red tape in the federal government.

Nordstrom Rolls Out 1,500 Mobile Devices to Rack Stores

Following tests that showed mobile POS successfully sped up the checkout process in its Rack stores, Nordstrom will roll out approximately 1,500 of the devices to its 110 Rack units by the end of Q3. This deployment is in addition to the mobile POS technology already in use in Nordstrom's 117 full-line stores.

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