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Logistics Organization Provides Humanitarian Relief for Victims of Superstorm Sandy

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has been supporting Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) and emergency management agencies across the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern U.S. in their response to Superstorm Sandy. ALAN continues to engage private industry and supply-chain companies to help fulfill needs of these disaster relief organizations.

J.B. Hunt Selects Workday Financial Management

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has chosen Workday Financial Management and HCM to replace its legacy on-premise finance and human-resources software.

Epicor Creates New Apps for Auto Parts; System Backup and Recovery

Epicor Software Corp. has developed several new products, two of them for the automotive aftermarket.

Accellos Issues New Mobile Apps for Smartphones and Tablets

Accellos Inc., a provider of supply-chain execution software, has released AccellosOne Mobile, a new series of mobile applications for smartphones and tablets.

Analysis Reveals Finds Opportunities in European Industrial Property Market for Logistics Business

European industrial real estate values have declined 21.9 percent from the pre-crisis peak in 2007, and have subsequently only recovered by 1.3 percent on average. Current values are attractive relative to replacement costs and the pattern of value recovery in the U.S. following the global financial crisis.

A Good CFO Doesn't Just Talk Operations - They Are Involved in That Side of the Business

Ask mostly any CFO, and he or she will tell you that they are very involved in operations. But often such involvement is like having a second, lower-paying job: you can't afford to divert too much focus away from your top breadwinner.

Preliminary Net Orders for Trucks in Classes 5-8 Are at 'Best Since' Levels

North America Classes 5-8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for October rose to levels of "best since" comparisons. The final numbers, which will be released mid-November, will approach 23,200 units for heavy duty Class 8 trucks and 18,500 for medium duty Classes 5-7 vehicles. The preliminary net order numbers are typically accurate to within 5 percent of actual.

Infor Debuts Mobile Application for Asset Management

Business software vendor Infor has released Infor EAM Mobile, an asset-management application for the Apple iPad.

DeltaTRAK Unveils Time-Temp Label; Cold-Chain RFID Traceability

DeltaTRAK has introduced a line of time- and temperature-indicator labels for cold-chain, environmental monitoring and food safety management.

Data in Social CRM Has Tremendous Impact on Supply Chain

Customer relationship management has had a great impact on the social media revolution. Or was it the other way around? Of the many types of software solutions catering to businesses, CRM software has been the most attuned to the rise of social platforms.

Report: Most Companies with Project Management Offices See Higher IT Costs, No Performance Improvements

Project management offices fail to help most companies reduce IT cost or improve performance, according to new research from The Hackett Group Inc. In fact, companies with high utilization of PMOs see materially higher IT costs while also failing to deliver projects with higher ROI or better on-time and on-budget performance. The research also found that companies have significantly reduced their use of PMOs over the past three years, in part due to their inability to positively impact performance.

Short-Term Losses to Trucking from 'Superstorm' Sandy Will Easily Be Recouped, Analyst Says

The estimated loss of $140m per day that the trucking industry will sustain from down time associated with 'Superstorm' Sandy will ultimately be recouped because of resupply and rebuilding truck freight demands, according to Noel Perry, senior consultant with FTR Associates. The per-day estimate of loss revenue is based on 20 percent of the industry not moving freight because of the storm and its aftermath.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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