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Live Classroom Training Crucial to WMS Software Adoption Success

Challenge: You can have the greatest system in the world tuned to maximum performance and the implementation could be disastrous if end users haven't been a part of the project and feel like they've had a system thrown at them. For a large, high tech company, over 40 distinct business processes needed to be developed or revamped and coordinated with the WMS.

Manufacturer Reduces Supply Chain Costs of Relocating to Singapore

Challenge: Our customer relocated operations to Singapore. Increased real estate and labor costs made warehouse space for product staging unfeasible. In addition, strict copy exact customer rules meant many components were still sourced from the U.S.

Gender Discrimination Suit Can Proceed Against Wal-Mart Stores, Court Rules

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lost a bid to dismiss an 11-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of workers in California after the U.S. Supreme Court barred a lawsuit representing Wal-Mart employees nationwide.

Mid-Sized Companies' Impact on Economy Often Overlooked

Although often overlooked, middle-market companies are making positive impacts on the economy and the global supply chain. They are the middle children of the business world, tucked between billion-dollar companies that attract great attention because of their size, and small businesses that grab headlines for their entrepreneurial spirit.

Companies Want Innovation When Outsourcing Distribution Operations, Study Finds

More than 40 percent of companies that outsource intend to conduct a bid or rebid for part of their network to a logistics service provider within the next 12 months, according to the Outsourced Distribution Report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium.

Class 8 Commercial Vehicle Demand Remained Soft in August

Weakness at the front end of the demand cycle for heavy-duty commercial vehicles persisted into August, although underlying fundamentals are healthy. This updated status of the North America commercial vehicle market was included in the State of the Industry report, released by ACT Research Co., which covers Class 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.

Aldata Unveils Mobile App for Retail Shelf Management

Aldata, a vendor of software for retailers and distributors, has introduced Aldata Mobile Shelf Execution.

Could Rising U.S. Exports and Reshoring Help Create Up to 5 Million Jobs by 2020?

Manufactured exports - a bright spot of the U.S. economy in recent years - are set to surge. Combined with jobs created as a result of reshoring, higher U.S. exports could add 2.5 million to 5 million jobs by the end of the decade, as manufacturers shift production from leading European countries and Japan to take advantage of substantially lower costs in the U.S., according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group.

Manufacturers, Petroleum Interests Spar with California Board Over Greenhouse Gas Credits Auction

Corporate executives and workers from dozens of refineries, glass-makers and other business groups bombarded members of the California Air Resources Board with complaints about an upcoming auction of credits allowing them to release greenhouse gases.

Is Amazon About to Enter the Grocery Delivery Business in California?

Building a profitable service is difficult because grocery stores have painfully low margins. Remember dot-com flameouts HomeGrocer and Webvan? Peapod, a pioneer in the space, still delivers in such cities as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, but recently it's resorted to opening actual pickup locations to make the model work. FreshDirect has come as close as anyone to building a brand around home grocery delivery, but it remains small, operating primarily in the New York area. Yet, Amazon seems poised to move into the business in at least two California cities.

How Restaurants Can Lower Supplier Costs Despite Rising Food Prices

Restaurants face the perfect supply chain storm. Just when it seemed the economy was poised to turn a corner and offer some much needed relief to the foodservice industry, the worst drought to hit the United States in 12 years has diminished supplies and sent food prices skyrocketing. Add in rising gas prices, and it's not a pretty picture for restaurants.

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Manufacturing Doesn't Have to Go Looking for Data. It's Already Swimming in It.

Manufacturing is one industry that is wasting data for lack of the means to quickly and effectively analyze it.

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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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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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