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Driving a 30 Percent Inventory Reduction and Improved Collaboration
Challenge: A leading US wireless communications provider experienced tremendous growth, especially with the transition into smartphones and tablets, creating imbalances within its supply chain driving inventory build-up across 3,000 retail locations and 3 distribution centers. The company identified opportunities to link retail store replenishment with the procurement plan to reduce safety stock, accelerate inventory turns and boost in-stock performance. Through its use of Logility Voyager Solutions, the wireless provider is able to leverage a comprehensive supply chain plan increasing visibility and collaboration across departments.
Tracking Cot Movement in the Emergency Department with RFID
Challenge: At our client's largest facility, the emergency department occasionally suffers from overcrowding. To reduce wait times, the hospital needs to know how long each EMS agency spends in the ED.
RFID Tagging to Improve Inventory Management, Billing Accuracy, and Cut Costs
Challenge: Our client, one of the premier heart care hospitals in the country, needed an inventory tracking and management system to better track supplies, monitor expiration dates of critical inventory, improve the proper billing of lab supplies and consumables, and reduce total on-hand inventory.
Smart RFID Labeling System for Global Health & Hygiene Company
Challenge: Our client, a leading global health and hygiene company, needed RFID printer/encoder equipment that would 1) create minimal downtime, 2) support the company's high volumes of RFID labels, and 3) handle an industrial hot, humid, and dusty environment.
How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals
No one appears completely happy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule on tracking the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in high-tech and other types of products. Comments on SEC's action range from outright opposition to quibbling over details.
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Eight Leading Companies to Compete for Supply Chain Innovation Award at Annual CSCMP Conference
Eight corporate teams that demonstrated how their supply chain practices reduced costs, streamlined processes, saved energy, and improved operating efficiencies are finalists in the eighth annual Supply Chain Innovation Award competition presented by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and SupplyChainBrain.
Court Seems to Say Retailers Can Track Shoppers' Movements In and Outside Stores
Retailers wrestling with how far they can legally go with tracking shoppers' movements within their stores and in neighborhoods near their stores have been given an unexpected green light from a federal appeals court.
Jeeves Information Systems Opens North American Headquarters in Chicago
Jeeves Information Systems AB, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for small and medium-sized businesses, has established a new headquarters for its North American operations in Chicago.
Inchcape Shipping Services Opens Office in Alaska
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a global provider of maritime services, has opened a new office in Dutch Harbor, AK.
How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals
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Trinity Saves the Day For a Leading Pizza Supply Manufacturer
Challenge: A hurricane lashed the east coast, flooding our client's premix dough product DC. The storm damaged their supplies, and the client came to Trinity for a quick solution to accommodate their deliveries for a rush replacement to supply one of the nation's leading restaurant chains.
Now, Samsung Accused of Labor Violations in Its Chinese Factories
A labor rights group has accused Samsung of "illegal and inhumane violations" at its factories in China, reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions, with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single shift.
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