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WMS Helps Client Achieve 20% Labor Reduction And Increased Efficiency

Challenge: A client was facing increasing labor costs, inventory inaccuracies, shipping errors and increased leads times. The client turned to Systems Logic to implement our warehouse management software to enhance and improve their existing business processes and assist them in meeting their challenging company goals.

Global manufacturer tastes sweet success with cloud supply chain platform

Challenge: A global manufacturer of 49% food and 51% pet products manages over 3,500 inputs from growers, with 17 U.S. production facilities, 24 devoted to co-packing, 11 distribution centers and more than 550 ship-to locations. Internationally it operates 20 co-packing locations and imports the equivalent of more than 11,000 twenty-foot containers (TEUs) from 48 destinations.

Specialized truck manufacturer optimizes cross-border supply chain and bilingual visibility

Challenge: The strategy for a leading manufacturer of diesel and specialized trucks was to grow truck assembly operations in Mexico. To do so, it needed to integrate an already existing U.S. cross-dock network with cross-border activities and optimize shipments between the countries, while ensuring reliability and visibility throughout the supply chain.

The California Tax Man Cometh, and He's Headed for Internet Merchants

State tax collectors are preparing to crack down on renegade internet merchants who don't collect sales taxes, and nearly 100 new state auditors, lawyers and other specialists are being hired to help over the next three years.

Serialization, Data Management Combat Counterfeiting in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Attention is mounting by consumers, government, industry, and media to address the growing counterfeit challenges in the US.

U.S. Trade with NAFTA Partners in June Up 6.6 Percent Over Same Period in 2011

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, was 6.6 percent higher in June 2012 than in June 2011, totaling $82.6bn, unadjusted for inflation, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Have ERP Vendors Yet to Really Penetrate World of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses?

ERP systems are used throughout most large enterprises, with SAP and Oracle accounting for 80 percent or more of the installed based in regulated sectors such as pharma and energy. But these same systems, with their million-dollar development budgets and long learning curves, have been singularly unsuccessful in smaller enterprises.

Mobile-Specific Sites Among Tips to Fight Cart Abandonment in Mobile Commerce

Shopping, even for major items like a wedding dress, is now something people do while strolling through the park - by smartphone or other device. In 2011, U.S. mobile commerce sales surged 91.4 percent. By 2015, analysts estimate total m-commerce sales will reach $31bn - a 363-percent increase from 2011.

Automating Information Flows from Disparate Systems to Improve Customer Service

Challenge: This client, a leading storage system manufacturer, was hampered by a service operation consisting of disparate, highly-manual, service-delivery processes. They also had no visibility into missed service levels and operated under significant IT-related constraints. Existing resources were not prioritized on dispatch/logistics and as a result, the company did not meet its SLAs.

The Wait's Over: SEC Finally Acts on Rule to Track Conflict Minerals

Moving at the blinding speed of bureaucracy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally adopted a rule that requires manufacturers to report on their use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Much Work Remains to Be Done Finding Cheaper, More Sustainable Ways to Fuel Trucking

Without trucks, the supply chain would screech to a halt. Yet, the rising cost of fueling these workhorses, not to mention the toll truck emissions take on the environment and public health, are forcing shippers and carriers alike to retool their fleets.

A New Generation of Airships for Cargo Transport

Barry Prentice, professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba, believes that airships will play a key role in the movement of cargo in the years ahead. Here's why.

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

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

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