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Transplace Releases Hosted System for Business Intelligence Reporting

M&A Activity Holds Up in Transport and Logistics Sector

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Centric Software Updates Applications to Comply With 10+2 Rule

DHL Extends Guaranteed Inbound Service; Boosts Services to Fashion Industry; Begins GPS Cargo Tracking

RedPrairie Launches 2009 Update of Duty Management App for U.K.

Deringer Debuts Program for Supply Chain, Purchase-Order Management

C.H. Robinson Expands Supply-Chain Operations in Vietnam With Opening of Office in Ho Chi Minh City

Back to the Future for Shipper-Carrier Relations

Expect shipper-carrier relations in 2009 to take a more shipper-centric shape with the shippers dictating the terms. While this is probably not the best long-term strategy, short-term cost pressures will drive many shippers to behave as if this is 1999 and not 2009.

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The Secret SaaS: On-Demand Supply Chain Management

Multi-enterprise supply chain management solutions are successful when companies are able to achieve large-scale, global adoption with their trading partners, overcoming both technical and business change management challenges. Software as a service solutions play an important role in enabling multi-enterprise business networks.

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The Green and Smart Supply Chains of the Future

The green imperative is expanding into virtually all walks of life and all facets of the economy. Demonstrating green credentials is increasingly a minimal stakeholder expectation and business risk management factor, and is shifting from an order-winning to an order-qualifying attribute. Swallow that carbon pill! A whole swath of additional environmental expectations may well be just around the corner, as well as a whole new way of looking at "green" and the environment.

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3PL Revenues Are Up Despite Recession

Despite an ongoing freight recession in 2008, third-party logistics service provider revenues grew an estimated 5.5 percent to $128.7bn.

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Customers Increase Focus on Cost Reduction in Face of Soft Economy

In these tough economic times with revenues likely coming up short of expectations, logistics service providers will increasingly be pressured to help lower costs for customers, but not just by squeezing existing rates. Customers need help with lowering network inventories and reducing the total cost to serve by executing demand-driven strategies, enhancing trading partner collaboration, and revisiting the network flows for optimal configuration.

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