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Where Honeywell is Taking the Supply Chain

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Logistics and Parts Just Can't Go Their Separate Ways

Analyst Insight: The top strategic action tied to improving parts management for service and support organizations in a recent Aberdeen research study on service parts logistics was to integrate service parts planning, forecasting and execution with overall logistics functions (i.e., procurement, supply chain management, inventory management) to ensure the delivery of the right part to the end customer when an asset goes down or is not operating at full efficiency. - Aly Pinder Jr., senior research associate, Aberdeen Group

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DHL Adds Flights to Asia Air Network; Expands Americas Hub

DHL has added two direct flights from its hub in Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and from Hong Kong to Chengdu, China.

Big Data Supply Chains: Sense, Plan, Learn - and then Act

Analyst Insight: Today's supply chains are efficient, and inflexible. Market conditions change, but planning continues based on historical information. Global supply chains need better planning, but traditional technologies are not up to the task. New technologies are emerging to help to fill the gap. We are entering the era of Big Data Supply Chains that will sense before responding and learn before acting. - Lora Cecere, partner, Altimeter Group

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Descartes Debuts Cloud-Based Security Filing for Air Forwarders

Descartes Systems Group has created a pair of cloud-based services to help air freight forwarders comply with U.S. and European security filing requirements.

FreightWatch International Issues Annual Global Threat Assessment

FreightWatch International, a provider of security services for global logistics, has released its Annual Global Threat Assessment. The publication examines each region of the world and the countries that are considered major players in the global supply chain.

The Era of the Megaship: Is Bigger Really Better?

The year 2014 will see the debut of the Triple E, first of a series of at least 20 containerships to be operated by Denmark's Maersk Line, each with a capacity of 18,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Few could have imagined this behemoth at the dawn of containerization in the mid-1950s. (Malcom McLean's Ideal X carried only 58 boxes.) In the ensuing decades, containerships grew steadily in size, as operators sought to squeeze the most out of their investments. When ships became too wide to fit through the Panama Canal, builders doubled down. Between 2008 and 2015, average ship size will have risen from 6,000 TEUs to more than 11,000 TEUs, according to Lars Jensen, chief executive officer and partner with SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. Maersk's Triple Es will dwarf them all.

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Global Transportation Solutions Help Companies Reduce Cost and Pay Invoices Quicker

Although organizations must connect suppliers and customers around the globe, managing worldwide supply chains can cause cost increases and operational challenges, However, Aberdeen Group's latest research, entitled 2012 Best Practices for Closing the Loop on Multinational Transportation Procure to Pay, identifies best-in-class behaviors that enable the top 20 percent of performers to reduce invoice cost, yet process and pay faster than competitors.

TNT Airways Signs Code-Share Agreement With Emirates SkyCargo

TNT Airways, the airline subsidiary of TNT Express, has signed a code-share and blocked-space agreement with Emirates SkyCargo.

Global Supply Chain Forum Looks Back Over 20 Years

Initiatives such as the Global Supply Chain Forum, which resides at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, give the business world access to academic expertise and valuable research, says forum director Douglas M. Lambert. Such efforts are becoming more common, he says, adding that "the business community ought to be our laboratory."

Juggling Priorities for CIOs in Retail

Analyst Insight: Retailers in 2012 will continue to implement analytic engines. The last two years have seen retailers and CPG companies streamline and rethink their multichannel and merchandising strategies. Improved performance is a reflection of this analytics focus. In 2012, retailers will learn through direct customer engagement through mobile, social and web (omni-channel information) to create products, and market to customers based on shopper insights. - Ann Grackin, CEO, ChainLink Research

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