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Ryder Offers Mobile Tracking App for iPhone, iPad
Ryder System Inc. has created a mobile application of RydeSmart 3.0, its onboard telemetrics system for tracking truck fleets, for the iPhone and iPad.
UPS Takes to the Cloud
Tom Boike, vice president of supplier management with UPS, details UPS's journey toward the adoption of cloud technology, and what it means for users of international logistics services.
Dropping E-Mail Support May Have Done Disservice to Best Buy Customers
Best Buy recently removed e-mail support from its web site, a move the company said was designed to improve response and to give customers the kind of interactions they seek. The problem with this change is twofold.
Are We in for Still Another Expansion to the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal is due for at least one additional expansion, according to Alberto Aleman Zubieta, immediate past commissioner of the Panama Canal Authority.
Coping With Complexity in the Service Parts Supply Chain
A company can live or die by the effectiveness of its service parts supply chain. Yet the requirements for managing that function can be brutally complex. John Reichert, WMS product marketing manager with TECSYS, provides a blueprint for the proper management of service parts.
Honeywell Sets Its Sights on Acquiring Intermec
Technology giant Honeywell has announced plans to acquire RFID and automation-identification equipment technology company Intermec by June 2013.
More Visions of the Future from the San Francisco Roundtable
Here are five more predictions for 2013 and beyond, from a panel of five well-informed (and well-fed) Silicon Valley business executives. (See my previous post for the first five.) Assembled in Santa Clara, Calif., by the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, these individuals took part in the group's fourth annual effort to answer that age-old question: What does the future hold for supply-chain management?
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Top Five Reasons to Consider Mexico as a Key Supply Chain Location
An ever-improving supply chain infrastructure, a low-cost but increasingly skilled labor force and successful economic reform efforts combine to make Mexico an increasingly attractive target for cross-border industrial opportunities, according to new research by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Mexico's proximity to the huge U.S. consumer market will always be a major competitive advantage but Mexico compares favorably to China, an industrial powerhouse that is becoming burdened by escalating manufacturing costs and lengthy shipping lead times.
North American Railroad Chiefs See Even Growth in First Half of 2013
Steady, albeit slow business growth. A U.S. economy that continues to expand, but at a moderate rate. Weak fundamentals in most markets in the first half. Those are some of the comments of chief executive officers of Class I railroads as they assess the outlook for 2013.
Road Map Created to Accelerate Adoption of E-Cargo in 2013
A so-called road map for paperless air cargo has been created by the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) to accelerate the industry's adoption of e-cargo in 2013.
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How CSX Is Meeting the Demands of Intermodal Shippers
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