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Holistic Approach Needed to Deal with Inventory's 'Multiple Personalities'
How much inventory and which items should a company hold, overall and at each stocking location (each DC, store, stockroom, salesperson's vehicle, service depot, etc.)? When to replenish and how many? To the uninitiated, these seem like relatively straightforward daily decisions. But they are anything but simple and can make the difference between a highly profitable vs. out-of-business company.
Spanish Hospital Tracks Patients and Assets with RFID Technology
Spain's University Hospital of Valencia (La Fe) is employing a real-time locating system (RTLS) to track patients and assets throughout its 260,000-square-meter (2.8 million-square-foot) facility, and to allow staff members to identify patients via mobile carts with built-in RFID readers.
PeopleNet, TMW Integrate Fleet-Management Systems
PeopleNet and TMW Systems are offering new integration features for their truck-fleet dispatch and management applications. PeopleNet is a provider of onboard computing and mobile-communications systems.
TZA Issues New Version of ProTrack Warehouse Labor-Management System
TZA has developed a new release of its cloud-based ProTrack warehouse labor-management system. TZA is a consulting and engineering company specializing in the optimization of labor performance and operations across the supply chain.
Promotions, Product Innovations Drive CPG Sales as Market Volatility Continues, Study Says
The CPG industry faced another year of demand volatility, marked by continued economic turbulence and weak consumer confidence, according to the Terra Technology Forecasting Benchmark Study.
Vehicle Seating Supplier Relaxes with New 3PL
Shelby Foam Systems, which supplies padding and Velcro to one of the world's largest seating manufacturers for cars and trucks, wasn't sitting comfortably with its transportation provider. It needed better inbound monitoring, and at a lower cost.
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TNT Express Initiates Road Service to Montenegro
TNT Express is extending its European road-delivery network with the addition of service to and from Montenegro.
Time and Money Advantages of Logistics Clusters
These clusters are agglomerations of logistics activities in a region or logistics park, and there can be huge cost-saving advantages to locating in them.
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Divulging the 'Secret Sauce' of S&OP
A conversation with Jon Kierkegaard, president of DCRA Inc.
Next-Generation Supply Chain Planning Tools Should Serve People
Although practically everybody in the supply chain world is keenly aware of the need for progress in areas like improving supplier collaboration and risk management, the culture is inherently slow to change.
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The Changing Dynamics of Global Supply Chains
Robert Gifford, executive vice president of global logistics with Ingram Micro, walks us through the past, present and future of global supply chains. He also discusses how his own company is positioning itself to cope with change.
Lufthansa Plans Tel Aviv Service; New Frankfurt Logistics Center
Lufthansa Cargo is about to launch its first all-freighter service to Israel.
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