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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.

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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More Visions of the Future from the San Francisco Roundtable

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Flextronics to Assume Control of Motorola Mobility Operations in China and Brazil

Flextronics will acquire Motorola Mobility's manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China, and will also assume the management and operation of its Jaguariuna, Brazil, facility. Employees and assets at both locations will transfer to Flextronics after the transaction closes.

Omni-Channel, Multichannel, Merged Channel - A Look at the Dynamic World of Retail

Retail is in a dramatic transformative phase. Consumers' multichannel access and shopping make multi/merged channel fulfillment the focus for retail. No more relegating supply chain to the backwaters of retail management!

IFS Issues Export-Control Module for Aerospace and Defense

IFS has created a new software module to aid in export compliance in the aerospace and defense market.

Taming and Managing Inventory Velocity in a Fast-Paced Consumer World

We are living in a world of speed, immediate accessibility and instant gratification. To keep up with the demand, manufacturers have to procure raw materials, build components, assemble finished goods and physically ship them across the world. Yet they are challenged with shorter and shorter lead times, an unlimited range of finished goods SKUs, selling goods and procuring materials globally and the unending pressure to do more with less. This concept of speed when applied to material replenishment has come to be known as "Inventory Velocity". There are some principles and practices on how to improve inventory velocity in this complex environment.

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Supply Chain Council Publishes Version 11 of SCOR Model

The Supply Chain Council has published version 11 of its Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model.

APL, APL Logistics Announce New Services and Partnerships

APL Logistics has launched a streamlined mobile version of SeeChange, its Web-based shipment tracking tool.

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