Business Wire (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TMW Systems, Inc., North America’s largest provider of enterprise management
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
# 2177 THIS IS AN EXERCISE. IT IS NOT REAL. The Southeastern District Health Department of Idaho continues their online pandemic exercise with the introduction of absenteeism induced supply chain and utilities disruptions. July 25: Pandemic Flu Disrupts Utilities and Supply Chains July 25, 2008 THIS IS AN EXERCISE. IT IS NOT REAL. The shortage of workers caused by sickness and absenteeism has created...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
JAMAICA, N.Y., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Janel World Trade, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: JLWT), a full-service global provider of integrated logistics services, today announced that it completed the purchase of the customs brokerage "book of business" assets from Ferrara International Logistics, Inc. of Elizabeth, New Jersey on July 18, 2008. The purchase price for the acquired assets was $2.1...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the period 2000-2006, total investment of China's listed transport and logistics companies increased much sharply and the investment surged to CNY148 billion in 2006 from CNY1.16 billion in 2000, representing the compound annual growth rate reached 1.24 times, which reflected the development trend of enlarged investment and accelerated growth in the whole industry. However, starting from 2007, China...
Sourcing Innovation (Free subscription) | yesterday
It was nice to see the recent article by Henry Ijams of PayStream Advisors, Inc in Supply & Demand Chain Executive on emerging payment and discount paradigms in the supply chain and the benefits of working capital optimization, which include: paper reduction liquidity injection into the supply chain supply chain risk reduction purchase-to-pay automation financing The point of the article is that supply...
biopact (Free subscription) | yesterday
Torrefaction, a process traditionally used to roast coffee beans, could give biomass a power boost, increasing the energy content of some leading energy crops and agricultural residues by up to 20 per cent, a study by engineers from the University of Leeds shows. Meanwhile, researchers in the Netherlands have produced an interesting case-study showing that, because of its significantly higher energy...
Green Bloggers Digest (Free subscription) | yesterday
Retailers and consumer goods manufacturers are going to have to collaborate and work more closely with their supply chain partners if their climate change mitigation strategies are to be translated into effective action and if they are to realize the competitive benefits inherent in them, according to new research results from McKinsey & Co. While responses from the more than 2,000 global executives...
Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Sixty percent of supply chain executives are measuring their transportation and logistics emissions, according to ‘Green Transportation & Logistics North American Report‘ from eyefortransport. The survey of over 500 North American supply chain executives shows that the vast majority of respondents, 90 percent, think that over the next three years green issues will remain or become [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--World Logistics Services, Inc. (Pink Sheets:WLSV) has entered into a sales agreement with Intercon Systems, Inc., a leading brokerage and logistics
Postingan Lowongan Kerja (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Postingan Lowongan Kerja (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
3PLwire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Logistics Logistics seems to be a catch all phrase for the movement of goods within the supply chain. I did a quick Google search for the definition of the term logistics and it returned an endless list of potential candidates. Here are a few: Logistics - The management of both inbound and outbound materials, parts, [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
TORONTO, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - PINKSHEETS: HKBV.PK. The issuer is pleased to announce that it has launched a Southern California Logistics Centre. The Warehouse facilities are approximately 3500 square feet. The company intends to use the logistics centre for distribution of its cold drinks in the south west area together with the soon to be announced USA launch of its hot drink division...
Thomas Net (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Operating at UHF frequencies, Slim Tag and Waste Bin Tag transponders are available with EPC Class 1 Gen 2 chips. Slim Tag is suited for managing logistics in large warehouse environments, including pallet, vehicle and container tracking, tool identification, and process control. Waste Bin Tag tracks waste container and enables automatic measurement of weight of waste, promoting efficiency and control....
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In the past, many organizations have viewed logistics activities mainly in terms of warehousing and transportation. Today’s executives are taking a much broader view, examining the logistics function as a strategic opportunity for process improvement, cost savings, and customer satisfaction. These latest benchmarking results illustrate the substantial effect top performance in logistics activities...
The 3 the latest comments published by users on Logistics and Supply Management :
sunilnair | 07/01/2008
Opportunities in Chinas Container Transport and Logistics Sectors China spends about 18.5% of its GDP on logistics costs, as compared to about 10% in the US and Europe, and has expensive, poorly organised inland transport activities. The difficulties, fragmentation and capacity shortages in logistics in China create opportunities for companies with more advanced systems and know-how and for investors...
nitesh | 06/23/2008
M&A in the Automotive Supplier Sector: Issues and Trends : This is the definitive assessment and forecast of the state of the automotive supply chain globally. This reports is your best-available source of understanding, insight and analysis of the automotive supply base. The full report is 62 pages in length. Executive summary Recent and ongoing events in the North American and European auto supplier...
nitesh | 06/18/2008
M&A in the Automotive Supplier Sector: Issues and Trends : This is the definitive assessment and forecast of the state of the automotive supply chain globally. This reports is your best-available source of understanding, insight and analysis of the automotive supply base. The full report is 62 pages in length. Executive summary Recent and ongoing events in the North American and European auto supplier...
