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FedEx and UPS Feud Over Union Rules
Alex Kingsbury
The country's two largest private package-delivery companies, UPS and FedEx, have their horns locked in battle on Capitol Hill over the patchwork of laws that determine the rights workers have to form unions.
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FedEx fossil arrives 300m years late
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Chloride UPS Systems Safeguard Hospital Data Center
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Lower Austria to have more postal service providers
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Sundown Pastoral Co rattles beef supply chain
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Strong growth points to end of freight recession
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Port Elizabeth taxi strike strands thousands of workers, pupils
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Royal Mail could face penalties over rigged research
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"FedEx" Fossil Amphibian Found
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Spot Freight Triples Year-Over-Year in Normally Weak Month
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State of Retail Logistics: Strengthening Cross-Channel Supply Chain Execution
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Lego, U.S. Postal Service bank on the magic of augmented reality
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Postal service: Provide more counters
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Cunard extending agent distribution with 2011 launch
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Travelport secures Etihad distribution deal
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(AMM) Freight railroads set safety record in 2009
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Research and Markets: Air Freight in Europe: An Essential Resource for Top-Level Data and Analysis
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City Council Procurement Policies Create Jobs
City Council Procurement Policies Create Jobs originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 03:46:01.
In hundreds of cities across the US local authorities are working on shoestring budgets to maintain services to the local community. In the UK, one city council has found that its forward thinking procurement policies have resulted in the creation of approximately 5,000 jobs in and around the city. Manchester City Council has announced that it has spent a total of £357 million on local suppliers, directly resulting in employment for many people in the area.
One of the city's procurement policies is to encourage contractors and subcontractors to hire as many new employees from the Manchester region as possible. During 2008 and 2009 this policy has led to 85 percent of contractors were from the Greater Manchester area. The council's efforts have been held up as the way forward by industry leaders. This month the British Institute of Directors (IOD) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) emphasized the importance of re-examining procurement policies as part of a plan to make savings in public spending.
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Caterpillar Part Of New Onshoring Trend
Caterpillar Part Of New Onshoring Trend originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 03:56:00.
We are so used to hearing of companies moving their manufacturing offshore that when a company decides to return their operations back to the US it makes headline news. In the latest move, Caterpillar is considering relocating some off its offshore heavy-equipment overseas production back to a new facility in the US. Analysts have named this new trend as onshoring and there is a growing number of US companies who are considering this option.
The drivers behind the onshoring trend include the rising price of imports, due a weaker dollar, and increasing disadvantages of offshore production. Companies are finding that offshore manufacturing is not as cost effective as it was, due to increasing shipping costs, complex supply chain structure and inconsistent vendor quality.
Caterpillar is not the only company interested in onshoring, General Electric reported that in 2011 they will move production of water heaters from China to its facility in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Supermarket Chain Trials Lightweight Packaging
Supermarket Chain Trials Lightweight Packaging originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 14:18:07.
UK supermarket giant, Tesco, is currently operating trials to reduce their packaging of items to reduce their overall carbon emissions in the supply chain. The current trial is to use plastic bottles for its own-brand spirits range as well as introducing lightweight glass wine bottles. The company believes it has achieved an 86 percent reduction in its own-label packaging due to the switch to plastic. It is working with suppliers to cut the packaging of products on 4,000 projects.
The lightweight wine bottles are claimed to be the lightest ever which is the result of a project with waste reduction body, WRAP. The bottles are 30 percent lighter than the previous lightest own-label bottles which save 560 tonnes of glass annually. Tesco has an overall goal of a 30 percent reduction in the carbon impact of the products in their supply chain by 2020. It has also stated that it aims to become a zero-carbon business by 2050.
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Vendor Supplies Counterfeit Intel CPU's
Vendor Supplies Counterfeit Intel CPU's originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 02:50:41.
Online computer parts retailer NewEgg confirmed that it has sold a number of Intel Core i7-920 CPUs that were counterfeit. The phony CPU's were supplied by a vendor from Freemont, California called IPEX Infotech. Initially the vendor told NewEgg that they had mistakenly shipped Intel demo units, but NewEgg have since reported that the Intel CPU's were totally counterfeit. As a result the company terminated their relationship with the supplier.
NewEgg are known in the industry as a reliable supplier of computer parts but this incident could tarnish that reputation. Management will be obviously aware that there are a multitude of online suppliers that their customers can turn to. An incidence of counterfeit products being received and then sold to customers could easily shake customer confidence. As a company's supply chain becomes more complex and they more remote from the actual manufacturer, the possibility of receiving counterfeit goods will increase.
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Wal-Mart Promises A Greener Supply Chain
Wal-Mart Promises A Greener Supply Chain originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 04:50:13.
Wal-Mart has announced it is to make its supply chain greener by cutting 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2015. The company says this is the equivalent of removing more than 3.8 million cars from the road for a year. Wal-Mart estimates that 90 percent of the emissions originate from supply chain operations, while the remainder ten percent is from its stores.
Wal-Mart indicates that they will initially focus on sectors of the supply chain that will generate the most significant emissions reductions, as well as the greatest amount of cost savings. Apparel and food are likely to be targeted first as they consume large quantities of electricity. Wal-Mart will be working with the Environmental Defense Fund to produce a set of guidelines for suppliers so they can assess the extent of their greenhouse gas reductions. The carbon specialty consultancy, ClearCarbon, is working with Wal-Mart and its vendors to measure and verify the reduction of emissions in the supply chain.
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First Loss For 106 Year Old Shipping Line
First Loss For 106 Year Old Shipping Line originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 02:47:06.
Maersk, the world's largest freight shipping line, has announced a $1.31 billion loss, it's first in 106 years of trading. The loss is more astonishing as it comes after a profit in 2008 of $3.33 billion. The company blames the combination of unprecedented low demand and low rates.
Over the last decade, the company invested in new ships, as did many of its competitors, and this has led to a global surplus of capacity. Maersk reacted to the oversupply by laying up ships, reducing staff and cutting costs across the company. Freight analysts expect some improvement in volume and in rates, but only low single digits. This may not be enough to get Maersk back into the black without further cost cutting measures.
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Buy Your Own Freight Railway
Buy Your Own Freight Railway originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 12:05:40.
Train buffs, this is your chance to own your very own railway. The receivers of FreightLink in Australia are taking offers for the Adelaide to Darwin railway, which has been in operation for six years. KordaMentha were appointed as receivers to FreightLink in November 2008 after the company was unable to complete a voluntary sale of the railway. The winning bidder will receive a working railway which is used by freight services, Great Southern Railway's Ghan passenger train and haulers of bulk minerals and fuel.
FreightLink was carrying about 800,000 tonnes of intermodal freight and 70,000 tonnes of bulk liquids between Adelaide and the port of Darwin each year. The railway has 13 diesel-electric locomotives and in excess of 530 wagons.
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Stockouts Lead To Loss Of Market Share
Stockouts Lead To Loss Of Market Share originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 02:50:36.
There is a on-going war going on in the frozen waffle market in the US as Eggo, made by Kelloggs, struggles to hold on to its market share due to production problems and the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recent warning letter. The FDA's tests showed that the Eggo facility in Georgia was contaminated with the listeria bacteria and had numerous sanitation violations. In addition, Kelloggs reports that there will be a nationwide shortage until Summer because two of the four plants that produce them are closed for repairs.
Retailers are finding that they cannot refill their freezers with Eggo waffles as Kellogg lurches from stockout to stockout. Kellogg has been forced to pull products from the market and halted production. So now retailers are turning towards Pinnacle Foods who manufacture the Aunt Jemima toaster waffles to replace the market leader. Pinnacle is in a great position to replace Eggo as number one as in 2007 General Mills pulled out of the waffle market because of Eggo's total dominance. If Eggo can't increase production soon, retailers and consumers may turn their back on the market leader and decide that Aunt Jemima is the new number one.
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UK Retailer Aims To Be World's Most Sustainable
UK Retailer Aims To Be World's Most Sustainable originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 05:52:29.
One of Britain's largest retailers, Marks & Spencer (M&S), is developing a sustainable forest program for its cardboard packaging. Back in January 2007, M&S launched an initiative, known as Plan A, to increase the environmental sustainability of the business within five years and expected to cost £200 million. Now the retailer has announced a goal to become the world's most sustainable retailer within the next five years.
The M&S Plan A contains commitments that incorporates five areas: climate change, waste, sustainable raw materials, fair partnership and health, with the aim that the retailer will:
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Growing Environmentally Sound Packaging
Growing Environmentally Sound Packaging originally appeared on About.com Logistics / Supply Chain on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 03:49:23.
Ecovative Design, makers of environmentally sound packaging, is using mushroom roots as a robust material that can be used for packaging. Ecovative has created EcoCradle which is grown not manufactured. The company uses a growing organism to convert agricultural byproducts like cotton seed hulls and buck wheat hulls into a packaging material. The packaging provides the same strength and protection as petrochemical based materials such as Styrofoam. But it can be disposed of in the garden or compost pile and is anaerobically compostable.
Ecovative report that the packaging can be molded into different shapes, providing the best protection for delicate objects. Many of Ecovative's customers say that the cost of the EcoCradle packaging is comparable to packing foam or bubble wrap that they used.
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Manufacturing Execution Systems Strategy Update: Trends and Tips for 2010
Read this e-book to learn about MES trends today, find advice and analysis from leading manufacturing experts, learn what top performers are doing with their MES systems, and get insight into creating or updating a successful strategy for MES at your organization.
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SAP® BusinessObjects™ Supply Chain Performance Management: Improving Supply Chain Effectivenes
The SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management application helps companies measurably improve supply chain effectiveness, for more responsive supply chain networks and improved cost control. By focusing on the right process metrics, companies can identify and diagnose bottlenecks and more.
Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Product Compliance, Safety, and Stewardship for Process Industries
Discover how companies taking a strategic approach toward safer and greener products can successfully meet the challenges of achieving effective compliance, safety, and product stewardship in a complex regulatory world, while at the same time gaining a competitive business advantage for the future.
Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Misguided, Opportunistic, or Strategic - Where Do You Stand on the Sustainability Ranking?
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Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Jaspersoft and eBuilder Create Leading Edge Strategic Management Tool
eBuilder, a provider of Cloud Supply-Chain Management Processes, needed a web-based BI solution to enable clients to swiftly analyze information and make critical business decisions. Jaspersoft’s BI Suite enabled eBuilder to provide visually impactful, easy-to-use strategic measurement and monitoring capabilities for the business B2B supply chain.
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How to Make Indirect Procurement Outsourcing Work Effectively
Consider how procurement outsourcers have helped customers improve strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and operational procurement. Yet they need to connect these areas with integrated, sourcing-to-settlement procurement processes by providing customers with standard processes and platforms.
Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Food Safety & Traceability
The focus of this paper will be in helping organizations understand how the Best-in-Class are reducing the impact of food safety incidents; ultimately decreasing the number of product recalls and improving the customer experience.
Published by: SAP America, Inc.
Excelling at Enterprise Carbon Management and Sustainability: An Executive Business Frameworkfor Sustainability 2.0
This paper describes the market drivers (intelligent operational efficiency, competitive differentiation, sustainable growth) for enterprise carbon management and how companies are implementing strategies to address these current and future developments of next-generation sustainability.
Published by: SAP America, Inc.
E-Book: SAP upgrade tips and best practices
SAP upgrades are a perennial challenge - especially for organizations with many instances or customizations. The struggling economy has also made it difficult to make a case for a technical SAP ERP upgrade. Read this paper to learn about six SAP upgrade tips and best practices for global environments which can help avoid costly downtime and issues.
Published by: Panaya, Inc.
ERP for Green Supply Chain Management In Manufacturing
In this whitepaper, we will address the various drivers for the green supply chain trend, share important considerations for satisfying a green supply chain initiative of a customer or initiating your own green supply chain initiative, and discuss the role of enterprise software like ERP in keeping pace with this industry trend.
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Controlling Wireless Costs with any Connection Reporting: Supporting Three Dimensions of Mobile Intelligence
In this white paper we will provide a general overview of Any Connection Reporting. We will then look at specific applications of this technology and see how organizations can use it to solve problems 3G, connectivity plans and so much more.
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Perfect order management starts with perfect processes, which can help consolidate apps and free up capital. In this podcast, discover 20 steps to delivering the perfect order and learn other tips that can help your organization take a process-view of order fulfillment from expert Ray Wang.
Published by: Esker Inc.
How Mobile Printers Drive Efficiency Throughout the Supply Chain
This paper discusses how supplementing enterprise-printing operations with mobile printers eliminates bottlenecks and boosts accuracy, resulting in better overall performance of manufacturing, warehouse management, and supply chain operations.
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Asset Management: Improve Efficiency and Asset Lifecycle with Mobility
Whether you need to scan bar codes or read RFID tags on boxes of office supplies, Motorola's mobile asset management solutions enable the easy, accurate and cost effective tracking of asset location and status-- with minimal administrative effort.
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RFID in Apparel and Footwear: Store-Level Success Sets the Stage for Bigger Benefits
It’s long been expected that the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology would have beneficial effects. RFID is indeed having a positive impact - but it's the retail store, rather than the supply chain, that is seeing the biggest benefits. Read this white paper to learn more about the benefits retailers are seeing from RFID.
Published by: Motorola RFID Solutions
American Apparel Finds the Right Fit
The potential benefits of reducing labor and increasing sales from deploying an item-level RFID operation are clear. Read about current capabilities of RFID, including accuracy, performance and adaptability.
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SYSPRO ERP solutions for the Machinery and Equipment Industry
SYSPRO for Machinery and Equipment addresses your business holistically, implementing solutions to support lean manufacturing and cost efficiencies, while allowing you to respond to global market fluctuations. Read this paper to learn more about SYSPRO's powerful functionality and its tools to implement your LEAN initiatives.
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The When, Why and How of ERP support for LEAN
LEAN Manufacturing is a powerful approach used by manufacturing companies to drastically improve manufacturing processes. In the business world, it is appropriate to ask how LEAN and ERP interact - if at all. This white paper clarifies the situations where ERP supports LEAN, the benefits of this support and why it only applies to some situations.
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FAQ: Cloud-based computing applications and services
Listen to this expert podcast to learn how to improve cloud computing sales. Discover the importance of helping your clients understand the difference between public and private clouds and teaching them about the various cloud products and services on the market.
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