Archive for April, 2008
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
As the SCN Supply Chain Network community continues to grow, we’re pleased to announce the establishment of free online group meetings or webinars to be held on a monthly basis. Our first session will be held twice on May 14th at 10:00am and 3:00pm to give members from all parts of the world the ability [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
From Seegrid.com: “Seegrid Corporation (www.seegrid.com), the premier provider of vision-guided mobile robots for the material handling industry, today announced the launch of its Founding Distributor Program, a distribution network of dealers and resellers who are leaders in technology, in their depth and breadth of product offerings, and in providing outstanding service and support. To date, [...]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
From Foxbusiness.com: “Companies are introducing environmental initiatives for myriad reasons, often to comply with customer mandates and new regulations or to boost public opinion. But why shouldn’t firms also use the “green” buzz as a means to improve business operations and reduce supply chain costs?
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
From nashow.com: “In April 2008, tens of thousands supply chain and logistics professionals from more than 80 countries will arrive at Cleveland’s I-X Center. They will be greeted by over 450 exhibits covering 150,000 net square feet on one show floor - exhibits that feature manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics and IT solutions for the supply [...]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
From ARC Advisory Group : “Dedham, Massachusetts; April 7, 2008: The worldwide market for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.5% over the next five years. The market was $1,257 million in 2007 and is forecasted to be over $1,807 million in 2012, [...]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Over the last seven years we have seen unprecedented progress in the viable development of new SCM technologies such as EPC RFID, Electronic Catalogues (GDSN) and the SCM standards which support them on a global basis. These supporting SCM standards referred to are GRAI (Global Returnable Asset Identifier) and GLN (Global Location Numbering) which are [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
From supplychainstandard.com: “‘ Business leaders are increasingly looking to the supply chain to create a competitive edge which will directly impact the financial performance of their company”In the last year or so there has been a lot of talk about a new approach to supply chain management - an approach which turns the supply chain [...]
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