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From Reuters.com: ” Companies like Dart Warehouse Corp are the silent partners to big-name U.S. retailers. Yet as stores suffered during the holiday season, firms that handle inventory were still seeing brisk business. Many employees pulled 12 and 13 hour days in November and December at Dart’s Midwestern warehouse, loading and unloading items for shipping. [...]
From Engineering News: ” International fraud detection specialist Kroll says in its 2008 report that at every step along the supply chain, opportunities for fraud exist, ranging from simple theft through to large- scale misrepresentation of inventory assets. It notes that as firms expand across borders and multiply their product offerings, opportunities for fraud augment [...]
SCN Supply Chain Network has now established a number of specific topic groups on Linked In. All of these are subjects our members and visitors have indicated are important and of significant interest to them, so to add yourself to the groups relevant to your interest, join the discussion and get a continuous flow of [...]
There has been much discussion on what Logistics is and the emerging role and recognition of the importance of Logistics professionals within organizations. The rapid growth of the profession has been statistically represented in the growth of related Logistics associations. Two North American examples are the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) formerly the [...]
“Sir, I read with interest Richard Milne’s article comparing supply chain destocking to a bank run (“Scramble to destock resembles bank runâ€, December 15). It is clear that suppliers are facing tough times and many are responding with a knee-jerk reaction of destocking now and facing the consequences later. In my experience suppliers should instead [...]
From Miami Herald:”In 1955, I was fresh out of military service, lived in a New York City suburb and had started my first job with Young & Rubicam as a ”traffic man,” guiding advertisements through the creative and production processes. What did people talk about in 1955? That’s 53 years ago! My brother sent me [...]
