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Activant Solutions Inc., a leading technology provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software for distributors and specialty retailers, shared its vision for using ERP systems of record in combination with social media to help wholesale distributors improve efficiencies, customer engagement and collaboration at Summit 2011, held in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month. Activant’s annual Summit [...]

A 2009 report from Health and Human Services found that 59 percent of the North American food facilities surveyed did not meet the FDA’s requirements to maintain records about their sources, recipients and transporters. On the heels of the largest recall of eggs in FDA history this month and pending legislation in the Senate, food [...]

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics! Think of the possibilities for generating, forecasting, monitoring and responding to real time direct from consumer and B2B customer demand for your products, equipment and services!

The next in our series of Logistics related FAILED postings. (Note no animals were hurt in this video!)

From aopa.org: “Is there a more iconic corporate symbol than the Goodyear blimp? Company research shows that whenever the word “blimp” is used, most every American thinks “Goodyear.” Such name recognition and association doesn’t occur without a major investment in time and money, and Goodyear has made both over the past 84 years to support [...]

From kqed.org: “The Hindenburg wasn’t the only air ship to end in a catastrophic crash. In 1935, the USS Macon went down in 1000 feet of water off the coast of Monterey, California. Now, as scientists study the recently-discovered wreckage, dirigibles are returning to the Bay Area and are poised to rule the skies once [...]

Has the supply chain got you shackled? Laugh at familiar supply chain management headaches in the comedy video series: Married to the Job— a joint production between The Second City Communications and Kinaxis. These supply chain themed videos embrace the antics of ACME’s manufacturing operations staff. See how Sibley, in supply chain planning, balances working [...]