Austrian watchmaker, LAKS, has introduced the LAKS SmartTransaction Watch, which is equipped with MasterCard's PayPass, a contactless payment feature that provides consumers with a quick...

One interesting piece of news which I saw in Using RFID: Integrated Engineering has introduced a new contactless smart card reader. The SmartTRANS reader provides a transition path from existing...

Supply Chain & Logistics Canada (SCL) recently presented the SCL 2006 Innovation Award to mike Dimond, President of CHEP Canada, for his efforts promoting radio frequency identification (RFID)...

Dan Gilmore, editor of Supply Chain Digest, is one of the people I really admire as a supply chain expert. His fresh ideas and wonderful articles are always inspiring. In one of his new articles, he...

I got an email from Chris Blake of Ariba and he informed me about one of their new deals. The deal is with Fortune 500 company First American Corporation, America's largest provider of business...

The world's biggest soft-drink manufacturer has changed its century-old supply chain management structure, prompting the need for new software solutions. According to a news piece from Mikrofax,...

The RFID Breakthrough Awards 2006, which will be presented at an evening dinner on 8th November 2006 at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, follows on from the success of the RFID Breakthrough Awards...

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled a year-long training program aimed at providing the management staff of its suppliers in China with the knowledge to improve social and environmental responsibility...

I have already written about the effect of WalMart's current supply chain strategy on it's suppliers. Yesterday, I read a piece in the US News which was looking at this issue from another...

Oracle will expand its supply chain planning applications with the acquisition of Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Demantra, a provider of demand-driven planning solutions, according to Industry Week....

The Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) is implementing an end-to-end supply chain suite covering everything from initial product selection to point-of-sale, VNUNet reported. The retailer of clothing and...

According to Information Week, Dow Chemical Co. has embarked on an ambitious strategy during the next decade, relying on sensor networks, global positioning systems and auto-identification...

Here is my tip for today: Re-think your supply chain design as you change your product portfolio. What does it mean? This relates to one of the common mistakes which companies usually make. Let me...

Motorola plans to invest $60 million over the next two years to build a supply-chain control center in Singapore to improve its global supply-chain management and manufacturing efficiencies with...

Axcess International's new Dual Activator product (based on its ActiveTag platform) provides an accurate method for determining the location of people, vehicles and assets. According to Using...

Aviall, aftermarket supply-chain management service provider for the aviation and marine industries, has made a new deal with GE. The company has agreed to supply aftermarket parts for the CF6 engine...

Business software maker Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Demantra, a provider of demand-driven planning solutions, to expand its supply chain planning applications, SDA Asia reported. Financial details...

This is a question I have been asked many times: "Which approach do you recommend for adoption of Supply chain IT solutions: Single vendor or Best of Breed?". And my answer to this is:...

I used to work in an oil company, where we were producing lube oils for cars and industrial applications. Recently, I noticed that there are a lot of similarities between lube oil business and WHISKEY...