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by ehsan on May 31, 2006
According to Trading markets, Tuesday, Peak International Ltd. has appointed Mary Chow as Vice President of Supply Chain Management. In her new position, Mary will be responsible for the management of...
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by ehsan on May 30, 2006
During a Chief Executive Officer and Members Forum held after the Annual General Meeting of the Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices (CRJP), members expressed a great interest in the...
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by ehsan on May 29, 2006
According to a report by Sydney Morning Herald, fridge and cooler maker Frigrite has shone some light on the maneuvering inside australian supermarket chain, Coles Myer, as Coles chief executive John...
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by ehsan on May 28, 2006
Joe Dunlap, a senior manager at Accenture, had an interview with Inbound Logistics last year on RFID implementation issues. One of the interesting things which he mentioned was about looking at RFID...
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Filed in archive Products
by ehsan on May 28, 2006
I found this interesting clip about the Microsoft's xbox 360. In this short, four minute, clip, xbox management team explain their challenges regarding collaboration with suppliers in xbox 360...
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Filed in archive Products
by ehsan on May 27, 2006
Realizing the relative advantage of small vendors for offering solutions to SMEs, SAP has made a new move: One should never neglect the importance of a partner ecosystem, given that even SAP cannot be...
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by ehsan on May 26, 2006
Rising fuel costs are eating away at retailers' and manufacturers' profits and driving up the price of goods for their customers. At the same time, today's shorter delivery lead times and...
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by ehsan on May 26, 2006
Technology solutions and services vendor Unisys has selected DHL as it global lead provider for service parts logistics. The new deal, which covers the Middle East, marks the extension of an existing...
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Bank Watch reported that Home Depot has recently bought a bank: Yes, that's true and the company has a reason for that. This purchase is directly tied to facilitate the value chain for their...
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by ehsan on May 25, 2006
Maersk, the world's largest container-shipping line, announced its subsidiary, APM Terminals' joint venture with French stevedoring group Perrigault SA-termed Terminal Porte Oceane-has signed...
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Industry Week has organized a new web seminar titled "Sharing Information, Improving Profits: How to Manage your Master Data" sponsored by Liaison. The seminar will be held on Thursday, June...
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by ehsan on May 24, 2006
Pertinence has signed a partnership deal with Apriso to provide manufacturers with a fully integrated solution that enables them to monitor their supply chain, Computer Business Review reported. The...
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by ehsan on May 23, 2006
Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced the next version of their extended ERP...
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by ehsan on May 22, 2006
Again another hurricane storm in Florida and lots of damages to companies' supply chains...This is not a headline from CNN, but a simple warning. My whole supply chain is corrupted, What should I...
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by ehsan on May 22, 2006
I have already posted a short article about Google Trends, a recent service of Google.com. I have to confess that I've become addicted to it. At least 5 times per week, I go to the website and...
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Filed in archive Technology
by ehsan on May 20, 2006
Sun Microsystems has launched an RFID and sensor-based Java.Net community web site for Java developers, giving developers access to a community of colleagues, information, product demos, downloadable...
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by ehsan on May 18, 2006
I read an interesting article in Financial Times on Tuesday about the service side of manufacturing. The author, Peter Marsh, provided really valuable insights about how this service chain is growing...
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by ehsan on May 18, 2006
Two of Japan's largest logistics providers, NYK Group and Yamato Group have announced that they are to form a Strategic Alliance. According to eLogistics Trend Watch, the two companies explained...
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by ehsan on May 17, 2006
I saw Microlise, a UK-based systems integrator, last year in Transport Tracking 2005 and talked with some of their managers. They had some innovative ideas in the RFID area and they were really keen...
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