DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, and its long-time partner Microsoft Corporation, have successfully collaborated on the launch of the Xbox 360, as thousands of Xbox 360s have been distributed simultaneously in Europe and North America.

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Supply chain management has grown in company importance and value contribution from its roots as “shipping and receiving”. This is true for large corporations and for small-medium enterprises (SMEs). External events, such as deregulation and international sourcing, have driven the evolution. Questions revolve around the future of supply chain management. Tactical and strategic needs need to be addressed.

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SupplyChainDigest, the supply chain and logistics industry?s leading on-line publication and information website, released its report on the top supply chain disasters of all time.

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An executive of Panalpina Airfreight, a subsidiary of the Basel-based global forwarding and logistics corporation Panalpina, was responsible for ? and systematically covered up ? losses amounting to CHF 33 million, generated over a period of 14 months. CEO Bruno Sidler took responsibility for the episode and immediately handed in his notice. The damage to the public image of the company, which has only been listed on the stock exchange since September last year, is certainly enormous.

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The Grand Alliance member lines Hapag-Lloyd Container Line (HLCL), MISC Berhad. (MISC), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), have announced that they have restructured their service network with a new customer-oriented schedule; offering improvements in services and deploying 152 vessels in 2006, including the cooperation of The New World Alliance (TNWA).

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Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer Inc. has begun to ship its Viagra product with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to its customers in the U.S. It?s part of the company?s initiative to promote patient safety by combating pharmaceutical counterfeiting.

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The 2006 WMS RFP Template, created and endorsed by leading supply chain consultants, is the end result of intensive research and interviews with hundreds of logistics professionals.

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Global express company FedEx Corporation has announced that its FedEx Express unit had signed an agreement with Tianjin Datian W. Group Co., Ltd. (DTW Group) to acquire DTW Group’s 50% share of the FedEx-DTW International Priority express joint venture and its domestic express network in China for US$400 million.

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On a recent factory tour of a local division of a Fortune 500 industrial electrical equipment manufacturer, college students in my operations management class observed a number of contemporary inventory management techniques in practice. These shop floor practices included work cells, small lot production, kanban cards, flow storage, and more. However, our tour guide, the supply chain manager, seemed to be most proud that he achieved the greatest inventory reduction through a consignment agreement with one of his division’s suppliers.

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RedPrairie Corporation and MARC Global Holdings, Inc. have jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement, whereby RedPrairie will acquire MARC Global Holdings, Inc. The combination of RedPrairie and MARC provides both companies strategic opportunities to grow and build scale.

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