Two new documents from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are designed to help companies improve the monitoring of material flow in the supply chain, combat smuggling and to respond to the threat of piracy and terrorist attacks.

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Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world?s first RFID-tagged all-plastic pallet pool, announced that it has executed a long-term preferred supplier agreement with Netherlands-based Schoeller Arca Systems, the global leader in plastic packaging systems for materials handling, to manufacture several million pallets for the company.

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In the retail world, four building blocks form the basis for supply chain success. They are planning, sourcing, logistics, and store operations. Excellence in each of these core ?DNA? disciplines is desirable? but it?s not enough. To achieve truly breakthrough results in sales, margins, and inventory levels, companies need to successfully integrate the supply chain building blocks across the enterprise. Learn from the lessons of the leaders.

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Global trade has mushroomed in the post- Cold War world. With few exceptions, the availability of goods and services from anywhere on the planet is only a mouse- click away. Trade barriers continue to fall. Who would have thought 30 years ago that China would emerge as such a competitive force in the global marketplace? Who would have thought that India would have such an impact as a quality high- tech service provider?

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released traffic results for the first seven months of the year showing growth of 6.4% for passenger traffic and 5.3% for freight over the same period last year.

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AP MOLLER-Maersk may be forced to write off debts accumulated by its struggling container division which appears to have lost its grip on invoicing after its takeover of P&O Nedlloyd, say accountancy experts. Danish giant may have to write off box losses, writes Janet Porter

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DPWN CEO Klaus Zumwinkel has made a public statement welcoming the prospect of a major purchase of equity by Blackstone, the very large American private equity company. ?Private equity and hedge funds are welcome because they invest and lift the shares higher? he said in an interview with a newspaper.

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Vocollect, the world leader in voice-directed work, announced the availability of the new Vocollect SRX wireless headset ? the first commercially available wireless voice recognition headset for use in industrial voice-recognition environments.

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CEO Jess S?derberg, A.P.M?ller-M?rsk, has now decided to comment on rumours that the group should be interested in acquiring the German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd ? and he rejects all speculations in this matter.

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The warehouse management system (WMS) market has matured with analyst firms such as AMR Research and ARC showing slower growth rates. As the market enters into this new phase, new patterns and trends are developing.

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