The advent of globalization has enabled companies to take their production facilities and distribute them in countries around the world. The rate at which this distributed production model has been adopted by businesses is staggering.

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Modern information systems can help inventory accuracy and offer real-time visibility. Basic material handling process must still be in order for these systems to work.

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Intellident, the UK’s leading RFID solutions provider specialising in the design and supply of software driven asset tracking and recording systems, with over 50 million items already RFID-enabled and Stockway, a leader in collaborative value chain visibility solutions have chosen to work together to bring additional functionality to the already powerful Vision software suite from Intellident.

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A recent survey by Aberdeen Group finds that 41 percent of manufacturers that have pursued lean manufacturing for at least five years have extended those lean practices throughout their supply chains.

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The European Commission has published a staff paper on the potential impact of information exchanges between liner carriers on the market for liner shipping. The European Liner Affairs Association (ELAA) appreciates the measured tone of the latest European Commission?s (EC) contribution to the debate on the structure of the regime to replace the liner conference system.

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Two recent US reports provide a snapshot view on the state of investment in logistics and supply chain information technology systems.

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The European Court of Justice has ruled that the 11% stake in TNT Group held by the Dutch Government is an obstruction to competition in the market for postal services, which is being liberalised within the EU.

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In his most recent trip to China in early June, European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson was awed at the huge volume of goods headed for Europe that “still aren’t even slightly matched by trade flowing in the other direction.”

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Dubai’s DP World, one of the world’s largest container terminal operators, has shelved plans to float on the London stock market, reinforcing the impression that firms are worried they may find it difficult to raise fresh capital ahead of a possible global economic slowdown, says a report in The Sunday Observer.

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Four major logistics companies have agreed to lease land in the planned Dubai Logistics City, a key component of the Dubai World Central aviation complex, Gulf News reported. They are Aramex, Panalpina, Danzas and Kuehne+Nagel. Construction of warehouses will start in Q1 2007.

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