RFID Help Portuguese Fashion Retailer Slim
Supply Chain Technology & RFIDPortuguese fashion retailer Throttleman has reduced the time items spend in the supply chain by five to seven days with the use of an RFID system.
TNT Express Sets Up New Customs Brokerage Division for All Inbound Shipments Entering Canada
Global Trade & LogisticsTNT Express has launched a new customs brokerage division for international shipments entering Canada. The unit will offer Canadian companies advice and assistance on all aspects of tariff classification and schedules, duty advancement, valuation rulings and duty and tax determination.
Bookreview: New French book “The Advantages of Intermodal Transport in Logistics”
Book reviewsNowadays, mastering the intermodal techniques rewards those who take a logistics stance. French logistics expert and journilist Élie Le Du wrote a book about it.
TMS: By popular demand
Supply Chain SoftwareOn-demand TMS has proven to be an economical, yet robust solution to transportation management issues. Now on-demand’s popularity is growing as systems become more sophisticated, moving it well beyond the light planning and optimization features on which it was founded.
CEVA grows under its debt burden
Logistics & ShippingCEVA Group announced its second quarter (Q2) results last week. They show a company with a modestly growing revenue, reasonable profitability but a heavy and apparently growing burden of interest repayments.
Maersk container activities still not profitable
Logistics & ShippingThe container activities of Maersk showed considerable progress in result compared to the first half year 2006 as was expected, however, the total net result was negative by USD 168 million. The number of transported containers in Maersk Line increased by 3%, which was lower than the general market growth as a consequence of the focus on earnings rather than market share.
Web 2.0 And The CEO
Supply Chain SoftwareI often get to sit down with large company CEOs to talk about new technology. These days, the topic of conversation frequently turns to Web 2.0–how to sell insurance, or aircraft parts, or cars when the 30-second TV spot and the one-page newspaper ad are dying. Here’s what I tell them:
CEVA’s CEO offers up take on global logistics, industry consolidation
Mergers & acquisitionsLogistics Management senior editor Jeff Berman had an opportunity to speak with Pattullo about his new role as CEO of the fifth-largest 3PL (third-party logistics services provider), with slightly more than $7.8 billion in 2006 gross revenues, according to Armstrong & Associates, a supply chain consultancy, and roughly 50,000 employees, operating in more than 100 countries.
New Release of WhereSoft Yard-Management Application, With Advanced Planning
Supply Chain SoftwareWhereNet Corp., the developer of wireless applications for the tracking and management of logistics assets, has made generally available version 5.0 of WhereSoft yard.
EU Highly Critical of U.S. Plan to Scan Ocean Containers
Global Trade & LogisticsThe European Union has spoken out strongly against U.S. plans to scan overseas container traffic saying it risks disrupting trade without bringing the added security for which the move is intended.
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