Following a February announcement in which the Department of Commerce and the United States Postal Service (USPS) said they would expand their partnership to support Commerce’s National Export Initiative (NEI), the concerns said today they are taking their partnership to the…
Lockheed Martin’s Savi Technology announced its SmartChain Consignment Management Application (CMA) software platform version 6.0 achieved SAP certification as powered by the SAP NetWeaver PI technology platform
The Semiconductor Industry Association reported today that worldwide sales of semiconductors in May were $24.7 billion, a sequential increase of 4.5 percent from April.
The Institute of Supply Management reported today that while manufacturing activity in June was not as strong as it was in May, the economic recovery is moving forward.
The big picture numbers in this year’s report such as total logistics costs, inventory levels, and carrier capacities all dropped sharply. Yet this was not totally unexpected given that 2009 was only marginally better than 2008, another tough year for companies in just about…
The recent crisis has underlined the emergence of Asia as "a global economic powerhouse," said Anoop Singh, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Asia and Pacific Department.
While healthcare reform is no longer front and center in the minds of most Americans after months of scrutiny and deliberations, the potential impact of the legislation has not waned with healthcare supply chain executives, according to a recent survey from UPS.
Over the last couple of weeks, SCMR has been talking to analysts about what they’re seeing in the supply chain technology markets they cover, RFID, voice and warehouse management (WMS) and transportation management (TMS) systems.
Vincent W. Hartnett, Jr., the company’s president, said that last year Penske’s leasing was affected by lower business activity, but has been ramping up since the last quarter of 2009
Unlike the previous two months, retail sales growth momentum saw a dip from April to May but saw slight year-over-year increases, according to data released by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation.
While the economy is slowly showing signs of bouncing back, its uneven recovery throughout the world has myriad impacts on global trade patterns, commodity flows, and subsequently freight transport flows, according to the findings of a recent research report from the…
Rosalyn Wilson, a transportation consultant for Delcan Corporation, provided SCMR with an exclusive interview on the eve of the release of The 21st Annual "State of Logistics Report," noting that disruptions in ocean carrier deployments has had dire consequences for…
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