In Mexico, Big Cola is the real thing Boldness is one attribute of Peruvian entrepreneur Carlos Añaños. In 1989, his family went broke when a guerrilla group lay siege to his hometown, Ayacucho. Something he noticed was the total absence of...
One good turn deserves another Today more than ever the apparel industry is bound by quotas and duties and the need to bring perishable commodities — garments that come into and out of style — quickly to market. Margins are extremely thin...
The ins and outs of VMI Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is old hat at home improvement retailer Ace Hardware Corp. Since 1987, about 20 manufacturers have been receiving electronic data interchange (EDI) transactions from Ace, converting the...
Feb. 11, 2004 -- Waukesha, WI -- RedPrairie Corp., a provider of global supply chain technology solutions, has announced the acquisition of LIS, one of the leading supply chain execution (SCE) providers in Europe. The combined companies will...
Feb. 5, 2004 -- More than ten years after the automotive industry was sued by the Lemelson Medical, Educational & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, for patent infringement for the use of bar code and machine vision systems brought a...
Out in the open Visibility is one of those logistics buzzwords that seems to take on a different meaning relative to the given situation. For James Hutchinson, senior vice president, supply chain integration with wine and spirits producer...
Drug makers fight back against counterfeiters Facing heightened public concern about the growing number of counterfeit drugs entering the U.S. supply chain (see cover story, January 2004 LT), a number of prominent pharmaceutical...
The secret of your 3PL success “Just because you outsource doesn't mean you can disengage,” warns David Blythe, logistics manager for medical-grade products supplier Smith & Nephew. Tom Wade, logistics division manager for Yamaha Motor...
Managing the wireless warehouse at a glance This article looks at how companies are using wireless devices in tandem with WMS technology to improve their DC operations. As a distributor of industrial products and equipment, primarily for...
3 mistakes to avoid when going wireless “After observing hundreds of fleet operations implementing wireless technology, it's clear where many make mistakes that cause the implementation to deliver less than optimal results or fail...
