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Lots of Shipments, Loads of Savings
Big Lots nets bigger savings and biggest efficiencies by optimizing less-than-truckload shipments.
Read MoreMichael Mahon: Rolling in Dough
When the music store he managed went out of business, Denver jazz bassist Mike Mahon needed a new day job. He found one driving a delivery truck for Otis Spunkmeyer, a manufacturer and distributor of frozen cookie dough and ready-made bakery products. Soon, Mahon spotted an opportunity that looked too good to pass up. Otis […]
Read MoreVendor/Carrier Accountability: We’ll Drink to That!
A beverage distributor’s thirst for visibility is quenched by a tool that sets delivery performance standards and makes sure they’re met.
Read MoreGiving Voice To Warehouse Productivity
ODW Logistics’ success speaks volumes about the benefits of voice technology.
Read MoreMark Smith: Remaking SC Strategy, Again
It is amazing how much can change in a mere 18 months. When Mark Smith left his job as head of operations for GTSI in early 2005, the company focused mainly on reselling information technology products—such as notebook computers and software packages—to government organizations. But in September 2006, when Smith returned to the Chantilly, Va.-based […]
Read MoreFrom Doughnuts to Dollars
Krispy Kreme finds sweet savings in streamlining financial and supply chain transactions with EDI.
Read MoreTeamwork Wins the WMS Game
Canadian sporting goods retailer The Forzani Group drafts Q4 Logistics to tackle a WMS implementation.
Read MoreMilton Young: A Tree Grows in Houston
Milton Young is in the Christmas tree business, but not the kind you decorate with tinsel and twinkling lights. His employer, Houston-based FMC Technologies, manufactures valve assemblies that control the flow of product pumped from undersea petroleum fields. Called “subsea Christmas trees” for their branching shape, these systems are engineered to withstand rough usage one […]
Read MorePeeling Away a ‘Band-Aid And Bubblegum’ Operation
Specialized shipping and global trade software complements Speedline Technologies’ slowing ERP system.
Read MoreA Supply Chain That Tires Easily
Hankook Tire is on a roll, finding help to complete the final leg of its global supply chain.
Read MoreThrowing the Book at an Old WMS
With a new WMS implementation, book wholesaler Bookazine begins the next chapter in its success story.
Read MoreMelissa Grant: She’s in Hot Water
“Most people don’t think about their water heater until they don’t have hot water,” says Melissa Grant. As demand planning manager at Rheem Water Heating, Montgomery, Ala., Grant spends her days figuring out how many people will turn their thoughts in that direction, and how their visions of soothing baths and spotless dishes will translate […]
Read MoreRelieving Global Trade Aches and Pains
SAP’s global trade solution is the right medicine for Bayer, helping it centralize, standardize, and further automate international trade activities.
Read MoreKeith Anderkin: Keeping Fast Food Fast
When you see an ad for a limited-time offer on a special sandwich at Arby’s, it means Keith Anderkin and his team have been busy. Anderkin is vice president of procurement for ARCOP, the Atlanta-based nonprofit purchasing and distribution co-op that serves Arby’s franchisees, and he oversees procurement of nearly all the food and packaging […]
Read MoreI Sync, Therefore I Am
SuperValu derives super value from a product data synchronization initiative.
Read MoreSailing Through a Shipping Maelstrom
The world’s largest appliance manufacturer sets sail with a new tool to coordinate and optimize ocean freight transportation services.
Read MoreRaising the Bar on Customer Service
A new WMS helps ATC Logistics and Electronics better serve the upwardly mobile cell phone industry. You can hear them now.
Read MoreAmilia Pickerill: Go With the Flow
Swagelok Company’s fluid system components keep liquids and gases flowing, and Amilia Pickerill keeps those components streaming to customers around the world. Pickerill is logistics program manager for Swagelok, a Cleveland-area firm whose fittings, valves, filters, hoses, and other products play important roles in research and in the pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, alternative […]
Read MoreDemand Planning Changes Minds
A mission to improve demand planning and customer service led European manufacturer Tenaris to embrace new technology and a new mindset.
Read MorePET Project Improves Railcar Tracking/Tracing
Amcor PET’s peeve was inaccurate data on inbound rail shipments. A new automated tracking/tracing system got the company back on track.
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