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QRS: Getting in the Electronic Trading Game
Using Web Forms, no player is too small for electronic commerce.
Read MoreCross-Border Stewardship
A new cross-border compliance initiative helps smaller shippers become more proficient supply chain partners.
Read MoreBelk: Consolidation to the Max
For Belk department stores, consolidation was the path to modernization
Read MoreTodd Horne: Master of Disaster
Every logistics professional handles the occasional crisis. But for Todd Horne, crisis is the core of the job. As a disaster logistics officer with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Horne moves relief supplies such as food, blankets, plastic sheeting and water purification kits to help victims of war and natural disaster. Horne […]
Read MoreTradeBeam: Cracking the Global Code
TradeBeam takes a well-rounded approach to international trade.
Read MoreSelling Wholesale on Rail
Florida East Coast Railways leverages its intermodal assets to provide a tailored solution for BJ’s Wholesale Club
Read MoreMark Davis: Logistics at the Speed of Flight
Like many logistics professionals, Mark Davis spends nearly every day racing the clock. At Tracer Corporation, his department rushes aircraft parts to meet airlines’ just-in-time requirements, or to get grounded planes back in the air. Along with time, though, Davis’ department faces another sort of pressure: they have to maintain precise records on every part […]
Read MoreEMJ Extracts Execution Excellence
Transportation system aims to turn plans into profitable reality for flatbed shippers
Read MoreOshKosh B’Gosh: An Overall Inbound Success
OshKosh B’Gosh tries on a 3PL partner to better manage its global inbound flow.
Read MoreAmerican Textile: Room to Grow
A new super-sized DC was just the ticket to keep one textile company growing.
Read MoreJohn Henderson: A Man of Parts
Over the past few years, John Henderson has pulled off a double logistics coup. He led an effort that cut $20 million out of Gerber Technology’s service parts inventory, and he did it while boosting next-day customer service delivery from 40 percent into the high 80s. A division of Gerber Scientific International, Gerber Technology sells […]
Read MoreSilvon: The Incredible Shrinking Safety Stock
New software helps companies systematically match inventory to fluctuating customer demand.
Read MoreSandy Chavis: To the Line, Just in Time
In 1995, Sandy Chavis took on a new challenge: creating a logistics department at Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM). Until then, purchasing staff who procured parts, raw materials, and supplies for the forklift truck manufacturer also handled the transportation of those goods. But as TIEM started buying more parts in the United States instead of […]
Read MoreCombineNet: Moving Beyond Reverse Auctions
Using combinatorial optimization, DuPont finds further ways to save on transportation.
Read MoreAvnet: Focus on Perfection
Avnet’s Arizona distribution center is one of the company’s best sales tools.
Read MoreRichard Jackson: Purchasing Power
From cancer cultures to special valves to dual-engine aircraft, Richard Jackson stood ready to find and deliver almost anything. As manager of export purchasing for chemical company ICI Americas (later Zeneca and AstraZeneca) until his retirement in 1993, Jackson tapped U.S. suppliers for materials and equipment his company’s overseas facilities couldn’t find in their own […]
Read MoreSeeing Is Believing
TBI, a non-profit network of eye and tissue donor banks, relies on supply chain management to expedite time- and temperature-sensitive shipments to doctors and hospitals worldwide.
Read MoreGalen Erickson: Back to the Sporting Life
After seven years calling balls and strikes in the minor leagues, Galen Erickson was looking for a major change. The former umpire soon found a new career in logistics, rising from receiving dock supervisor to vice president of distribution at Phoenix-based Broadway Southwest Department Stores. Later, he advanced to executive positions with—among other companies—Leslie Fay […]
Read MoreLogility: May the Source Be With You
Collaborative sourcing management steers Bell Sports toward greater control over its brands.
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