New Anti-Terrorism Standards for Chemical Manufacturers, Users, and Distributors Six years after the 9/11 attacks and 12 years on from the Oklahoma City bombing, the risk of a terrorist attack against chemical facilities and other critical U.S. infrastructure remains a serious homeland security issue.  July 23, 2008 >more 

The "Right" Failure Is An Option Unlike the generally expressed notion that failure is not an option, when it comes to innovation, failure often should be an option. Best-practice organizations view failure as part of their innovation process, and it is accepted as long as it meets certain criteria, such as being identified early on in the process. July 23, 2008 >more 
  
Parigi Group Finds NGC’s PLM Solution Very Fashionable For nearly a quarter century, Parigi Group’s stable of brands has helped define children’s fashion apparel market. The apparel company designs and produces apparel for many of the industry’s leading brands. . .  July 10, 2008 >more 

Supply Chain Consultants Solution Helps Constar Better Respond to Forecast Variability Constar is one of those companies whose products are ubiquitous but whose name is little known by the consumers using them.  July 10, 2008 >more  

Service Is Key to Electrolux-Menlo Partnership When a company refers to transportation as a “core competency,” it’s usually justifying a decision not to outsource the function. Not so with Electrolux Major Appliances. July 10, 2008 >more   

Tile City Says Good-bye to Paper with Latitude WMS AMR Since starting life in 1966 as a small retailer, Tile City, Chico, Calif., has since grown to be one of the West Coast’s largest wholesalers of imported tile and stone, while retaining retail operations in Northern California. July 10, 2008 >more 

Juniper Networks Achieves Rapid Results with Servigistics Implementation Juniper Networks is a $3.5bn provider of routers, enterprise networking equipment and data security systems. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based technology manufacturer has more than 8,000 global customers with service level agreements (SLAs) that are as short as four hours. July 10, 2008 >more 

Rock-Tenn Optimizes Its Transportation with Transplace Rock-Tenn Company is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of paperboard, containerboard, packaging and merchandising displays with annual net sales of $3bn. Its 9,500 employees operate a total of 92 facilities in 26 states Canada, Mexico, Chile and Argentina. July 10, 2008 >more 

Northwest Food Products Transportation Runs Efficient Fleet, Thanks to Cadec Global Northwest Food Products Transportation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Land O’Lakes. NFPT transports over seven million pounds of milk and finished dairy products daily for Land O’Lakes and a host of other dairy companies. July 10, 2008 >more  
  
Creamery Taps ClearOrbit Solution to Automate Warehouse, Play Well with Oracle Blue Bell Creameries of Brenham, Texas, started out in 1907 making butter for the local market and has since grown into a major producer of ice cream and other frozen desserts, which are famous among consumers for their homemade styles and flavors. July 10, 2008 >more 

CaseStack Helps Young California Grocery Supplier Compete With Food Industry Giants Nine years ago three veterans of the food industry decided to start Greystar Products to bring well-known brand names in the restaurant industry to the grocery shelf.  July 10, 2008 >more

How Supply Chain Management Helps Today's Engineer-to-order Companies In today's dynamic manufacturing industry, companies are feeling the squeeze of fierce competition, as goods are being produced more cheaply in developing countries.  July 23, 2008 >more

RFID's Business Benefits Grow with Infrastructure Integration Nearly two-thirds (62%) of Best-in-Class companies surveyed are proactively and regularly testing and measuring performance of their Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and IT infrastructure deployments.  July 23, 2008 >more

Terra Helps Campbell’s Sense Demand, Optimize Inventory Campbell Soup Company is a $7.9bn leader in the consumer packaged goods industry, producing what can only be described as some of the most widely known brands in the food industry.  July 10, 2008 >more

SGI Can’t Get Enough of Baxter Parts Inventory Planning If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That fairly well sums up the relationship between Silicon Graphics Inc. and its service parts inventory planning provider, Baxter Planning Systems. Silicon Graphics, or SGI, designs and supplies a family of workstations, server and supercomputer systems that are marketed worldwide. July 10, 2008 >more 

Kansas City SmartPort Taps Cadre Technologies For Real-Time Cargo Visibility Project Kansas City SmartPort (KCSP) is a unique organization. Established in 2000 to promote and enhance the Kansas City region as a leading North American logistics hub, SmartPort is a non-profit entity supported by both the public and private sectors.  July 10, 2008 >more

TransportGistics Helps FMC Technologies Improve Auditing FMC Technologies Inc. is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets.   July 10, 2008 >more


Organic Foods Distributor Tree of Life Gains Control of Supplier Base With DSC Logistics Tree of Life is the one of the largest certified organic distributors in the U.S. Through its 12 distribution centers, the company supplies food retailers in Canada and the U.S. with more than 42,000 natural . . . July 10, 2008 >more

Vera Bradley Fashions New Distribution Strategy with Engineering Consulting Firm FORTE Vera Bradley is a maker of women’s fashionable luggage, handbags, accessories, innovative limited-edition collections, and other products, including rugs, lighting, and furniture.  July 10, 2008 >more

Penske Helps Eaton Leverage Its Global Network Eaton Corporation is a $13bn diversified industrial manufacturer with worldwide leadership in four distinct markets: electrical systems and components, fluid power systems, intelligent truck drivetrain systems and automotive powertrains.  July 10, 2008 >more

In Difficult Times, Flexibility Saves the Day Tough economic times can make or break a relationship. And there’s no tougher place to be right now than in a business that supports the housing industry. No one doubts the ability of a giant like Weyerhaeuser Co. to weather the storm.  July 10, 2008 >more