"Lenovo's been the number one PC company for over three years now," says Gerry Smith, an executive vice president at Lenovo and president of its Data Center Group, in a recent video.

Dynamox, a technology company in Florianopolis, Brazil, is marketing a new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-enabled data logger that serves as a low-cost option for tracking goods in a cold supply chain using RFID sensors.

Companies in developed markets are increasingly nearshoring production as the labour cost advantages of manufacturing in places such as China have eroded, according to a new report.

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has announced plans to build a 37,000-square-foot cold chain facility to be operated by AirLogistix USA. The airport says it expects the facility to come online this summer.

DHL Express has published research highlighting growth opportunity for retailers and manufacturers with an international online product offering. The report, "The 21st Century Spice Trade: A Guide to the Cross-Border E-Commerce Opportunity," looks at the markets and products that offer the highest growth potential, the motivations and preferences of customers making international online purchases and the success factors for online retailers that wish to expand overseas.

The task of linking systems of any company with truly global reach is difficult enough to begin with, says Lindsey Kathmann, supply chain analyst at TE Connectivity, but complexity is heightened when the enterprise is structured into separate business units, some with their own spinoffs.

Merging two companies is seldom easy, but it's even more difficult when their supply chains are highly dissimilar, says Jim Calarese, director of supply chain systems at Sanofi Genzyme.