American manufacturing to the rescue? Who could have imagined that? It wasn't so long ago that this sector was said to be on its deathbed. Now we're hearing that manufacturing is the "key driver" of what's passing for an economic recovery in this country.
Inttra, developer of a multi-carrier network for managing ocean shipping, has released a Shipping Application Delivery Platform for integrating and deploying the vendor's applications from within existing logistics, transportation-management or enterprise resource planning systems.
Clint Lasher, president of Wynright, talks about how electronic fulfillment is changing to meet the needs of today's multi-channel consumers, and how retailers should be redesigning distribution centers to accommodate them.
Larry Curry, principal with Oliver Wight Americas, offers a definition of Integrated Planning and Control, along with detailing its benefits and discussing how companies can begin to embrace this vital concept.
United Stationers set out to achieve a simple goal: boost space utilization within its network of distribution centers. Surprisingly, it found little in the way of guidance from other companies.
LogicSource, a procurement services and technology firm specializing in printed materials and related commodities, has made a number of enhancements to its OneMarket Technology Suite of software applications.