Retail

Get Ready! Wal-Mart Mandate Puts RFID, Smart Tags On Fast Track

September 1, 2003

Jean V. Murphy, Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

Even if you are not among Wal-Mart's top 100 suppliers, the retail giant's push for RFID labels at the case and pallet level by January 2005 deserves your attention. The mandate will have repercussions throughout the supply chain.

Special Issue: Collaborative Commerce - Steel Industry Provides Fertile Ground for Virtual Distribution

November 1, 2002

Jean V. Murphy

Straightline Source is defying the e-business odds and growing legs as a virtual distributor of carbon and flat-rolled steel. Technology enabling order efficiency and waste reduction is part of the reason.

TaylorMade Drives Supply-Chain Efficiency With 24-Hour Club

October 1, 2002

Customization is the centerpiece of a strategy that wakes up the big golf supplier and propels it ahead of the competition in terms of agility and innovation.

SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS - CNH Global: Schneider Wins Logistics Contract In U.S., Now Looks to Europe

July 1, 2002

SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS

July 1, 2002

Home Depot: How Big Hardware Retailer Makes Direct Delivery Work

SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS - DaimlerChrysler: Extreme Logistics? Putting an "X" in Third-Party Services

July 1, 2002

SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS - Columbia Sportswear: For Automated Warehouses, a WMS Spanning Two Continents

July 1, 2002

SPECIAL ISSUE: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS - Kodak Brasileira: Hiring of Third-Party Proves Key to Handling Volume Surges

July 1, 2002

IKEA let's Verticalnet assemble its private exchange

May 1, 2002

Thomas A. Foster, Editor-in-Chief

True Value Battles Adversity With Supply-chain Efficiency

December 1, 2001

Serving the nation's largest cooperative of independent hardware stores, struggling True Value aims to secure member loyalty through a world-class supply chain.

Retail

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