Archive for September, 2009
“Everything counts in large amounts.”
These Depeche Mode lyrics popped into my head when I read the news from Apple that “more than two billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store [and] there are now more than 85,000 apps available to the more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’s iPhone Developer Program.”
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The Audiovox Global Supply Chain
· CommentsAudiovox Corporation is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ: VOXX) headquartered in Hauppauge, New York. The company generated about $600 million in revenues in its last fiscal year. Audiovox started in the car radio business but its product portfolio has expanded over the years to include satellite radio, vehicle security, remote start and other mobile products. The company has made several significant acquisitions, including Thomson’s Americas consumer electronics accessories business (the… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, Evan Falchuk, President and COO of Best Doctors, posted a piece on his blog about J.B. Hunt and its approach to healthcare benefits. Evan interviewed Rick George, Director of Benefits at J.B. Hunt. You can read Evan’s posting here, but with his permission, I’ve copied the Q&A portion below.
This posting interested me because it sheds light on a… Continue reading
In the last annual survey done by WERC, the average warehouse’s turnover was between 9.4 and 15 percent. This is too high, and turnover is expensive. How can companies perform better in this area? Could the composition of the workforce make a difference?
In recent research conducted by the Pew Research Center, they comment that “the American work force is graying—and not just because the American population… Continue reading
Managing the flow of goods, information, and money across borders is a highly complex, regulated, and dynamic process—and becoming more so every day! Therefore, companies can no longer rely on manual processes to manage their global trade operations, which is why the Global Trade Management (GTM) systems market is one of the fastest growing segments of the software industry.
The scope and capabilities of GTM solutions have evolved… Continue reading
How to Improve Yard Management
· CommentsThe benefits from Yard Management Systems (YMS) are driven by their ability to enhance five key processes within the yard. Here are some of the key benefits in those different process areas:
YMS Improves 5 Processes Within the Yard (click to enlarge image)
Editor’s Note: The posting below contains some inaccurate information about GS1 Global Traceability Standards (see comment posted below by John Keogh, Senior Vice President EPCglobal Canada and Traceability). A follow up posting has been published which provides a more accurate and detailed overview of the GS1 Canada Product Recall service.
GS1, the global organization responsible for RFID, EDI, and bar code standards, has been developing Global Traceability Standards… Continue reading
SaaS 2.0: How the Logistics Industry is Driving an Evolution in Software-as-a-Service
Posted on Sep 22 2009 | By Art Mesher · Comments (0)The software-as-a-service (SaaS) model has been widely embraced thanks to the numerous advantages that on-demand solutions deliver to multiple industries. Logistics-intensive organizations, however, were among the first to turn to SaaS to reduce costs, increase operational performance and improve customer satisfaction. As the need for connectivity, collaboration and compliance grows, many members of the global supply chain now realize that SaaS in the logistics market can offer far more than… Continue reading