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Here’s what caught our attention this week in the world of supply chain and logistics:
- Manhattan Associates Reports Strong Second Quarter Earnings Per Share
- UPS 2Q Earnings Soar 71 Percent on 13 Percent Revenue Growth
- Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
- LeanLogistics Releases On-Demand TMS® v.10.2.0
- Sterling Commerce Expands Mobile App Portfolio with Industry’s First Mobile B2B Integration as-a-Service
Logistics executives face many transportation-related challenges, both today and in the future: volatile fuel prices, capacity constraints, road congestion, driver shortage, hours-of-service and safety regulations, sustainability initiatives, new taxes and fees (e.g., carbon emissions tax? vehicle miles travelled fee?), and the list goes on. This reality has led many shippers and carriers to focus on ways to improve the productivity of their transportation operations. Some have invested in… Continue reading
This Week in Logistics News (July 5-9, 2010)
· CommentsLeBron James is playing for the Miami Heat next year. Lindsey Lohan is going to jail. The U.S. and Russia traded spies.
I could stop here, but in case your world doesn’t just revolve around athletes, celebrities, and espionage, here’s what else happened this week:
- Retail Container Traffic to be Up 16 Percent in July
- NRF Releases Blueprint for Retailers to Leverage Mobile Technology
Last week was a relatively quiet one for news; this week, it was hard to keep up. Here is what caught our attention:
- Oracle Integrates Oracle® Transportation Management 6.1 with Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0
- ORACLE REPORTS Q4 GAAP EPS OF $0.46, NON-GAAP EPS $0.60
- April 2010 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 32.4 Percent from April 2009
- Out of
The Gulf Oil Spill
· CommentsHere at ARC Advisory Group, we are well known for our research and expertise on supply chain and automation technologies used by the process industries. I’ve been waiting for one of our process industry gurus to write something about the Gulf oil spill and Larry O’Brien finally did last week in “How the Gulf Oil Spill Affects Process Automation, Safety, and Asset Management” (available to ARC clients only). … Continue reading
This was a relatively quiet week, but here are some items that caught our attention:
- SAP Underpins On-Demand Strategy With the Proven Power of Partners
- New Release of SAP® Business ByDesign™ Gives Customers In-Memory Analytics, Support for Mobile Devices, and Customizable User Interfaces
- CDC Software Acquires TradeBeam, a Leading Cloud-Based Provider of Global Supply Chain Visibility and Trade Management Solutions
- UPS
Shippers, Time to Learn About CSA 2010
· CommentsYesterday, I moderated a shipper-carrier roundtable discussion at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum 2010 User Conference. In my opening comments, I joked that Manhattan had lied to me when it asked me to moderate the session. “Manhattan told me there would be a steel cage in the room, like an Ultimate Fighting Championship match, and they promised me blood.” In reality, the room set-up was much more civilized and the… Continue reading
The traditional definition of a private fleet is a fleet of vehicles owned by a company to conduct business. When supply chain folks hear the term they tend to think of a fleet of large trucks with trailers hauling goods from the manufacturer’s distribution center (DC) to the retailer’s DC. But other types of fleets exist as well: smaller trucks used to install new products for project-based supply chains; maintenance vans… Continue reading
