Archive for RFID & AIDC – Page 2

The big news this week here in the US was the election results, where Democrats got a “shellacking,” as President Obama characterized it. With Republicans now in control of the House, we will either see more compromises on legislation or more deadlock. I’m betting on the latter. Cap-and-trade legislation, which had passed the House but was stalled in the Senate, will likely go nowhere the next two years (at least… Continue reading

My colleague Janice Abel recently wrote an ARC Strategic Report called “Best Practices for Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection” (available to ARC clients only).  Achieving excellence in anti-counterfeiting and brand protection (ABP) is a multipronged, cross functional effort that requires the use of various technologies. But Janice makes the case that the supply chain organization has a role to play in these efforts. 

First of all, counterfeiting is a… Continue reading

Global oil and gas supply chains – upstream, midstream and downstream – are large, complex, and asset-intensive and require a number of interdependent logistics partnerships. Except for perhaps the military in times of conflict, few if any other sectors must rely so heavily on their supply chains to ensure that operations are flowing smoothly.

Increasingly, those involved in the oil and gas supply chain realize the importance of having… Continue reading

Here’s what caught our attention this week in the world of supply chain and logistics:

Last week was a relatively quiet one for news; this week, it was hard to keep up. Here is what caught our attention: