News from Around the Web

• Air France: To Sell 2 New 777 Boeing Cargo Aircraft To Fedex
  Source: online.wsj.com   Date: 01-29-2010 15:33:47 GMT
  PARIS (Dow Jones)--France-KLM (AF.FR) has signed a letter of intent to sell two new Boeing Co. (BA) cargo 777 aircraft to FedEx Corp. (FDX), a spokesman for Air France told Dow Jones Newswires Friday. More
  
• Union Pacific on Track In Arizona (at Forbes.com)
  Source: www.forbes.com   Date: 01-27-2010 19:15:00 GMT
  The railroad has chugged ahead of Burlington Northern in sales. More
  
• Performance Management
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 12-18-2009 17:28:22 GMT
  Dashboard configuration is highly flexible, enabling users to consolidate information based on the corporate hierarchy, business units, geography, or any customized group of facilities that share similar attributes. More
  
• Inttra, Hanjin Partner To Expand Use Of E-Commerce Services
  Source: www.logistics-business-review.com   Date: 03-17-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Inttra and Hanjin have entered into an alliance under which Hanjin Shipping, a carrier headquartered in Seoul, Korea, will expand the use of e-commerce services offered by Inttra including selecting Inttra as their preferred e-commerce platform for customer e-commerce growth in North America and More
  
• Givaudan Extends Contract With TDG
  Source: www.logistics-business-review.com   Date: 03-16-2010 09:15:56 GMT
  TDG, a European-based outsourced logistics service provider and supply chain management business, has secured a long-term contract with food ingredient specialist Givaudan Nederland. More
  
• Economy: Panjiva cites decline in global shipments to U.S. from January to February
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 03-11-2010 18:10:01 GMT
  Data reveals a 3 percent decline in the number of global manufacturers shipping to the United States from January to February. More
  
• Talks to Address Trade in Tuna and Ivory - NYTimes.com
  Date: 03-11-2010 17:37:17 GMT
  A 12-day meeting in Qatar could help determine the fate of endangered species from rhinoceroses to polar bears to red coral. More
  
• Survey: Companies enlisting compliance services
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 03-08-2010 14:22:31 GMT
  A new survey finds that companies are taking the impact of emerging regulations on their businesses seriously enough that the companies are hiring outside firms to assist with compliance. More
  
• China's Bank Chief Says Currency Is Unlikely to Rise
  Source: www.nytimes.com   Date: 03-07-2010 01:07:23 GMT
  Zhou Xiaochuan said China should be “very cautious” about revaluing its currency, also known as the yuan, as long as major economies remained mired in slow growth. More
  
• IT Opens Door to Collaboration Era
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 03-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Are we finally ready to more from the adversarial to the truly collaborative in our supply chain relationships? More
  
• What the car biz can learn from lift trucks
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 02-11-2010 07:00:51 GMT
  An open forum for the readers and writers of Modern Materials Handling to share ideas, problems and solutions. More
  
• Wireless Data Collection & Paperless Picking
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 02-02-2010 16:44:15 GMT
  Comprehensive news on the most advanced systems for automated mobile data collection & paperless picking of inventory through RFID and wireless technologies. More
  
• PDS gets it right
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 02-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  PDS, a third-party logistics provider, implemented a warehouse management system, conveyor, sortation and two pick modules to expand its retail case picking capabilities. Receiving: The receiving process begins at the gatehouse, where a guard verifies a driver’s paperwork. Using that information, a More
  
• Supply chain: JDA purchases i2 Technologies, Inc.
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 01-28-2010 15:36:14 GMT
  By finalizing the acquisition, JDA solidifies its position as one ofthe world's leading providers of supply chain management and pricingsolutions. More
  
• Airbus to use RFID tags in its aircraft part supply chain
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 01-26-2010 14:55:11 GMT
  Two RFID tag makers are looking to bring definition to supply chain visibility, at least in the aircraft manufacturing industry. More
  
• System Report: Distribution evolution at PDS
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 02-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  Third-party logistics and wholesale food and grocery distribution share one thing in common: both industries operate on razor thin margins. That puts a premium on squeezing as much cost as possible out of warehousing, distribution and transportation operations. Prime Distribution Services More
  
• Warehousing & Distribution Centers: RFID revisited
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 02-01-2010 00:00:00 GMT
  It was understandable from the outset why the technology had quickly become a “media darling.” In its very basic form, an RFID system uses an inlay—consisting of a microchip and an antenna—along with a reader to communicate digital information about an object to which the inlay is attached. More
  
• Damco partners with SaviTrak
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 01-26-2010 12:41:22 GMT
  Freight and supply chain management service provider joins up withwireless tracking intelligence service to improve global containershipment services. More
  
• Supply chain intelligence platform: Panjiva introduces unlimited user pricing model to meet demands of large buying organizations
  Source: Modern Materials Handling   Date: 01-26-2010 12:03:41 GMT
  Citing growing demand for knowledge sharing among sourcing teams, company makes its supply chain intelligence platform available for a monthly fee. More
  
• Supply ChainFinancing: Surviving the Economic Downturn
  Source: Supply Chain Management Review   Date: 01-19-2010 13:46:28 GMT
  How will the scars of the recession affect your ability to raise cashin the future, or for that matter, manage your finances in present?Here, William Atkinson shows you how some companies, including UPS Capital and Procter & Gamble, are planning ahead. More