MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of cloud-based transportation-management system (TMS) software, has launched RateFriend, a freight index providing global rate data for road, air, ocean, rail and intermodal transportation.
Fleetmatics Group, a provider of mobile workforce applications delivered under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has developed Fleetmatics Routist, an intelligent routing-optimization tool.
Tim Brown, managing director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech, describes how supply chain education has evolved over the past two decades and highlights how the Institute is employing internet and hybrid classes to expand its continuing education program.
Tammy Bliss recently left a career with Fortune 500 companies to become an entrepreneur. These two worlds share many challenges, including finding and keeping talented employees, she says. Bliss also discusses her new company, ConversionR, which promotes reuse of cardboard cartons.
Steve Lovejoy, senior vice president for the Starbucks global supply chain, discusses initiatives that the company has under way to meet the "whenever, wherever" demands of today's consumers as well as projects aimed at understanding the consumer of tomorrow.
A supplier review process at Chick-Fil-A has grown from a simple, manual exercise to a robust collaborative initiative involving numerous internal departments and high-level sit-down meetings with suppliers. Mike Walpole, senior manager of distribution and logistics, explains how the process has evolved and where it is going.
Hiding illicit drugs and money among an otherwise legal freight move greatly reduces the risk for criminals working in the multibillion-dollar drug trafficking business. John Murphy of the DEA discusses what makes companies vulnerable and how to protect corporate assets.
