Global Logistics

Lufthansa Cargo, Tampa Cargo Operations in Latin America Top This Week's Airfreight News

January 28, 2013

Lufthansa says it's ready with cargo flights between Frankfurt and Guadalajara. Wolfgang Will, director general for Mexico and Central America for the German airline, said the new flights are part of the airline's plans due to the increase in demand in the Mexican market.

Agilent's Vertically Integrated Supply Chain

January 28, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Sun Lieu, head of supply chain engineering at the Electronics Measurement Business Group of Agilent Technologies, talks about the supply chain challenges of a high-mix, low-volume business and describes Agilent's two-level supplier collaboration model.

Celestica Pioneers the Model for Supply Chain Managed Services

January 25, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

After working from 2007 to 2011 to transform its own supply chain, Celestica took what it learned to the market, offering managed supply chain services that complement its contract manufacturing business. Erwin Hermans, vice president of supply chain solutions, explains Celestica's strategy.

Report Details Trends In Overseas Chemical Bulk Freight Market

January 25, 2013

ChemLogix

On an aggregate basis, freight rates for shipping chemical liquid bulk loads throughout Europe have decreased slightly between 2011 and 2012, according to a benchmark study conducted by LHC Consulting, a CLX Logistics company.

A Control Tower Approach to Response Management

January 24, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Mike Landry, president of Barkawi Management Consultants, North America, explains the "control tower" approach to supply chain management and why he believes this approach can enable companies to go beyond incremental improvements to real transformational change.

LogicSource Teams With Coupa to Market Spend-Management Tools

January 23, 2013

LogicSource

LogicSource is partnering with Coupa Software to provide spend-management applications and services to customers.

ICAT Launches Version 2.0 of Transportation and Logistics Platform

January 22, 2013

ICAT Logistics

ICAT Logistics has launched version 2.0 of its customized software for transportation and logistics management.

How an Integrated Supply Chain Enables First Solar's Top Business Goals

January 22, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

When integrating its two major business units, First Solar partnered with Kinaxis to provide supply and demand planning capabilities, says Shellie Molina, vice president-global supply chain.

Confidence in Air, Ocean Transportation Market Continues to Build, Survey Finds

January 22, 2013

Transport Intelligence

The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index suggests that while the current market remains weak, the outlook for this year is increasingly positive.

Four Pillars of Demand Planning Excellence

January 21, 2013

Logility

Achieving higher supply chain performance with more powerful, accurate demand planning.

Global Logistics

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