Chemicals & Energy

As Oil Interests Move Into West African Waters, So Do Growing Numbers of Pirates

June 4, 2013

While the frequency of pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, this is no time to celebrate. Somali pirates still hold two vessels for ransom with 60 crew members as hostages. More alarming, however, is the increase in the capabilities of pirate groups in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, now challenging Somalia as the world's most dangerous place to sail.

Keeping It Cool: Challenges in Temperature-Controlled Transportation

June 3, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

RWI, an asset-based 3PL specializing in temperature-controlled transportation, recently conducted a survey of shippers with cold supply chains to better understand their needs and challenges. Chris Taylor, director of sales and marketing, discusses the results.

Keeping It Cool: Challenges in Temperature Controlled Transportation

May 24, 2013

Chris Taylor, Director of Sales and Marketing, RWI Transportation

Supply Chain Planning: Is It Time To Move On From Microsoft Excel?

May 23, 2013

Arkieva

Deciding to switch from a home-grown Excel application to a vendor-provided APS tool is not easy.

Aspen Technology Issues New Release of Process-Industry Software

May 16, 2013

Aspen Technology Inc.

Aspen Technology Inc., a vendor of software and services for the process industries, has released version 8.2 of aspenONE.

The Essential BYOD Handbook: Effectively Supporting and Managing All of Your Mobile Devices

May 14, 2013

Barcoding, Inc.

Effectively Supporting and Managing All of Your Mobile Devices

Best Practices for Traceability of Assets in Manufacturing

May 14, 2013

Barcoding, Inc.

Why You Need Real-time Track and Trace Solutions Now

Top 10 Losing Warehouse Strategies - And How To Avoid Them

May 14, 2013

Motorola

Streamline your own warehouse management operations with best practices and innovative mobility solutions

Cradle-to-Cradle Supplies Grows Demand in Supply Chains

May 10, 2013

edieWaste

A huge opportunity exists to develop new, safer materials as companies look to phase out hazardous substances and textiles from their supply chains.

Chemical Manufacturers Publish Pledge of Product Safety

May 10, 2013

Environmental Leader

BASF, Dow, DuPont, Honeywell and the rest of the American Chemistry Council's member companies have pledged to implement 11 industry best practices to evaluate and improve their product safety performance.

Chemicals & Energy

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the chemicals and energy industries. Learn how chemical and energy companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.