Greycon Ltd has introduced D-Opt, a patent-pending product cycle optimisation solution designed specifically to increase planning productivity and schedule efficiency and to decrease inventory and stock outs.

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3M has announced a ‘fast track’ sister product to its existing WMS, HighJump Warehouse Advantage

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Increased world demand for oil coupled with the introduction of higher duty rates has continued to push up prices for bulk diesel fuel contracts to over 82 pence per litre and some pump prices to over £1.

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Shippers wishing to anticipate new state regulatory laws related to the environment should keep their eyes on California, say logistics industry thought leaders.

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Manhattan Associates, Inc. has announced that breakfast cereal producer The Weetabix Food Company will standardise its distribution operations on Manhattan Associates’ global supply chain platform.

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While shippers may feel a “green highway” is long overdue, analysts at last week’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) Annual Conference observed that U.S. ports are still miles away from participating in such a system.

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Leading golf specialists American Golf have announced that they have selected K3 Landsteinar to implement their new Retail System throughout their 63 stores in the UK.

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Infor, a provider of supply chain management software technology, recently announced it has released a new transportation management system (TMS) application that, it says, allows shippers to simplify the complex nature of global trade and addresses various facets of transportation management.

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Panelists at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference last week said that the 2008 freight market outlook is more than than challenging.

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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported yesterday that its seasonally-adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage index was up 1.5 percent in September after being down 0.8 percent in August. 

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