DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CARGO IS?
The 2002 movie The Sum of All Fears based on the 1991 Tom Clancy novel of the same name depicts what is surely a supply chain manager’s worst nightmare:
Reverse Waltz
What, you might wonder, does dancing have in common with reverse logistics? Perhaps not much at first glance, but as soon as you introduce the metaphor
Dirty Laundry Comes Clean
The subject of retail returns is big, messy, and embarrassing enough that retailers tend to keep quiet about it. Logistics executives toss around words
Retailers May Escape an Iraq War Backlash
WHEN U.S. TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES rained from the skies over Baghdad in the early morning hours of March 20, retail companies braced for the worst after
DHL to Acquire Airborne’s Ground Service for $1.05 Billion
DHL Worldwide Express and Airborne Inc. are making no bones about it; they are going after UPS and FedEx as a result of a definitive merger agreement
Disaster Recovery Sidebar: Even-Handed Tactics
Ernst & Young partner SUZANNE M. RAY says that pre-9/11, companies’ disaster plans focused on internal events like facility shutdowns but have since spotlighted
Short Takes: Bombs Away!
THE HARSH REALITY of pink slips flying, combined with the potential for American bombs dropping on Baghdad, kept nervous shoppers out of the malls in
New Catalogs
Culture for Kids Master Communications founder/CEO Selina Yoon aims to give children insight into the cultures of the world with the launch of Culture
Asia for Kids launches spin-off
Eight years after launching Asia for Kids, a catalog selling Asian-themed books, CDs, and toys for youngsters, founder/CEO Selina Yoon is going broader.
New Web Catalogs
BusinessDuds.com Want to outfit your sales team in crisp new golf shirts embroidered with your company’s logo? New Website BusinessDuds.com sells T-shirts,