January 2008 Contents

Cover Story

MOVING FORWARD WITH REVERSE LOGISTICS

SVEN VERSTREPEN reports. While outward processes tend to get all the attention, putting some focus on your reverse logistics flows can yield signifi cant benefits.

Over the past few years, the subject of reverse logistics (RL) has been gaining increasing attention and awareness in the supply chain communit...

Market Moves

Fujitsu targets aviatio n sector with high capacity RFID Tag

Fujitsu has reportedly developed the world’s first 64-kilobyte UHF RFID tag with enough memory to store volumes of aircraft part and maintenance...

Supply chain finance slow to take off

A new Aberdeen Group research study, “The 2008 State of the Market in Supply Chain Finance”, benchmarks the trends in supply chain finance (SCF...

Healthy growth for bar code printer consumables

The bar code printer consumables market is set to grow at almost 10 percent annually through 2011, according to research out from Venture Dev...

Portfolio

OPTIMIZE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORKS

To achieve optimal productivity, delivery service and costs in an environment characterized by global production and distribution structures ...

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL

As well as the complexities of an international supply chain, logistics service providers (LSPs) must meet steadily rising expectations of fast...

VERSATILE RFID READER FOR MOBILE COMPUTERS

The IP30 add-on RFID reader from Intermec delivers mobile RFID read/write capability to the latest generation of Intermec mobile computers, ...

HIGHLY CONFIGURABLE WMS

ATLAS-WMS (Advanced Transportation-Logistics Application Service-Warehouse Management System) from Autoscan Technology streamlines, automates ...

TRANSPORTATION UNDER CONTROL

Oracle Transportation Management is a planning and execution platform for shippers and third-party logistics providers, from single-mode business...

SHELVING SYSTEM OPTIMIZES STORAGE SPACE

Specially designed to meet the needs of customers in Asia Pacific and the Middle East region, the versatile LS600 (Long-Span 600) system from S...

Software & Systems

Next Generation Lean

The era of implementing lean manufacturing without a software infrastructure is over, according to Greg Gorbach and Ralph Rio of ARC Advisory Group.

Lean Manufacturing is today’s most common factory improvement methodology, moving beyond its automotive industry origins to the broader discret...

Track & Trace

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW

BOB TREBILCOCK reports. Real-time location systems (RTLS) can pinpoint the position of your critical assets and are seeing increasing innovation and rapid growth.

Not having the right part for a manufacturing process or the right inventory for an order can bring a factory or warehouse to a screeching halt...

Handling & Storage

Racking Right

Double-deep, drive-in, drive-through, push-back? Corinne Kator sorts through the different types of pallet rack systems.

Pallet rack systems are among the most basic and yet useful materials handling tools. Variations of these simple steel structures create order ...

Vertical View

FRESH THROUGH THE CHAIN

Asia's cold chain is still largely underdeveloped. ELIZA LEUNG talks with Accenture's Jeff rey Russell to find out how food and beverage manufacturers can overcome the hurdles.

Asia is suffering from the growing pains of severely constrained cold chains, says Jeffrey Russell, Managing Partner, Supply Chain Asia Pacific...

SINGAPORE DEVELOPS COLD-CHAIN STANDARD

Singapore has launched TR 24: 2007 Technical Reference on Cold Chain Management for Vegetables ? the first such nationalstandard for the ASEAN r...

Tracking for Telecom

By having access to real-time location data, British Telecom is now able to better utilize its existing fleet of transportation assets, and recover equipment that might otherwise be lost.

The supply chain unit of BT (British Telecom) provides logistics services for 30,000 engineers, delivering critical parts across the UK. The com...

Huge Growth for Asia Pacific Active Tags Market

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan reveals the Asia Pacific active RFID tags market will be worth close to a billion dollars by 2013.

Although still in its infancy stage, the Asia Pacific active tags market holds considerable potential for growth. As this technology provides a ...

Industry News

Schenker, BAX Global merge in Malaysia

Schenker and BAX Global have agreed to a deal that aims to strengthen air and ocean freight, and overall global supply chain management in Mala...

DHL finalizes Singapore expres facility buyout

DHL has completed the acquisition of the DHL Express Singapore Hub facility from Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) for S$38 million (U...

Acenture: Chemical industry neds to share best practices

Nearly two-thirds of supply chain professionals in the chemicals industry say their companies have no formal processes for identifying and shar...

TNT expands Asia Road Network

TNT has expanded its Asia Road Network into China. Reportedly the first to link over 120 cities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indochina and ...

INTERMEC NAMES DAVID YUNG VICE PRESIDENT, ASIA PACIFIC

Intermec Technologies has appointed technology veteran David Yung as Vice President and General Manager, AsiaPacific Region.

With over tw...

JUNGHEINRICH EXPANDS LIFT TRUCK PRODUCTION CAPACITY

Material handling equipment and logistics solutions supplier Jungheinrich is constructing a 30 million euro (US$44 million), 30,000 annual prod...

KUEHNE + NAGEL AWARDED BENETTON 3PL CONTRACT

Kuehne + Nagel Taiwan has been awarded a contract by Benetton Trading Taiwan to provide integrated logistics services for the clothing compan...

YRC TO PURCHASE SHANGHAI JIAYU LOGISTICS

YRC Logistics has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Shanghai Jiayu Logistics ? one of the largest providers of less-than-truckload gro...

Sucesful start for CeMAT INDIA

From 4 to 7 December 2007, Bangalore hosted three new industrial shows: CeMAT INDIA, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION INDIA and MDA INDIA. Some 600 exhibi...

Dr Clemens Kolbe becomes Dematic head

Dr Clemens Kolbe has succeeded Johann Lottner as President and CEO of intralogistics solutions supplier Dematic. With a doctorate in econo...

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Regional Professional Body for Logistics Practitioners

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS) has joined forces with SupplyChainJobz (www.supplychainjobz.com). Following the agreeme...

Editors Comment

THE OTHER WAY

From the manufacturer to the consumer. However long and involved the route may be, that’s what comes to mind when we think of the products moving...

C-Level Conversation

Setting High Standards

We will not compromise on delivering high quality, reliable, and safe material handling and storage solutions, even at the risk of losing a sale, says Brian Miles, Regional Director, SSI Schaefer. He talks here to Bob Gill.

Brian Miles arrived in Asia in 1984 to set up a Singapore distributorship for German material handling specialists SSI Schaefer. With the Asian...