November 2007 Contents
BECOMING BEST-IN-CLASS
The latest benchmarking study from the Supply Chain Council reveals very few organizations in Southeast Asia excelling in their supply chain operations. LIM YEONG CHUAN discusses the results and recommends some steps companies can take to become best-in-class.The Supply Chain Council South East Asia chapter’s latest supply chain benchmarking study surveyed a total of 271 companies from nine industry ...
SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION SET FOR 10 PERCENT GROWTH
It is difficult for large multi-billion dollar markets to grow rapidly, but the supply chain execution (SCE) market will achieve that feat, acc...
RFID: ACTIVE OR PASSIVE FOR CARGO SECURITY?
The international standards (ISO) committee concerned with cargo container security has finally released a standard based on active RFID, but m...
OPEN ARCHITECTURE WMS
ATLAS-WMS (Advanced Transportation-Logistics Application Service- Warehouse Management System) from Autoscan Technology streamlines, automate...
HANDHELD FOR HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS
Targeted at workers in the chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, grain, textile and mining industries, the CK32IS handheld computer from Inte...
HIGH STORAGE ORDER PICKING SYSTEM
The Dematic Multishuttle is a highly dynamic order picking system with consistently automated flow of containers, which ensures storage of ar...
ERGONOMIC PALLET TRUCK
The Linde T 20 SP - T 24 SP matrix rider pallet truck range is designed for the rapid and cost-efficient movement of palletized goods in a wi...
OPTIMIZE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
Oracle Strategic Network Optimization enables organizations to analyze the potential impact of supply chain disruptions, develop long-range ...
UPGRADE TO THE RIGHT FLOOR
For converting an existing warehouse to narrow aisle or upgrading a warehouse floor to meet specification, the SF-LG (Superflat Laser Grindin...
PALLET RACKING POST FOR HIGH ADJUSTABILITY
Following the design of its PR600 pallet racking system, SSI SCHAEFER presents the Interlock 600 post to offer greater flexibility in the ad...
MONITOR FORKLIFT ACCESS
The ShockWatch StartManager from Stream Peak improves forklift safety and reduces damagerelated costs in the facility by restricting equipmen...
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HAN KIAN KWANG explains how voice technology is driving warehouse productivity gains while assuring high accuracy in line order picks.Voice recognition is a warehouse technology that has truly come of age. The problem of accurately understanding speaker commands in the presenc...
A Vocal Change
Looking for productivity improvements in its warehouse, this Australian retailer found its expectations surpassed after replacing RF picking ...
SPOTLIGHT ON 2D
By JACK TAY. Standards, regulatory requirements, business needs, and new technology advances are driving 2D bar code adoption throughout the supply chain.Two-dimensional bar codes have quietly revolutionized many production, tracking and maintenance processes. Now, 2D bar coding is undergoing a ...
KEEPING THE WAREHOUSE MOVING
If you have ever wondered about all the diff erent trucks used for transportation, storage and picking functions in the warehouse, AHMAD JAMALUDIN provides this useful guide.Warehouses come in an extremely diverse variety of shapes and sizes to meet the individual needs of every conceivable type of industry ? both i...
BATTLING THE BITTER PILLS
How do you know that pill you are about to swallow is not a fake? Peter Schmalleger of NXP met up with Logistics Insight Asia to discuss how serious the drug counterfeiting problem is and how RFID technology can help make sure you get the real thing.Peter Schmalleger is Marketing Manager Pharmaceuticals for NXP Semiconductors. The chip manufacturer, which was spun-off from Philips in 2006, ...
WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
As Asia gets set to become the worldʼs largest pharmaceutical market, opportunities are opening up for logistics providers with the capability to deal with the exacting demands of the industry.Asia is poised to become the largest pharmaceutical market in the world, with many Asian countries growing into the powerhouses of the industry...
MEETING GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Dr Karsten Benzing is Global Head of Supply Chain Processes for German pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim. He spoke with Logistics Insight Asia recently.Founded more than a century ago, Boehringer Ingelheim is the world’s 15th largest pharmaceutical company. Net sales in 2006 were 10.6 billion e...
BECOMING THE STAR HUB
A reliable and effi cient logistics industry is a key support component for Singapore's rapidly expanding life sciences sector.From transporting temperaturesensitive biological assets to specialized equipment, infectious substances or live animals, logistics providers i...
CHINA AND INDIA – DRIVING FUTURE DEMAND
India and China will “change the landscape” of the global logistics market in the coming years, said Essa Al-Saleh, President and CEO of Agilit...
STERLING COMMERCE SOLUTION FOR JURONG PORT
Jurong Port, which was awarded “Best Asia Pacific Container Terminal” at the recent SCM Logistics World 2007 event, now has improved business ...
LIFT TRUCK SUPPLIERS DISCUSS LATEST TRENDS
Lift truck suppliers have some strong opinions on business trends affecting their industry and those of their customers. Those opinions were an...
CEVA AND EGL FINALIZE MERGER
EGL is now a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of CEVA following the merger between the two companies. EGL’s former shareholders received US$47...
ORACLE ‘FASTEST GROWING’ SCM SOFTWARE VENDOR
According to industry analysts Gartner, Oracle’s Asia Pacific Supply Chain Management (SCM) revenues increased 80 percent in 2006, which makes ...
VOCOLLECT CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Building on earlier announcements this year that warehouse voice technology specialists Vocollect reached US$100 million in sales in 2006 and e...
SCM LOGISTICS WORLD 2007
Now into its third year, September’s SCM Logistics World event, held at Suntec City in Singapore, attracted logistics and supply chain professi...
ZEBRA MAKES MORE ACQUISITIONS
Zebra Technologies is to acquire Navis Holdings (US$145 million), a global solutions provider for managing logistics, assets, inventories and c...
COMPLEXITY IS OUR SWEET SPOT
The more complex the supply chain the better, says Robert Bianco, President & CEO, Menlo Worldwide. He explains why to BOB GILL.Robert Bianco joined Menlo back in 1989 as one of the first employees of the American third party logistics (3PL) company. After advancing thro...
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