March 2009 Contents

Cover Story

THE HUMAN FACTOR

G VENKATESH reports. Along with superior processes and the right technologies, a well-developed human resource base is a crucial ingredient for success in the logistics sector.

Any job these days – white-collar or blue-collar – demands several skill-sets, some primar...

Market Moves

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO THE RESCUE

By JOHN PAUL. While improved global supply chain management is always desirable regardless of what happens in the world, it can play a crucial role in mitigating the current economic crisis.

Last September, the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a severe economic crisis that ...

Portfolio

LONG RANGE, WIRELESS SCANNING

The PowerScan PBT7100 industrial handheld linear bar code imager from Datalogic Scanning...

FULFILLMENT GOES MOBILE

The Mobile Fulfillment System (MFS) from Kiva Systems is a material handling system usi...

AUTOMATED INVOICE PROCESSING

Auto-Audit from SCM software solutions provider AEB is a value-add system for processing...

MOBILE COMPUTERS – ASIA STYLE

Motorola unveils the FR series of handheld mobile computers, initially comprising FR68 a...

Software & Systems

SOURCING SOLUTIONS

By DON MACLENNAN and DEBBIE UMBACH. Supplier relationship technology solutions can help push companies towards the goal of sourcing excellence.

Today, significant business pressures are forcing the procurement department to shift i...

Track & Trace

SMART CONTAINERS

By JAMES GIERMANSKI. Containers that use sensors and systems to track and report data such as contents, unauthorized access and physical location hold huge promise for improving supply chain efficiencies and strengthening security.

These days, there are more and more of what are called “smart containers” – electronic tra...

Handling & Storage

PROMAT 2009

With a record number of exhibitors, this year's ProMat show provided a wealth of ideas for improving material handling productivity.

Held in January at Chicago’s McCormick Place South, ProMat 2009 attracted a record number ...

Vertical View

CHECK-IN FOR AIRPORT LOGISTICS

G VENKATESH reports. Increasing passenger numbers and new airport constructions are driving Asian demand for baggage and cargo handling systems.

Airport Expo Dubai is around the corner. In May 2009, all the players in baggage and car...

Industry News

GLOBAL RECESSION TO IMPACT SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING

The supply chain planning (SCP) market is expected to shrink in 2009, and grow only modestly in 2010, according to ARC Advisory Group. It...

SCHAEFER BUILDS FOR FUTURE

SSI Schaefer Singapore has won a S$9 million (US$6 million) equipment contract to outfit electronics component distributor Future Electro...

Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Always looking at ways to support members in the region, the Logistics & Supply Chain Mana...

BUSINESS ENABLER FOR SME LOGISTICS PROVIDERS

At a time when many logistics service providers are downsizing their businesses, newly formed e-global Logistics Network (eGLN) is launch...

KEWILL-IPACS TAKES ON NEW IDENTITY

The renaming of global trade management and logistics software provider Kewill-IPACS to Kewill signals the completion of the integration ...

CONCRETE GRINDING BECOMES COGRI

CoGri (Asia Pacific) is the new name for the company formerly known as Concrete Grinding (Asia Pacific). Headquartered in Singapore, CoGr...

PANALPINA CELEBRATES SINGAPORE EXPANSION

CEO Monika Ribar highlighted the strategic importance of Singapore to the Panalpina Group w...

DHL MOVES HIGHER IN AEROSPACE

DHL Exel Supply Chain saw its business its aerospace logistics double in 2008, the company revealed at a March 5 media conference in Sing...

SIEMENS AND CAPGEMINI COLLABORATE FOR SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Siemens PLM Software and Capgemini have announced the availability of an integrated supplier relationship management (SRM) solution to he...

DB SCHENKER INVESTS IN VIETNAM

Schenker Vietnam has officially opened its flagship facility in Song Than Industrial Park I of Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. The US$5.5 m...

TNT ON TRACK FOR ASIA GROWTH

Everything we said we would do we have done, pronounced Onno Boots, regional managing direc...

Editors Comment

SLUMDOG LOGISTICS

BOB GILL, Group Editor

A workforce of 5,000 makes 200,000 deliveries to an accuracy rate of 99.9999 percent every w...

C-Level Conversation

TAKING A NEW TURN

After 17 years at DHL, ROLF HABBEN-JANSEN recently jumped ship to head up Maersk Logistics in Copenhagen, Denmark, as CEO. He talks Bob Gill about the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Before joining Maersk Logistics at the beginning of 2009, Dutch national Rolf Habben-Janse...