Though negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and United Parcel Service (UPS) started 10 months early, the expiration of the collection bargaining agreement between the two is still far off.  Their original objective of reaching a tentative agreement by the end of March is highly unlikely.

On March 20, SAP announced the release of Visual Intelligence software for personal use. It is one of the fastest ways to get information from a spreadsheet. Designed for ease of use, SAP Visual Intelligence reveals data quickly, while also giving a visualization of what it is presenting. Unlike other software systems, this version does […]

According to a recent survey, U.S. CEOs are not particularly optimistic about growth in the coming year, but do feel more confident about growth in the future. In PwC’s 16th Annual Global CEO Survey of 167 U.S. CEOs, 81% responded that they had applied cost-cutting measures in 2012, and for the current year, 71% replied […]

A global survey recently jointly conducted by J.P. Morgan and the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) was the first ever to reach out to system integrators. They asked nearly 1,800 professionals in the automation and control industry about their feelings about the current year and predictions for their business operations. The survey discovered that businesses […]

Costs for shipping perishable products can really add up when you take into consideration its shelf life. When moving perishables domestically, the products must be inspected and released for delivery, in addition to each state having its own agricultural protocols. Shipping internationally imported perishables has many other issues including being cleared by 3 U.S. agencies. […]

February’s non-manufacturing growth (NMI) bests the average of the last 12 months, as well as outperforming last February’s highest NMI. The Institute for Supply Chain Management’s monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business released its indices on growth and stated that all four core metrics remained in growth mode for February.

Predicting and managing inventory levels are becoming more and more difficult within today’s organizations. Due to customer needs, global demand, and shorter lifecycles, inventory is causing more conflict than ever. The responsibility inventory is divided between finance, sales and field operations, and the supply chain. Inventory should not be seen solely as a cost challenge, […]

Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (MHEM) predicts modest, but continued growth this year, and even more for 2014. Despite consumers and investors still being wary of U.S. fiscal troubles, MHEM believes the housing, auto and non-residential construction will continue a rebound through 2014 and beyond.

“A flurry of activity at the end of the year gave way to more moderate growth in January,” says The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA)’s President and CEO William G. Sutton, CAE. December’s volume grew due to holiday sales, which lead to January’s volume dropping by 49%. Despite this, new business in the equipment […]