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Industry Publications
Achieving Supply Chain Excellence through Technology Internet Resource
Fulfilment & e.logistics is all about multi-channel fulfilment.
Supply Chain Technology
Logistics & Distribution Bulletin
Warehouse Mgt. Bulletin
Material Handling Professional Bulletin
Connecting manufacturing leaders.
IT whitepapers for IT Business Professionals and Buyers.
International resource for material handling & logistics.
Manufacturing and logistics IT news.
Information for professionals who recommend, select, or buy materials handling solutions.
Supply chain management and logistics news, insight, opinion and education
Monthly magazine posting industry news, blogs, webcasts, best practices, etc.
Research, industry events, podcasts, directed towards the supply chain executive
News, featured content, videos
International Journal exploring all the aspects of logistics, supply chain and operations management.
Supply chain headlines, webinars, buyers guides
Jobs
"Nerve Center for Today's Supply Chain News"
"Where Supply Chain Job Seekers find the Top Jobs in Supply Chain"
"Career site for Supply Chain, Logistics, Distribution, Purchasing, and Materials Management professionals"
"Online home for purchasing, logistics, and supply chain recruitment"
"Find careers in Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Freight Forwarding, 3PL, Distribution, Purchasing & Manufacturing"
Logistics Career Connections
Supply Chain Logistics Recruiter
"An International Executive Job Search and Recruiter Company"
"Career community for the Supply Chain Management Industry"
Organizations
Association for Operations Management, skills building and career aid
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals posts industry research, periodicals job listing and more
Society serving scientific and professional needs with links to scholarly journals, conferences, etc.
Not-for-profit association providing opportunities for promotion and expansion of professional skills and knowledge.
International Warehouse Logistics Association 3rd Party Logistics
Leading non-profit trade association representing the U.S. material handling and logistics industry
Free association of procurement and supply chain organizations, performs benchmarking studies, etc.
Reverse Logistics Association - 3rd Party Logistics
Supply Chain Council offers user interaction forums and communities
An Association of Distribution Professionals
Supply Chain Industry Essential Reading
"Logistics Gives Material Handling a Makeover"
Material Handling Management
The pains and deficiencies of the past economic recession, the unexpected return of customer demand, and the urgent need for justifying capital for material handling automation lends itself to golden opportunities to take advantage of services offered by supply chain logistics service providers.
"Simplify Before You Automate"
Material Handling Management
Automation can be key to business efficiency, but only if done right. Smart organizations know if they first simplify a process before they automate it, this will ultimately lead to reaping the greatest amount of rewards from the automation process.
"Plug-and-Work Material Handling Systems."
IMHRS 2010 Paper by Kai Furmans and Frank Schonug of Karlsrube Institue of Technology, Germany
One disadvantage of automated material handling systems is their relative inflrexibility. Recent progress in the capabilities and cost of basic system components has made possible an new class of material handling systems having a much higher degree of flexibility.
"Supply Chain Contemplates Post-recession Future."
DC Velocity
Opinion divided on whether supply chain will change modus operandi based on lessons learned from downturn.
"Automated Receiving: Saving Money at the Dock Door"
Logistics Management
(Whitepaper) A concise overview of technologies used to automate receiving. This paper explains how to increase efficiency by automating the movement of goods into a warehouse or distribution center. It also provides step-by-step advice for designing an automated receiving operation.
"2010's Top 20 Supply Chain Software Providers"
Modern Material Handling
Modern's 9th-annual survey of the leading SCM suppliers finds that the market for supply chain software took a hit last year, but things are beginning to look up.
"Wooden Pallets: Everything Old is New Again."
Modern Material Handling.
The last ten years has seen a changing of the guard in the wood pallet industry. Used pallets, once the ugly stepchild of the business, have slowly but steadily come to dominate the market.
Schools with Supply Chain Curriculum
Fisher College of Business offers Logistics Engineering degrees
MIT's Leaders for Global Operations program brings together students and industry partners.
University of Tennessee Knoxville, nationally ranked Supply Chain Management program
W. P. Carey School of Business, Supply Chain Management Department highly ranked
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Global Supply Chain Management Forum
Comprehensive educational platform for the industrial distribution industry
Krannert Operations Management affiliated with the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative
MBA Program in Supply Chain Management
Survey ranked supply chain program best in US
New doctoral program in the Management of Manufacturing and Automation.
Manufacturing Custom Executive Education Programs
Trade Shows
Educational / Buyers conference sponsered by MHIA
Annual conference geared to the needs of warehouse and distribution management
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