Retalix(R) , a global provider of software solutions for distributors and retailers, has expanded its Supply Chain offerings to fulfill the critical transportation requirements of inbound traffic, yard management and dock scheduling for grocers and distributors. Chuck Bealke, vice president of transportation solutions, leads this initiative.
October 30, 2007
e-Future VPM (Visual Process Management) System Launches
e-Future Information Technology Inc. , a leading front supply chain management software and service company in China, today announced its e-Future ONE Visual Process Management (VPM) system has been successfully put into operation in Sino Rubber Electronic Exchange (“Sino Rubber”), the biggest professional natural rubber exchange in China that accounts for 25% of China’s local natural rubber yield.
Supply Chain Experts To Hear Of Dubais Hub Case Study
Dubai Logistics City (DLC), part of the world’s first truly integrated multi-modal logistics platform, currently under development at Jebel Ali in the UAE, will be leading an impressive line up of case studies at SCM Logistics Middle East 2007 – the region’s definitive conference for supply chain professionals in the manufacturing industry at the Shangri-la Hotel, Dubai on 29 and 30 October.
The world’s top supply chain management experts will hear how Dubai has transformed itself into a leading global commerce and logistics hub through DLC’s development within Dubai World Central (DWC) – the 140 square kilometre urban aviation community rising up from Dubai’s desert.
Changes in AFMC get mixed reviews
Three former Warner Robins Air Logistics Center commanders have mixed opinions about a sweeping Air Force Materiel Command reorganization that calls for in-place transfer of about 1,000 Robins Air Force Base supply, contracting and technical workers to a new center headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
Tom Scott, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 987 – the bargaining unit for most civilian workers at Robins Air Force Base – is more blunt. He said the shift will diminish the local center, an economic engine that produces thousands of jobs and billions of impact dollars each year.
