04.10.05

Small Victories: ROI from RFID

by Beth Bacheldor [RFIDJournal.com]

Little companies face big challenges when deploying RFID. But by working with a systems integrator or managed services provider, they may be able to keep costs down, and even earn a return on their investment.
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11.01.05

The Service-Oriented Architecture in the Supply Chain Benchmark Report [Aberdeen]

Business process flexibility versus the cost of technology in the supply chain - it’s an ongoing battle waged within your company, and the only winner is the competition. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) allows corporations to start weaving together people, applications, and data to support individual and unique processes, helping you and your business partners meet the challenges and opportunities in a global, multi-channel environment. This report offers key business value findings derived from our latest benchmark research and provides frameworks and standards for building the supply chain of the future.

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10.19.05

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Continues to Pick Up Steam

by Coreen Bailor [© 2004, CRM magazine / destinationCRM.com]

Enhanced integration and flexibility, coupled with other factors like reduced cost, are steadily becoming more attractive to organizations.

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04.31.05

Inbound Logistics: Transportation Transformed!

How seven companies of all shapes, industries, and sizes, transformed their transportation and logistics operations through the use of technology. Dennis McCoy, VP of Distribution at Food Lion, discusses the motivation for joining the ONE Retail Network:

[Food Lion] needed more control and the ability to see all our inbound freight. We also wanted to get a better handle on tracking and tracing all movements.”

Dennis McCoy, VP of distribution, Food Lion

01.03.05

Supermarket News: Food Lion To Join Transport Network

Food Lion VP of distribution Dennis McCoy discussed his company’s decision to join the ONE Retail network with Julie Gallagher of Supermarket News. “The network will provide us with the ability to place loads out to bid, select primary carriers and automate our scheduling process,” said McCoy. “The more we can improve on data exchange, the quicker we can improve our operations.”

01.14.05

Integrated Inbound Logistics

Inbound logistics today is highly inefficient, due to:

• multiple systems to manage the process
• ad hoc prioritization of orders without consideration of demand and inventory
• poor utilization of scarce resources such as dock door scapacity and yard capacity

This article describes a new approach, “Integrated Inbound Logistics,” to solve these issues. It starts with comprehensive inbound visibility, and adds better coordination and collaboration among key players. It integrates the dock door scheduling and yard management processes. Finally, it offers a new approach for continuous reprioritization of inbound orders and shipments based on real-time needs.

04.18.04

Inbound Logistics Magazine names One Network to Top 100 Logistics IT Companies

Inbound Logistics editors selected this year's Top 100 Logistics IT Providers from a universe of more than 300 companies, using questionaires, personal interviews and research.

10.22.03

ARC Report from the Field: One Network Forum

ONE presented a very compelling vision of how networked applications can transform the way companies manage their order, inventory, and shipping processes (primarily in consumer-driven supply chains).

10.15.03

Supply Chain Innovators 2003

It takes more than ERP, WMS, TMS, and other three-letter acronyms to be an innovator. You have to get them all working together, too. Elogex is recognized for its work with both Bozzuto's and ES3, LLC.

04.28.03

AMR Alert: Former i2 Executives Take On Elogex

While it will be hard to expand Elogex as quickly as i2 expanded (given i2’s current predicaments, slow growth may be the way to go anyway) Mr. Brady and his team do bring a level of excitement and vision that’s been missing during their sabbatical from the enterprise software market.

03.24.03

High-Tech Collaboration

Supervalu and Hannaford Bros. explain how technology can be used to collaborate with suppliers on transportation and inventory control.

02.26.03

Safeway Picks Elogex

Food and drug retailer Safeway picks Elogex to manage inbound transportation.

09.30.02

Into the DC or Out, IT Paves the Way

Food distributors basically have two transportation challenges: inbound deliveries and outbound deliveries. Both of these challenges have spawned sophisticated technologies that are proving increasingly important to getting the job done.