Supply Chain Management

By implementing new technologies and finding creative uses for older ones, retailers are saving time and money in overseas sourcing.

In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 447 products for safety concerns. In 2008, the incidence of recalls doesn't seem to be slowing down. A company's ability to react quickly and effectively in the unfortunate event of a recall has a profound impact on its ability to rebuild brand trust. So, CGT picked the brains of industry experts on everything from avoiding the primary causes of product recalls to preparing a company's supply chain to react if and when a recall hits.

Elmer's shares details of its highly-targeted 2008 price increase.

Performing supply chain tasks like taking inventory and documenting orders is not necessarily the most productive use of a sales representative's time. So, sporting goods manufacturer TaylorMade set out to resolve this issue with a wireless network solution.

Dreyer's makes executive changes, including: Tony Sarsam is named executive vice president of sales and operations, and Rhonda Ramlo is named executive vice president of marketing, replacing Tyler Johnston who will be retiring this summer after 20 years with the company.

New RedPrairie supply chain release aims to provide synchronized flow of goods, tighter integration between WMS and TMS, advanced recall capabilities and embedded parcel manifesting functionality.

Terra Technology CEO Robert F. Byrne will present "State of the Art Forecasting Techniques" at the University of Tennessee Sales Forecasting Management conference.

Wilson Sporting Goods taps Zebra Technologies' high-performance RFID printer/encoders to comply with retailer Gen 2 mandates.