| In This June 18, 2009 Issue |
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Swiss-based Charles Vögele streamlined its apparel supply
chain with RFID tools from Checkpoint Systems.
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"Congress has painted itself into a corner in terms of no
longer being able to kick the funding debate down the road. Elected
officials very rarely make difficult decisions without a crisis, and we
have definitely reached that level," said ARTBA Chairman Charles
Potts.
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With over 3 million freight matches per day, TransCore's
database will aid University of Manitoba research into Canadian freight
market dynamics.
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DHL Supply Chain has been awarded a contract worth £500m
($816 million) across five years to manage the UK warehousing and
distribution for Iceland Foods LTD.
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The message of the National Transportation Policy Project
(NTPP) is clear from the start, "US transportation policy needs to be
more performance-driven, more directly linked to a set of clearly
articulated goals, and more accountable for results."
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Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), which offers
plastic rental pallets with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags
embedded in the pallets, said it will use Ryder System Inc. to provide
reverse logistics solutions to support the continuous flow of pallets
to, from and among its customer base of manufacturers and
retailers.
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These articles were those most viewed in last week's
newsletter.
- Movers Support FMCSA Choice; Teamster
Oppose
"AMSA strongly supports President Obama's nomination of Anne Ferro as
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) administrator," said
Linda Bauer Darr, president and CEO of the American Moving and Storage
Association (AMSA).
- Logistics Firm Goes Paperless
D.W. Morgan Company has eliminated paper waybills, reducing paper
consumption by 150,000 pages per year.
- Agriculture Group Supports Truck Weight
Increase
The Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC) has
analyzed and made available eleven independent studies, affirming the
safety and economic benefits of bringing US truck-weight limits closer
to Canadian and European standards. The studies also quantify the
relationship between truck weights and road and bridge wear. Government
agencies conducted or endorsed each study, says AgTEC.
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A. Don't source from China
B. Moved some sourcing to South America
C. Moved some sourcing to Mexico
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