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IWLA: Recalls need better definition of product “transfer”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to clarify a recently issued draft regulatory guidance regarding the reporting of adulterated food product by third-party logistics providers, according to Joel D. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Warehouse Logistics Association...

Walmart makes fashion statement with item-level RFID

In August Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start attaching item-level RFID “smart tags” to jeans and underwear to improve tracking of these items. Using hand-held scanners, Wal-Mart workers will be able to assess needed inventory and ensure full shelves. Eventually these tags will be attached to other products—if this trial proves successful...

Material handling and logistics getting high-level attention

Companies are now more likely to have executive-level supply chain leaders, according to a recent Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium survey of leading retail and manufacturing companies. The executive briefing – The Structure of Today’s Supply Chain Organizations, based on the survey – notes that throughout the past five years, the organizational level of the senior-most supply chain executive has gradually moved higher...

Clark’s new V.P. on how business must develop

Clark Material Handling Company announced the appointment of Scott Johnson to Vice President of Business Development. His title is a concise description of what he, and others like him in the industrial truck industry, must accomplish. One of his priorities is strengthening the company’s distribution network. He acknowledges a number of challenges in doing that...

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