Warehousing  

Huge warehouses can mean huge profits

Armstrong & Associates conducts warehouse survey

In the second half of 2011, Armstrong & Associates collected information on contracting warehousing companies whose total revenues exceed $13 billion
IKEA's traditional wooden pallets are being replaced

IKEA switches from timber to cardboard pallets

Eco-friendly pallet switch is also expected to pay financial dividends to IKEA, which is making the switch from wooden to corrugated cardboard pallets
London rioters burnt down a Sony warehouse

Best of 2011: London Riots

Monday's England riots burnt down London's Sony distribution warehouse and affected DHL's deliveries
Apple's supply chain showed some cracks in 2011

Factory explosion at Apple Taiwanese supplier Pegatron

Apple's supply chain took another hit in 2011, as a weekend explosion at a Pegatron subsidiary in Shanghai is the latest incident in a rash of Apple supplier problems
Warehouses in the U.S. are looking full again

Do rising inventory stats point to economic turnaround?

Climbing inventory figures in U.S. warehouses and sales statistics from a record-setting Thanksgiving weekend spending could put an end to double-dip recession fear
The PlayBook wasn't the hit RIM thought it would be

RIM writes off $485M worth of overstocked inventory

With billions of dollars of inventory stockpiled due to slumping sales, Research In Motion writes off millions in taxes
Coke's PlantBottle comes in a variety of packages

Supply Tech: Coca-Cola's PlantBottle

Coca-Cola's Scott Vitters talks exclusively with Supply Chain Digital on why he sees PlantBottle as a "disruptive technology"
Can LAX steal Miami's perishable air freight share?

LAX opens new refrigerated warehouse

Mercury Air's 16,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse should help Los Angeles compete better in perishable air freight
RIM had better get a grip on its inventory management

Research In Motion inventory stockpile soars

Facing slowing sales, Research In Motion's BlackBerry and PlayBook inventories have doubled
A plastic lomold pallet on a lift

Lomotek reveals breakthrough African thermoplastics

New long-fiber reinforced thermoplastics expected to help the South African plastic pallet industry


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