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A new Roadmap for U.S. Robotics was presented to the Congressional Caucus on Robotics on March 20. The new Robotics roadmap, organized by the Robotics Virtual Organization, includes updates to the sections on manufacturing, healthcare/medical robotics, and services.

During Retalix Synergy 2012, a panel of the world's top leading retailers discussed how the traditional, point-of-sale-centric store environment is evolving into a multi-channel or omni-channel model that delivers a consistent shopping experience across all customer touch points, including the retailer's website, its physical store and its mobile shopping channel.

It is our goal to be able to provide you with all the information you need to manage your business. In the transportation industry there are key contributors of valuable information and in this 2:00 Minute Warning we provide you access to these resources, all in one location.

Choosing a freight audit and payment provider is a strategic decision. Although many aspects of the solution are certainly tactical and task-oriented, the ability to deliver complex solutions and powerful business intelligence is not.

Whether you’re shipping auto brakes, consumer appliance parts, paper or simply packaging material, there are incredible intricacies to cross-border transit – from documentation standards and customs issues, to specific requirements for certain types of shipments. To help, we’ve put together this strategy guide for making your intermodal shipments into Mexico smoother.

Perfect Pick is a unique, goods-to-person picking solution that dramatically improves the rate and efficiency that inventory moves through a warehouse or distribution center. Highly scalable and flexible, Perfect Pick is engineered to simplify the complexity associated with other technologies. Perfect Pick’s revolutionary “one-touch” design is based on a single component, the iBOT.

While other automation manufacturers boast of achieving high pick rates, these material handling solutions typically require a substantial footprint and multiple components, or touch points, including elevators, conveyors or lifts.

Meet Brent McClendon, the new president and CEO of the National Wooden Pallet & Container Association (NWPCA). He takes the helm at a time of transition in the industry.

OPEX's Perfect Pick™ is a unique, automated, high-speed, goods-to-man, piece picking solution based on proven iBOT™ delivery technology. Perfect Pick dramatically improves the rate and efficiency that goods move through a warehouse or distribution center.

Oz Development joined the UPS Ready Program in 2004 and is now a UPS Ready Strategic Technology Provider. Since then, we have OzLINKed over 15,000 happy users. All of our products are designed, built and supported right here at Oz; therefore, if you call us, you’ll be sure to get the right answer the first time!

Oz Development, a provider of OzLINK, a cloud-based product that integrates and automates the order management process, announced their promotion to Strategic Alliance within the UPS Ready Program.

PTC completed its previously-announced acquisition of Servigistics, Inc., developer of an innovative suite of service lifecycle management (SLM) software solutions. The combination of the two companies firmly establishes PTC's market leadership in SLM by positioning PTC with the most comprehensive "system for service" in the industry.

Get a quick look at the powerful impact demand-driven supply chains can bring to your customer satisfaction and operational value in this short video from Jim Tompkins, CEO of Tompkins International, and Greg Brady, CEO of One Network. Learn why demand-driven is the only operations strategy that succeeds in today’s complex, multichannel environment in which customer expectations change as quickly as new technologies emerge.

A strong freight payment process is a key to excellence in transportation management. Benchmark your organization's freight payment processes with best practices, and learn how to take steps today to: tighten your payment controls and increase the accuracy and thoroughness of both your cost and shipment data.

CFOs strongly believe that good supply chain performance is vital to financial success. Studies show that a majority of CFOs believe the supply chain is directly linked to their ability to meet corporate objectives. One third of C-level supply chain executives view supply chain management as a market strategy differentiator.

There is broad agreement that inventory should be optimized to properly match demand. Yet achieving this continues to prove difficult for many companies. The insight and best practices offered here will help you understand the importance of sound inventory practices and put your inventory optimization initiative on a success track.

Using UPS customized logistics, this e-retailer improved its bottom line and customer experience, becoming an industry leader in the process.

The Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index looks at the world’s most dynamic economies and the forces powering them. It ranks 45 major emerging markets and identifies the attributes that make them attractive for investment by logistics companies, air cargo carriers, shipping lines, freight forwarders and distribution property companies.

The recovery in Asia’s rapid growth markets, especially those of China and India, is gradually leading the world out of recession. In many developing economies, output is already above pre-crisis trends and logistics investment is vigorous - suggesting that expansion is under way.