TABLE OF CONTENTS
Publisher’sIntroduction ..................................... 8
Analysts’ Insights & Outlook for 2010
Automotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
High-Tech/Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Retail .................................................. 14
CPG ................................................... 18
Food&Beverage ......................................... 20
RFID, Wireless, Bar Code & Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Third-Party Logistics ....................................... 28
Transportation&Distribution ................................ 34
Ocean Transportation ...................................... 38
Warehouse Management .................................... 40
China .................................................. 44
GlobalSupplyChainManagement ............................ 46
Warehouse Logistics ....................................... 52
GlobalLogistics .......................................... 56
Global TradeManagement .................................. 58
Service Parts Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chemicals&Energy ....................................... 65
Inventory Planning&Optimization ............................ 66
ReverseLogistics ......................................... 70
LTL/Truckload Services ..................................... 69
Forecasting&Demand Planning .............................. 72
ProductLifecycleManagement ............................... 74
Sales &Operations Planning ................................. 78
Sourcing&ProcurementSolutions ............................ 82
Supplier Relationship Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SupplyChainVisibility ..................................... 86
TransportationManagement ................................. 87
SaaS&On-Demand Systems ................................. 88
SoftwareArchitecture&SOA ................................ 91
Environmental ........................................... 92
Quality&Metrics ......................................... 94
SCSecurity&RiskManagement .............................. 96
Group President & Publisher Brad Berger
Tel:516-829-9210, ext. 110 • Fax:516-829-9722
150 Great Neck Road, Suite 400, Great Neck, N Y 11021
e-mail: bberger@supplychainbrain.com
Associate Publisher Emily Vaughn Janson
Tel:847-266-9858 • Fax:847-266-9868
873 Yale Lane,Highland Park, IL 60035
e-mail: ejanson@supplychainbrain.com
Editorial Director Jean V.Murphy
Tel:703-879-8890
11750 Indian Ridge Rd., Reston,VA 20191
e-mail: jmurphy@supplychainbrain.com
Editor-in-Chief Russell W.Goodman
Tel:717-525-9543
e-mail: rgoodman@supplychainbrain.com
Senior Editor Robert J. Bowman
Tel: 415-221-4396
e-mail: rbowman@supplychainbrain.com
Art Director/Webmaster Jill Stelmack
e-mail: jstelmack@supplychainbrain.com
SALES
National Sales Director Barri York
Tel:212-879-2817 • Fax:212-570-4547
150 Great Neck Road, Suite 400, Great Neck, N Y 11021
e-mail: byork@supplychainbrain.com
Dir of Sales (U. S., Southwest, West): Kelly Keller
Tel:510-526-0672 • Fax:510-526-0672
793 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley,CA 94708
e-mail: kkeller@supplychainbrain.com
Dir of Sales for Economic Development: Harry J. Benedict
Tel:404-733-5577 • Fax:404-733-5577
VP European Operations: Carel Letschert
Tel:31-20-633-4277 • Fax:31-20-631-2669
Sales Manager (Southern Europe): Eric Jund
Tel:33-493-58-7743 • Fax:33-493-24-0072
REPRINTS
The Reprint Group
Tel: 717-505-9701
OPERATIONS
Production Director Jill Stelmack
Circulation Manager Maureen Marotta
EXECUTIVE
President & Executive Publisher
Gerald E. Keller
Group President & Publisher
Brad Berger
Executive Vice President, CFO
Irwin I. L. Levine
Executive, Art and Production Offices:
Keller International Publishing Corp.
150 Great Neck Road, Suite 400, Great Neck, N Y 11021
Tel:516-829-9210 Fax:516-829-9722
ExecutiveBriefingVideoCasts ............................... 99
The Supply Chain Calendar of Events 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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