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Spyder Scales New Peaks by Running Lean: Spyder follows an outsourced manufacturing model, relying on overseas suppliers to produce skiwear and ship the goods to regional distribution centers in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its distribution centers then forward the finished merchandise to its customers. This manufacturing model calls for a solid system - one that Spyder...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Distribution Center, Spyder, Manufacturing, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Finance; Case studies 2007-02-01
Bottom Line Improvement Through Mobility: Warehouse and Distribution Center operations are consistently asked to improve productivity while at the same time lowering operating costs. What warehouse and distribution center operators have discovered is that small improvements to an operation's performance can produce large dividends to the corporation's bottom line. Of course, many of these small...; Tags: Improvement, Distribution Center, Mobility, Printing, Document Management, Roi/Tco, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing; White papers 2007-01-15
Retailer's Wireless Growth Requires Contention Solution: When Pacific Sunwear moved to new offices in Anaheim, Calif., in 2001 because of continued company growth, the company decided to implement wireless LANs in both the 180,000-square-foot corporate offices and in the adjoining 360,000-square-foot distribution center. The retailer's vice president of information services went with what were then state-of-the-art...; Tags: Distribution Center, WLAN, Meru Networks, Access Point, LANs, Wireless LANs, Retail, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Networking; Case studies
Wireless Voice Proves Invaluable to Pacific Sunwear Distribution Center: Outfitting active teens via 920 stores in 50 states and Puerto Rico keeps Pacific Sunwear's distribution center cranking year round. The company streamlined operations by deploying SpectraLink's NetLink Wireless Telephones to provide employees with mobility as they go about their daily tasks. The surf- and skate-influenced apparel retailer found it...; Tags: Voice, Distribution Center, SpectraLink Corp., Wireless Voice, Retail, Wi-Fi, Wireless; Case studies
DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR Division Streamlines Warehouse Management: DaimlerChrysler's MOPAR division manages 26 Parts Distribution Centers PDCs in North America. Until recently, different non-realtime systems ran the national and field warehouses in this network. The cost to maintain these two different systems and their aging "Batch" designs prompted MOPAR to seek a single, realtime system that could run...; Tags: Business Services, Daimler AG, Distribution Center, IBM Corp., Networking, North America; Case studies

Lord & Taylor Uses Monarch Pathfinder Ultra to Speed Merchandise to the Selling Floor: Lord & Taylor, the leading department store chain, relies on UCC-128 bar codes affixed to incoming packages to quickly route packages through its' distribution center and direct them to the proper store. What happens when these critical bar code links in the chain are damaged or scratched, and cannot be...; Tags: Lord & Taylor, Distribution Center, Bar Code, UCC-128 Number, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Case studies

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NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship: NASA officials recognized last week that dead bodies were used to develop Orion landing systems. According to NASA, 'three human bodies were used in the tests at Ohio State University Medical Center' in 2007. Even if the results of the experiments helped NASA, one of its spokesman said that the...; Tags: NASA, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Facebook gets serious about app quality: Facebook at its F8 developer powwow had a bevy of announcements that garnered interest, but among the most notable were its efforts to improve the quality of applications on the social networking site. First, the brief recap of Facebook's news (statement, Steve O'Hear's takeaways, Webware and Techmeme...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution: Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...; Tags: Digital media, Apple iPhone, App Store Ad Hoc distribution, App Store Ad Hoc, App Store, Hands-On, Identifier; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution: There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch â€“ via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service: Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...; Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Free the XBOX 360!!!: Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...; Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., game, console; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
What people hate most about health insurance: In a public system bureaucracy is just waste. But in a private system, bureaucracy is a profit center. As the debate over health care heats up, this is the point I'll remember most. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Bureaucracy, Carrier, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Super-duper green computers: If you think about sheer performance-per-watt potential, it's pretty hard to beat a supercomputer. So any company with gargantuan transaction processing needs might want to scout the latest Green500 list for insight. This list was brought to my attention by SGI, which has 11 entries in...; Tags: SGI Altix, Silicon Graphics Inc., Computer, Altix ICE, UNIX, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
Virgin Mobile Arc: Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile ArcVirgin Mobile is known for its entry-level phones with catchy names, and the Arc by UTStarcom is no different. The Arc sets itself apart from the rest of Virgin Mobile's lineup with a unique and very appealing curved design. Otherwise, it has a decidedly basic feature set,...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, ArC, Virgin Mobile, phone, Virgin Mobile Arc, camera; Product reviews 2008-07-22
Acer P241W: The Acer P241w can be found for as cheap as $380--a very fair price for a 24-inch LCD--and boasts a unique look and very bright image. Of the five 24-inch displays we've reviewed this year, we'd rank it fourth, but it still does some things better than its higher ranked...; Tags: foot stand, display, Acer P241W, Acer Inc., OSD, bezel; Product reviews 2008-07-22
Toshiba Regza 42RV530U: During the last year flat-panel HDTV prices seemed to hit a plateau, where the standard bricklike downward trend leveled off somewhat. Now, however, prices are on the decline again, opening up bigger screen sizes to lower price ranges. For example, Toshiba's lowest-priced 1080p 42-inch LCD, the 42RV530U, can be purchased...; Tags: Monitors & displays, 1080p, Toshiba Corp.; Product reviews 2008-07-22
2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X Premium: Photo gallery:2009 Subaru Forester 2.5X PremiumIn a major update, the 2009 Subaru Forester features a longer wheelbase and a modernized exterior design. And, for the first time, a navigation system is available. Unfortunately, our test vehicle was the low trim 2.5X Premium model, and navigation can only be had in...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Subaru Forester, Subaru; Product reviews 2008-07-22