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We recently profiled Caterpillar Logistics Services and the role it plays as a global parts dealer and distributor for its parent company Caterpillar.

Aircraft manufacturers Boeing are teaming up with ICT specialists Fujitsu in a bid to dramatically reduce supply chain costs for airlines. They will jointly create a smart-tag-based aircraft parts management system designed to keep parts inventories at airports at optimum levels and replace the need for manual records.

iGPS, operator of the world’s first pallet rental service, providing shippers and receivers with all-plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, is completing its new Sales and Innovation Center in Bentonville, Arkansas.

There is a perception in the supply chain sector that radio frequency identification (RFID) will soon replace barcodes. However, speaking to the industry you quickly discover that this is not necessarily the case.

In the age of the consumer-led supply chain, the industry-wide implementation of track and trace technology is the next logical step. Logistics companies want to know where their fleet is at any given time, and consumers want to be able to follow the journey their goods take.