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Our CEO, Steve Brady, is a frequent contributor to eft.com and wrote a series last year on the Internet of Things. You can read this article, and the following 2 articles, at http://eft.com/column/internet-things  The “Internet of Things” has been a topic of discussion for several years now and, like so many of the innovative topics […]

Recently a new battlefront has opened in the textbook wars: the battle between online booksellers and the on-campus bookstore. As the online resellers (Amazon.com, Chegg, andhalf.com to name but three) aggressively market on campus, the bookstores are beginning to press their “rights” under the “exclusivity clauses” of their contracts with the Universities.   The alternative booksellers […]

Dr Brady is now a regular columnist with eft.com “Eye for Transport.” His first article comes from his use of Google Glass for over a year. (http://www.eft.com/column/benefits-google-glass-your-supply-chain) Google Glass has been out “in the wild” for a little over a year and with the number of units still only in the tens of thousands Google […]

Dr Brady, CEO of Supply Chain Innovations Today, will be speaking at the January combined “CSCMP Roundtable” and National Defense Transportation Association” dinner event. The event will be held in the Morrison Gallery at the Penn State University Library on the Penn State Harrisburg campus, in Middletown, PA (map here). The cost for the event, […]

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I have spent a good bit of my time, both in private industry as well as in the military, talking about the importance of “data accuracy” and “Data synchronization.” Typically we discuss the importance of sharing the the proper handling characteristics, dimensions, and quantities involved. If we are going to plan truckloads for delivery we […]

This week’s announcement of the firing of Penney president Michael Francis is seen by many as an admission that the “every day low pricing” (EDLP) strategy won’t work in the apparel industry, and that the decision not to turn from that strategy is the decision that should have been made. They cite the reluctance of […]