Most Popular Article for Modern Materials Handling en-us 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6439728.html?nid=4644 The worldwide market for supply chain management (SCM) software topped an estimated $6 billion last year, and is expected to reach or exceed $8 billion by 2010, according to the most current estimates from AMR Research (617-542-6600, www.amrresearch.com) and ARC Advisory Group (781-471-1000, www.arcweb. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6670321.html?nid=4644 Status quo was the watch word for 2008. The market for supply chain management software applications and services, or SCM, topped $6.68 billion in 2008, a 4% increase over 2007, according to the most current estimates from AMR Research (617-542-6600, www.amrresearch.com). Looking forward, the picture isn't much better. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6546199.html?nid=4644 Warehouse and plants, however, are three dimensional. Sometimes it makes more sense to use the whole cube of the facility, including the space above the floor, to move the goods. That's where cranes come into play. They are available in a variety of types and load capacities, from workstation cranes that enable operators in a work cell to safely manipulate relatively light loads to massive overhead cranes capable of moving loads weighing more than 100 tons. . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6706451.html?nid=4644 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6574264.html?nid=4644 Even with a slowing economy, all of the SCM categories showed solid growth. Those categories include supply chain planning and network design (SCP) applications as well as supply chain execution solutions like warehouse management (WMS), manufacturing execution (MES) and transportation management (TMS). Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST http://www.mmh.com/article/CA6702421.html?nid=4644 The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. In many respects, that sums up the operations at JCPenney's sixth U.S. Retail Logistics Center (RLC), opened in July 2007 in Lathrop, Calif., not far from Oakland. Up to 95% of the cases received at the facility are crossdocked straight from the receiving dock to the shipping dock with just two touches in between: Once to unload them ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:47:37 PST