Supply Chain

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The Toronto-based supply chain standards organization launches a national recall system so manufacturers can more quickly communicate directly with retailers to pull affected products off store shelves. WITH VIDEO

Shirley Arsenault talks about EPCglobal's transportation and logistics RFID program.

Thanks to some false starts, the jury is out on whether radiofrequency identification will remain a niche technology or have a role to play in data-gathering and decision-making processes

How IT powers the Liquor Control Board of Ontario

Food traceability is an emerging issue with talks to build a national food tracking system ramping up over the last few years. With the help of IBM, the province of Manitoba has unveiled a pilot traceability system aimed at tracking food from farm to fork

'My theory is that IT is all about moving around data,' says Rebecca Jacoby. Plus, why the smartest CIOs she knows come from a supply chain background

Many companies set out on the road to innovation but wind up taking some wrong and costly turns along the way. In his work as an MIT Media Lab research associate, Michael Schrage has studied the economics of innovation, moving the subject out of the world of marketing hype and into one where the laws of economics apply, and where intuition often proves incorrect. In this provocative interview, he offers some sound advice that will help keep your innovation initiatives headed in the right direction.