Within the automotive industry, supply chain visibility efforts took the form of multi-tier planning pilots designed to reduce lead time and costs, which failed to produce the desired quantitative benefits. The pilots' untested business processes proved to be invalid in practice. Rather than invalidating visibility as a viable strategy, the...
I should have known this was coming. Last night, I had just finished up my post for today when the news broke that Delta and Northwest had finally agreed to merge after months of painful speculation. Now, the management nightmare begins. There are so many issues here,...
Delta put out a release yesterday saying that the airline had reached an agreement on a joint contract between the Delta and Northwest pilots to take effect once the merger is complete. Sounds great, of course, but it's a little premature to get excited about this being a done...
This week, I saw a news release come across the wire entitled, "US Airways Pilots Allege That Management, Ignoring Past Safety Practices, Resorts To Pilot Intimidation in an Effort to Reduce Fuel Cost." Now, I'm not going to lie. When I see sensational headlines like these, I usually...
This isn't as big a deal as Ford postponing the all-new F-Series pickup (which I characterized earlier as "hell freezing over"), or Chrysler cutting back its new minivans, but Honda confirmed this week it's cutting back slightly on production of its all-new 2009 Honda Pilot SUV, and the Honda Odyssey...
Although I have studied the battle for Iwo Jima since a pre-teen, my first view of the island was still a surprise. The pilot of the Continental Airlines Boeing 737 took us low and slow, doing figure eights around the island so both sides of the airplane could look it...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Iraqi air force is making their mark in history. The fledging air power has proven its effectiveness through the execution of combat missions in Basrah, Mosul and Sadr City, and the year-to-date tally marks for aircraft sorties broke 5,000 last June. The IqAF...
ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCW), Wireless Communications Solutions Division ("ARC Wireless"), will beexhibiting at the upcoming WiMAX World 2008 trade show in Chicago, IL atMcCormick Place, Booth 330, October 1-2. At the show, ARC will display awide range of WiMAXTM products including the ARC IESTM Generation II("GEN II")...
ALTHOUGH HE'S FIRMLY established at age 42 as one of bodybuilding's high-ranking pros, Toney Freeman's rise to the top wasn't exactly meteoric. In fact, you could say it was more akin to a road trip than a rocket launch, chock full of pit stops and perils. Yet, although one could...
AUGUSTA, Ga. AP -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash more than a week ago. Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker was released on Monday morning. Barker and celebrity...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Regulatory News: Tilgin, a leading provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, today announces a new pilot order from an Eastern European incumbent for its next generation gateway solution and VCM software as part of the operator's plan to launch an advanced fully...
Freezers Minimize Impact on Global Warming BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Ben & Jerry's is introducing a cleaner, greener freezer for testing in the United States with the hope that it will eventually be approved for long-term use. The Company announced the launch of a pilot project testing hydrocarbon-based freezers...
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. -- The pilot of a medical helicopter twice radioed for help in foggy weather before crashing Sunday, killing four of the five people on board in the latest of a growing number of air ambulance accidents, authorities said. The medical helicopter was carrying victims...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Clinical data utilizing the DRX9000 True Non-Surgical Spinal Decompression System[TM] will be presented at the 2008 ACSMS ASICS Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport in Hamilton Island, Australia October 16-18, 2008. The first study is an IRB-approved, prospective multi-center phase II, non-randomized pilot study authored by...
Date: August 28, 2008 Fresno, CAAircraft Type: Canadair CRJ2Narrative: Runway incursion involved Piper PA-46 (N9219T) and SkyWest SKWFlight 69R, a Canadair CRJ2 at Fresno Yosemite International. The PA-46 landedon Runway 29R but was unable to exit runway on high speed Taxiway B3 so thepilot continued to Taxiway B5, an unlit...
Master Data Management Backbone Facilitates and Accelerates Deployment to New Outlets Throughout the Balkans ATLANTA -- Aldata Solution, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for the retail industry, today announced that Interex, the trading entity of global retailer Intermarche and one of the largest international supermarket chains...
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- AxioMed([R]) Spine Corporation (www.axiomed.com), focused on next-generation devices for the restoration of spinal function, announces the initiation of its pivotal clinical study of the Freedom([R]) Lumbar Disc, an elastomeric total disc replacement device. This multi-center pivotal trial in the US and EU follows Food and Drug...
The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has released its preliminary report regarding a Sept. 7, 2008 hot air balloon accident in Phoenixville, PA that killed the veteran pilot and seriously injured four passengers. The Lindstrand Balloons USA Model 150A (N844LB) was substantially damaged by...
Scientists at the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council have developed a system that measures the individual layers of cloud above us. The Cloud Radar will not only allow forecasters to predict the weather more precisely, the information gathered will also enable aircraft pilots to ...
The Federal Aviation Administration FAA has agreed to pay $4.5 million in damages to the lone survivor of a 2003 mid-air helicopter collision at Torrance Municipal Airport in California. According to the NTSB, the fatal accident occurred on Nov. 6, 2003, and involved a Robinson...
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