DC Velocity - April 2013

Upload your videos to DCV-TV!

Adding your videos to the largest online archive of logistics- and supply
chain-specific content just got easier. AGiLE Business Media, publisher
of DC VELOCITY and its DCV-TV streaming video website, has unveiled
several enhancements to DCV-TV Channel 4, its showcase for viewer-
contributed content, sometimes described as “You Tube for the logistics
and supply chain market.”
“This enhanced video upload function provides greater functionality
and some very useful account management and post-upload editing
capability for all users,” says Jeff Thacker, AGiLE’s director of e-media.

For example, viewers may now upload videos with a file size of up to 100MB. In addition, all videos can now run without a Flash plug-in and are therefore viewable on Apple iOS-based devices such as the iPhone and the iPad. Finally, the upgrade offers a greatly improved video interface, including better account management features and a username- and password-recovery system.

“This is a great opportunity to gain further exposure for our audience’s and advertisers’ video offerings,” says Mitch Mac Donald, president and CEO of AGiLE, and group editorial director for DC VELOCITY. “Since its launch over four years ago, DCV-TV has aggregated the market’s largest and most comprehensive archive of logistics- and supply chain-related video content. This includes not only our own editorial content, which we stream via DCV-TV Channel 1, but also content from our readers and advertisers, who to date have added over 1,500 of their own videos to DCV-TV Channel 4.” Other DCV-TV channels are devoted to hosting the DCV-TV webcast archive (Channel 2) and video case studies (Channel 3).

Viewers can upload their content to DCV-TV Channel 4 at no charge and make it immediately available to an audience of over 50,000 execu-tive-level logistics and supply chain decision-makers.

Check out DCV-TV at www.DCVTV.com, or start uploading your own videos at www.DCVelocity.com/dcvtv-upload/. ;

The place to go for lift truck info

Makers, distributors, and users of industrial trucks have a new place to turn for information about these indispensable “workhorses of the warehouse.” The Industrial Truck Association (ITA) recently revamped its website, www.indtrk.org, to include more information in an attractive and accessible format.

Visitors to the website can view information on market trends in the Market Intelligence section. They can also find contact information for regular member companies (lift truck manufacturers), associate members (manufacturers of parts and components), and industry associations, including standards organizations; links to relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations; and a sample operator’s daily checklist.

ITA represents industrial truck manufacturers and suppliers of component parts and accessories that do business in North America. ;

inbound

Don’t know where
your assets are? It’ll
cost you

Does your company know where all of its assets are right now? If not, you’re not alone. Many businesses, including some that carefully watch over their inventory, don’t—and they’re needlessly spending a lot of time and money, according to a new “ infographic” created by Wasp Barcode Technologies, a supplier of asset-track-ing systems and bar-coding solutions.

Asset tracking—knowing what items of value a business uses, where they are, and who has them—is different from inventory tracking. According to Wasp’s “Asset Tracking 101” graphic, asset tracking is about managing the location of internal resources needed to continue operating; tracking items being lent out; and monitoring depreciation, maintenance, and warranty contracts. Inventory tracking, by contrast, entails managing products that are sold, distributed, or consumed; tracking the receipt, storage, shipping, and sale of products; and monitoring inventory turns, age, and reorder levels.

What do you gain by tracking assets? Time and money, it seems. According to sources cited in “Asset Tracking 101,” 64 percent of businesses conduct manual searches for inventory or assets at least once a day, and 64 percent of those searches take 30 minutes or longer. Furthermore, 10 percent of companies say they have to write off an average of $437,000 annually as a result of lost assets and inventory. Finally, according to the folks at Wasp, organizations that manage their assets accurately will achieve 20 percent cost savings per managed asset within nine months.