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Opinion: The Shared Economy Could Kill Global Supply Chains

After the second World War, companies looked outside their walls and built global supply chains to create the scale they alone could not produce. Now, we are in a next phase of manufacturing, where managers are beginning to explore outside their supply chains to unlock the power of the shared economy.

Supply Chain Scandals Are Preventable. Here's How.

There are countless ways in which a supply chain can go wrong. And most of the time, the culprit is poor risk management.

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ERP 101: Here's How the Software Improves Business Performance

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software doesn't live up to its acronym. Forget about planning - it doesn't do much of that - and forget about resource, a throwaway term.

Three Ways to Generate Profit With Your Data

Build it and they will come. That is the view many organizations maintain about their data lakes and data warehouses. Companies are rapidly investing in systems and processes to retain business data that they know is valuable. But they have no clue what to do with it.

Free Website Provides Corporate Environmental Financial Disclosures

A free website has launched that allows investors and the general public to research corporate environmental financial disclosures.

Here Are Seven Ways Retailers Can Target Generation Z

Many say retail is changing, or that it's evolving too fast for retailers to keep up. But this is just a pixel of the digital transformation picture. The hard truth is shoppers are changing and Generation Z (everyone born after 1995) is giving us a glimpse into the near future of the retail revolution.

Unilever Cuts Costs on Flights, Products As Activists Circle

Unilever is sharpening its focus on profitability by lifting prices and cutting spending on everything from employee flights to product ingredients as activist investors take aim at consumer-goods giants wrestling with slow growth.

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AI Technologies Will Be in Most New Software Products by 2020, Analysts Say

Market hype and growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) are pushing established software vendors to introduce AI into their product strategy, creating considerable confusion in the process, according to recent research by Gartner, Inc. Analysts predict that by 2020, AI technologies will be virtually pervasive in almost every new software product and service.

Eight in 10 Firms Suffer Supplier Failure, Report Says

Some 84 percent of businesses have suffered supplier failure over the last three years, according to a report.

Can Meal Kit Delivery Services Forge Sustainable Supply Chains?

Meal kit delivery services are taking the internet by storm. But can they deliver a supply chain that makes economic sense?

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Retailers Bank on Environmentally Friendly Clothing for Increased Sales

Many shoppers will shell out a little more money if they know a product, especially clothing, is environmentally friendly, market researchers report.

JC Penney Is Getting Back Into the Toy Business

Looking for another avenue to boost flat store sales, JC Penney is opening 500-square-foot toy shops in all of its brick-and-mortar locations, the company announced - pitting it against the likes of Toys R Us and Amazon as well as discount retailers like Wal-Mart and Target in the $20bn market.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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