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ThermoFisher Scientific: Why Good Risk Management Is Crucial to Product Quality

Lee Young, director of supplier quality with ThermoFisher Scientific, discusses how technology and business-process change have helped the company to tighten up its risk-management program.

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Ikea to Recall Furniture in China, But Not in Europe

Bowing to two weeks of rising public pressure in China, the Swedish furniture maker Ikea on Tuesday said it would extend its recent recall to a country where so far it has enjoyed strong sales.

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M&A Activity in First Half of 2016 'Way Down' from Last Year's Second Half

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the first half of 2016 fell by 26.6 percent compared to the same period last year, and the decline was a whopping 66.8 percent when compared to the second half of 2015, data compiled by Mergermarket showed.

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How Cloud Can Be Supplied to Human Resources Now

Born two or three years after the invention of the World Wide Web, and just 12 or 13 years old when the invention of the smartphone changed everything, the latest cohort of millennials just graduated from college last spring. Now they are entering the workforce, where they will be joining their "digital native" predecessors, who already make up more than half of the workforce. And they are even more immersed in the technology and culture of the internet than their forerunners were.

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Inventories Shrink in Latest Logistics Report: Is That Good or Bad?

The annual State of Logistics Report has a new author this year - and with it, a marked shift in some key trends.

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Forget Government Money - Billions in Private Investment Going Into Space Travel

It used to be that the only way to get to outer space was through the government.

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The Devastating Impact of Food Recalls on the Supply Chain

The recall of a single food ingredient can have massive implications for manufacturers and retailers, ranging over multiple supply chains.

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The Compliance Map Unveils Supply Chain Transparency Module

The Compliance Map, a developer of software for supply-chain and environmental compliance, has created the Supply Chain Transparency Module.

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Still Doing Performance Management Reviews - and Still Demotivating Your Employees?

What happens after companies jettison traditional year-end evaluations?

Create - and Dominate - Product Category if You Want Your Company to Stand Apart from Others

Think different. Apple's Steve Jobs drummed that message into consumers for many years and it was core to the company's identity and its meteoric growth.

Majority of Large-Cap U.S. Companies Disclose Sustainability Efforts, Results, Report Says

Corporate sustainability disclosure and reporting is now the norm for large-cap companies in the U.S., according to a Governance & Accountability Institute report.

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Retailers Need to Redefine What 'Store' Means

A large number of traditional retailers are struggling to grow profitably. In addition to bankrupt retailers like Sports Authority, many others are closing stores. Yet, the "Beast from Seattle" continues to thrive ... posting double-digit year-over-year growth, and now even quarterly profits.

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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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