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Collaboration Between Procurement, Logistics Not Practiced at Many Companies, Study Shows

While there has been much talk over the past 10 years or so about "collaboration," much of it has been focused on external supply chain collaboration. It seems that many companies neglected to get their own houses in order before looking outside their own supply chains, according to a University of Tennessee report entitled Bending the Chain: The Surprising Challenge of Integrating Purchasing and Logistics.

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China Slowing Down? Its Consumer Economy to Grow 50 Percent By 2020.

For roughly three decades, China's booming economy has offered consumer product companies some of the world's greatest growth opportunities. China's economic slowdown and jittery markets have raised worries that this growth story is drawing to a close. In early November 2015, for example, the government lowered its official five-year annual GDP growth target to 6.5 percent, the slowest pace since the 2008–2009 global financial crisis.

Much of Electrical Distribution Industry Still Not Selling Online

Business-to-business e-commerce is on a tear and set to grow even more over the next few years. Are industrial distributors keeping pace or falling behind?

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Tech, Environment, Cybersecurity Among Major Issues Facing Boards in 2016

Organizations are faced with many critical challenges - including rapidly changing technology, environmental risks, regulatory and legal requirements, major shifts in markets, ethical breaches, and big data and cybersecurity issues - that threaten their long-term success and sustainability.

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Domtar's Paper Trail Now Available in French

Domtar Corp. has issued the latest update of The Paper Trail, its interactive site designed to help customers trace the environmental impacts of their paper purchases.

Historic Futures Launches Online Risk-Monitoring Tool

Historic Futures has launched String3, an online supply-chain risk-monitoring tool.

Exostar Launches New Service for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Exostar has released Partner Information Manager (PIM), a modular application that measures risk across a business’s extended supply chain.

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How Intel Became 'A Supply Chain to Admire'

Even the most dominant companies in the world need to take a look in the mirror now and then.

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Achieving Supplier Collaboration to Reach Your Risk Management Goals

Buy-in and cooperation from internal stakeholders "within the four walls" is no longer sufficient. You need tier 1 and sub-tier supplier collaboration and trust to manage supply chain risk and build end-to-end supply chain resiliency.

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Big Data Analytics Is No Fad - Utilize It or Fall Behind

Companies that resist building an analytics culture will fall further behind as big data becomes more ubiquitous and continues to grow exponentially.

Is Your Relationship With Your Suppliers a True Partnership?

What have your suppliers done for you lately? Or, a better question might be: Have you partnered with your suppliers to drive value?

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Ontario Hospitals Band Together, Outsource Logistics and Warehousing

When Shared Support Services of Southeastern Ontario went looking for a 3PL that had expertise in the healthcare industry, it found a true partner in SCI Logistics.

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