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Most North American, European Supply Chain Execs Consider Sustainability Strategic Priority, Study Finds

Some 51 percent of North American supply chain executives say that developing a sustainable supply chain is a strategic priority, according to a survey from West Monroe Partners, a business and technology consultancy.

Big Regulatory Changes Coming to All Players in Pharmaceutical Industry

The times they are a changin' for the players across pharmaceutical supply chains, from API suppliers to CMOs, to manufacturers, packagers, distributors, dispensers/pharmacies ... just about everyone across the chain.

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Cadillac, Others Compete With Google to Put First Truly Autonomous Car on the Road

Cadillac plans to be the first GM automobile to come with Super Cruise, the company's most ambitious technological foray since automatic transmission, though the system isn't fully autonomous.

Americans - Even Millennials - Prefer Paper Discount Coupons Over Digital, Study Finds

Despite all of the technology available to today's consumers, Americans still prefer paper coupons, according to a new CreditCards.com report.

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Coal-fired Plants to Continue to Decline as Natural Gas, Renewables Surge, Report Says

Natural gas and renewable power plants will account for almost all the new capacity to be installed in the United States for the "foreseeable future" while the number of coal-fired power plants will continue to decrease, according to a report by PEW Charitable Trusts.

Government's 'Piecemeal' Procurement of IT Services Squanders Billions, GAO Report Claims

The U.S. government is leaving billions of dollars on the table due to poorly managed and duplicative IT outsourcing deals, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office.

Retailers Know Some of Their Collected Data Is Useless - But Which Part Is That?

Retailers are in the midst of a data land grab. They are trying to collect all of the consumer data they can possibly get their hands on. Why? Because they're hoping that some of it will prove to be valuable.

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Breaking Through to Performance-Driven Sustainable Procurement

The typical procurement organization invests heavily in supplier compliance but rarely reaps the value rewards. Compliance can often feel like a revolving door, with procurement teams evaluating the same risks and under-performing suppliers over and over again and never identifying the root causes or making real progress toward sustainability. Eventually, after a multi-year investment into a responsible sourcing program, procurement finds itself past the point of diminishing returns.

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When, Not If: Product Recalls and the Importance of Recall Planning

Whether it's a toy, automobile, medical device or food item, not a day goes by without news of another product recall. Unfortunately, recalls are a reality of the global economy and it truly is a matter of when, not if, a company will be impacted by one. Navigating a product recall tests customer relationships, puts pressure on the supply chain, affects sales and can paint brands in an unfavorable light. Given the serious nature of these and other recall execution challenges, it's critical that organizations have a recall plan in place long before an event occurs.

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Air Force Sees 3D Printing as Vital to Making Aircraft Parts

Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma is the home of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), the center of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) aircraft, engine, missile, software and avionics management and maintenance centers.

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Chinese Apparel Manufacturers Begin Setting Up Operations in U.S.

Given the vicissitudes of the world's textile and apparel supply chain, China is changing its strategy to counter what Chinese experts describe as the "new normal." That has direct impact on textiles in the United States.

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Your Worldview 'Hopelessly Outdated' if You Still Think in Terms of Advanced, Emerging Economies

If there had been any doubt as to how quickly the global economic landscape - and the market perceptions of it - can change, it would have been erased by events during August and September 2015. Concerns about the Chinese economy and fretting over the next move by the U.S. Federal Reserve triggered massive global market volatility in stocks, commodity prices, and exchange rates. And that turmoil underscored a critical imperative: leaders of companies operating around the world need to move beyond old views and conventional wisdom as they set global strategies.

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