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Cargill Releases Supply Chain Assistance Tool

Cargill has released an assessment tool to help food and beverage customers achieve their growth, cost reduction and risk mitigation goals by identifying, prioritizing and quantifying risks and opportunities in its supply chains.

Supply Chain Management Reported to Be on Upswing as Career Choice

In the midst of a slow U.S. recovery, the prospects for expanding roles, widespread employment opportunities, and solid salary growth seems incomprehensible in most fields. Yet, this is the reality for today's supply chain professionals.

Is There a 'Green' Warehouse or DC in Your Company's Future?

More and more companies are choosing to invest in green building practices, enjoying quick returns on investments that pay off in profit and public opinion. And the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Certification Program is allowing companies to make their newer, greener policies official.

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70% of Manufacturers Evaluating or Implementing Smart Technologies for After-Sales Service, Report Says

Over the next three years, manufacturers increasingly plan to use service as a competitive differentiator and aim to grow business through product service innovation and value-added services for existing products, according to Business Strategy: Modernizing the Service Chain with Smart Technology, a report from IDC Manufacturing Insights.

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Competing with Amazon - and Other Views on the Future of E-commerce

When it comes to e-commerce, competing with Amazon is the name of the game, says Ian Hobkirk, managing director of Commonwealth Supply Chain Advisors. Here, he shares his views on the degree of the difficulty of taking on the e-tailing giant and on the future of online commerce in general.

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Making a Successful Expansion Into Latin America

As the global economic landscape evolves and shifts, companies seek out new sourcing locations and growth opportunities in worldwide markets. Global expansion brings about new supply chain challenges and complexity that can vary by market and country. In North America, companies are looking for closer sourcing locations, greater efficiency, and opportunities to grow their export business. Latin America, due to its proximity, emerging market growth, and attractive free-trade agreements (FTA), as well as preferential agreements with the U.S. has made it a desirable trade region.

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The Future of the UK Food Supply Chain Is in The Cloud

Supply chain, logistics and warehouse operations are at the heart of most companies' physical processes, either inbound into production or outbound to customers. This is never truer than for the food and beverage manufacturing industry in the UK.

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Global Supply Chains May One Day Be Dismantled

Nothing exemplifies the exceptional power and scale of today's highest performing supply chains than the simple phrase: designed in California, assembled in China. Behind that elegant phrase are some of the world's most sophisticated supply-chain processes, stitching together networks of suppliers, sub-assemblers and logistics companies around the globe.

What Kind of Exec Do You Need to Lead Your Business in China?

Despite decades of experience in China, many organizations still struggle to identify and select executives who will make a tangible impact there. Companies can do better by focusing on two crucial skills"”an ability to read the external environment and an understanding of what makes employees tick"”and on a tough truth: a generational challenge is making the talent equation more complex.

Retailers: What's Your Strategy for a Digital Transformation of Your Business?

Pinterest boards, QR code walls, showrooming, mobile couponing, pop-up shops, mobile apps, Tweet Mirror, Facebook walls, digital circulars, augmented reality, flash sales"”it's a digital jungle out there for retailers today. As consumers embrace new technologies and services, companies find it difficult to stay current"”and harder still to determine where and how to invest their budgets. It's all too tempting simply to jump on the next new thing (and the next and the next), just in hopes of keeping pace.

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Electrolux SC Exec Discusses Launch and Roll-out of Global S&OP

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Globalization of the Lead Logistics Provider Model

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