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Nonbinding Proposal's Passage Suggests Congress May Be Open to Tax on Internet Sales

The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on internet sellers that have no presence within their borders.

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To Better Meet Increased Demand, You Must Have Cycle-Time Reduction Program

In order to prepare for increased customer-driven demand, many small and mid-sized manufacturers are planning to increase capital spending and hiring in the coming year. But to maximize the benefits of staffing and investment growth decisions - and to ensure that operations can support spikes in demand as quickly as possible - CFOs and other financial executives should first consider implementing a comprehensive cycle-time reduction program.

Managed Services Increased Value of B2B Integration Programs, Stanford Survey Finds

Managed services have added significant value to users' overall B2B integration programs, according to 96 percent of he respondents to a survey by Stanford University's Global Supply Chain Management Forum.

Infor Issues Implementation Accelerator for Fashion Industry

Infor has made generally available the Infor Implementation Accelerator for Fashion.

How's U.S. Manufacturing Doing? Perhaps Not as Well as You Thought.

Once one accepts the importance of manufacturing, the next question is how is it doing? Is U.S. manufacturing healthy and not in need of a national manufacturing policy or is it in trouble and in need of smarter policies?

PwC Surveys the Supply Chain

Brad Householder and Glen Goldbach, principal and director, respectively, with PwC, report on the results of the consultancy's annual supply-chain survey.

French Electronics Retailer Uses RFID to Track Pallets Moving from Distribution Centers to Stores

Scarmor, a logistics subsidiary of the French hypermarket chain E.Leclerc, has installed a network of RFID readers that works without middleware at 35 dock doors within two warehouses. The company continues to roll out the technology that will be used to track pallets being moved from distribution centers to roughly 58 E.Leclerc retail sites throughout the French province of Brittany.

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Uncertainty Reigns in Hiring Around the World, Survey Finds

Global economic challenges and uncertainty will continue to contribute to subdued hiring during the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released by ManpowerGroup. The research suggests that employers are seeking signs of a robust global economy before labor markets are likely to achieve sustainable traction.

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Data Technology Procurement Sector Predicted to Have a Big Year

After a few years of early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, market watchers predict.

Can You See Me Now?

Analyst Insight: Every year there are several surveys asking supply chain executives to rank the challenges they face. And, for as long as I can remember, supply chain visibility ranks at or near the top. This year's reincarnation of the control tower metaphor is being applied to supply chain visibility. Can you see me now? If it's so critical, why haven't we implemented it? - Rich Sherman, Supply Chain Discipline Expert at Trissential

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The First Leg of the New 21st Century Supply Chain Maturity Model

Analyst Insight: IBM's recent Chief Supply Chain Officer Report - "The Smarter Supply Chain of the Future" - has pretty much validated our four-year informal polling premise that about 90 percent of all supply chains are not mapped out in any formal approach. IBM's respondents placed supply chain visibility among the Top 5 supply chain challenges. Seventy percent said supply chain visibility is one of their major keys to success - yet the majority of those responding have not addressed the issue! - Gregory L. Schlegel, Vice President, Business Development, SherTrack LLC, and Adjunct Professor, Supply Chain Risk Management, Lehigh University, Graduate Program

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Four Major Trends in Transportation Management to Keep Close Tabs On

Analyst Insight: In 2013, four trends will become hot topics for transportation operations in companies large and small: transportation continuity planning, fuel efficiency and the move to alternative fuels, driver shortages, and transportation category management. - Mario Hegewald and Jim Osborne, Senior Managers in Ernst & Young LLP's Supply Chain Advisory Practice

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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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