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Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Economists

Is it a waste of time to make economic forecasts? Even the most respected prognosticators are wrong as often as they're right. And the most sweeping changes? Hardly anyone ever sees them coming.

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TradeCard Issues Platform for Building Supply-Chain Apps in the Cloud

TradeCard Inc. has made generally available its new AppXpress platform.

Industries' Performances Vary Widely on 'Supply Chain Effective Frontier'

For a new report on supply chain excellence, an assistant and I waded through spreadsheet after spreadsheet of data for the last three weeks and contrasted the progress of the high-tech, consumer products, food, pharmaceutical and industrial industries. The storyline of the report is that ONLY the high-tech industry is making progress on what I call the Supply Chain Effective Frontier - effectively balancing progress on growth, profitability, cycles and complexity. The rest of the industries are either stuck or moving backwards. Consumer packaged goods, food and chemical manufacturers are stuck and pharmaceutical and industrial companies are losing ground and moving backwards.

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Lack of Local Currency Pricing Said to Suppress Global E-Commerce Sales

A recent survey of global online shoppers reports that e-commerce merchants selling abroad are missing out on sales and revenue opportunities because their websites lack local currency pricing capability.

Machine-to-Machine Application Market Grows, But Poor Security Is Major Issue, Report Finds

The financial golden goose egg of M2M services that has attracted the attention of carriers globally risks being thwarted by the growing security concerns in M2M applications. Porous security is exposing vulnerabilities in a large number of use-case scenarios, including SCADA systems, telemedicine, and telemetry.

CRM Comes in Number of 'Flavors' These Days

Even though CRM solutions are very "trendy" and in demand these days, CRM solutions do not follow a "one size fits all" approach.

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Small, Mid-sized Businesses Depend More on International Trade, Survey Finds

International trade and cooperation has become a key driver of small business success, according to an in-depth and wide-ranging study by IHS and DHL Express.

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Chinese New Year Has Great Affect on Shipping

Doing business in other countries means working within the cultural context. Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, which started Feb. 10, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays.

Macro Trends Affecting Global Supply Chains

A discussion with Dinesh Dongre, vice president of strategy with Softeon, about how companies can shift their focus from cost reduction to growth, as a response to economic recovery.

Alibaba to Create Its Own Logistics Network

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China's largest e-commerce company, plans to join with partners to build a logistics network across China that can support 10tr Yuan ($1.6tr) worth of transactions a year within the next decade.

CFOs Optimistic for Corporate and Economic Growth in 2013, Survey Finds

Middle-market and corporate CFOs are optimistic for macroeconomic and business growth at a level unseen since the height of the Great Recession, according to a survey by TD Bank. Forty-six percent of finance managers polled said they are more optimistic about U.S. economic growth over the next year compared to 2012. Further, 57 percent of respondents are more optimistic for their own companies' performance over the next year.

How Will China's Coming Labor Shortage Affect Supply Chains?

Not too long ago, the mere mention of the "China price" could send shivers down the spines of executives in developing countries trying to compete for outsourcing contracts. A pending labor shortage could make such pricing an historical relic.

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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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