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Expect Greater Investment in Means to Detect, Combat Cyber-Attacks on Enterprises, Report Says

The enterprise incident response market is set to see highly dynamic growth over the next few years, totaling $14.79bn by 2017. The reason? The number of malicious cyber agents is rising and they are attacking, hacking, and spying on organizations with impunity.

Fallout from Conn. Massacre of Children Felt in Gun Marketplace

While President Barack Obama and other Democratic politicians clear their throats about proposing new gun control laws sometime next year, the marketplace is responding swiftly to the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre.

Various Forms of Supply Chain and Enterprise Fraud Expected to Increase in UK and Europe in 2013

With more high quality data becoming available to fraudsters than ever before, an economy forecast to contract and the UK's benefits spend reducing, overall fraud levels will continue to increase dramatically across the UK and the rest of Europe, according to UKFraud, a detection company focusing on fraud prevention.

Do You Know How Vulnerable Your Supply Chain Is?

The elements of supply chain confidence are visibility and control, the lack of which will increase supply chain risk. Without them, you are at great risk.

What Are Top Areas Affecting Corporate Costs in 2013?

Big business could be saving millions of dollars per year - a full margin point or more - on their indirect spend: areas like IT, logistics, marketing, and energy that may not be a part of a business's core product, but have a big impact on the bottom line.

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The Price of Mis-aligning Supply-Chain and Plant Performance

Companies can meet the challenge of ever-growing complexity in their global operations by synching their plant and supply-chain processes. Eric Green, vice president of solution strategy with Apriso, shows how.

Combating Volatility and Forecast Errors

Robert Byrne, CEO of Terra Technology, discusses highlights of Terra's 2012 benchmarking study on forecasting, which is based on raw data collected from the major CPG companies that are Terra's customers. Byrne explains why forecast accuracy is moving in the wrong direction and what companies can do to correct this trend.

At This Point, Outlook for 2013 Is Anyone's Guess

These are difficult times for economists and company managers because the outlook for 2013 is highly dependent on how the fiscal cliff (the large government budget cuts and tax increases that take effect on January 1, 2013) impasse is resolved and secondarily on whether Europe continues to recover from the recession resulting from its fiscal and financial crisis.

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Online Shoppers 'Not Likely' to Buy Again from Retailers Charging for Return Shipping

A survey by ShopRunner, which brings together a network of retailers to deliver shopping services, found that consumers are not concerned solely about free shipping on purchases, but free return shipping is increasingly at the forefront of their needs.

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Ensuring Safe Delivery of Refrigerated Pharmaceuticals

Reusable totes with innovative refrigerants inside have reduced returns of costly pharmaceuticals and helped to guarantee patient safety.

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A Practical Road Map to Supply Chain Transformation

Richard J. Sherman, president of Gold & Domas Research and director of strategic development for CSCMP, summarizes the practical road map to supply chain transformation that he explores in depth in his new book.

Advice for Manufacturers Considering Re-shoring

The trend of manufacturers "re-shoring" their operations to the western hemisphere is real. Greg S. Anderson, president of Co-eXprise Inc., talks about the challenges involved in executing that strategy.

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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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