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Partnerships that Enhance Logistics Performance

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Benefits of Supply Chain Analytics

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Getting the Most Out of Your Chief Supply Chain Officer (Regardless of His or Her Title)

The chief supply chain officer has emerged as a vital partner in the most strategic aspects of managing complex, global companies. In years past, the procurement function (the sourcing of essential products and services on the best possible terms) occupied center stage. But more recently, the relentless focus on driving out costs has taken a backseat to such issues as supply market risk, revenue enhancement and managing complex supplier relationships.

Office Depot Debuts Nation's First EPEAT Consumer Labels for Electronics

A newly-designed Office Depot store in Portland, Ore., will be the country's first to offer products bearing the EcoSense label for electronic merchandise.

Growth in U.S. Manufacturing Continues to Be Anemic

Manufacturing in July expanded at its slowest pace since late 2010, hobbled by weak overseas demand for American goods, though a rise in domestic orders helped cushion the blow.

Growing Talent Crisis Seen in Finance, IT, Other Areas

Finance, IT, procurement and other business services areas are in the midst of a growing talent crisis, and the failure of HR and business services leaders to effectively collaborate is in large part to blame, according to new research from The Hackett Group.

Retailers Encouraged Congress Will Enact E-Fairness Legislation This Year

Congress has moved one step closer to closing a decades-old loophole that has given online retailers an artificial competitive advantage over their brick and mortar competitors with hearings on the Marketplace Equity Act (HR 3179).

Economic Pessimism Dampens Consumer Spirits, Even to Some Extent in China

The majority of consumers in the world's richest markets say they are feeling insecure and anxious and are struggling to save. They have tightened their belts and are buckled in for a sustained period of low or no income growth - a world that feels like the 1930s or the Lost Decade in Japan.

Smartphone-Enabled 'Augmented Reality' Comes to the Ikea Catalog

At the end of this month, 211 million Ikea catalogs will be sent off into the world. If one lands on your doorstep, you'll want to have your smartphone handy.

Pricing Snafus on E-Commerce Sites Undermine Faith in Retailers

On July 17, a wide range of third-party products on Amazon showed special pricing: one cent. The pricing glitch was, yet again, caused by some third-party integration and a coding error.

IT Infrastructure, SCM, Sales and Marketing Effectiveness Reports Published

Aberdeen Group has published a slue of new reports from its various practices on such topics as sales and marketing effectiveness, IT infrastructure/storage and virtualization, and supply chain management.

Chinese Companies Top Global Rankings of Construction Companies Once Again

Last year saw record revenues and employment among the world's biggest construction companies, according to International Construction magazine's Top 200 ranking, although profitability was poorer than in 2010.

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