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As Businesses Include Climate Change in Supply Chain Risk Plans, Property Insurers Don't Keep Pace

From a purely business standpoint, considerations of where and how to build facilities (or alter existing ones) to lessen climate risk have moved up the risk management priority list. Such moves can ward off costly business stoppages in the event of extreme weather events. Perhaps more significant, on an ongoing basis, they also earn lower property insurance premiums.

Clothing Industry Start-ups Beginning to Start Up - in the U.S.

A nascent trend of clothing start-ups bringing business back to American factories in under way. Over the past two decades, there was a 90 percent decline in apparel manufacturing industry in the U.S., from 940,000 jobs in 1990 to 136,000 in 2015. This has been in part due to the Trans-Pacific Partnerships, which provide incentives such as lower tariffs for companies that want to produce clothes overseas - though the merits of free trade have been hotly contested in this election cycle.

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What's in Your Supply Chain War Room? The Critical Need for Real-Time, Ground-Level Weather Intelligence

Most of us take the weather report with a grain of salt. How many times has the meteorologist on the evening news told us that rain is coming later in the week, yet we find ourselves soaked to the skin by the time we get home from work the next day?

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Drewry Launches Model Stock Portfolio; E-Sourcing Service

Drewry Maritime Equity Research has launched a model stock portfolio for the maritime sector.

Dollar-an-Hour Wage Increase Can Add $1M to DC Operation Costs, Study Says

Rising minimum wages in cities and states around the country could raise the costs of e-commerce operations.

As Incidents Increase, Most IT Security Professionals Have Little Faith in Their Security Systems

A new survey of IT and security professionals reveals that 72 percent of organizations have experienced five or more network security incidents in the past 12 months.

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How to Move Production Out of China

The reshoring of manufacturing from China is no longer in question. Whether that work ever makes it back to the U.S., however, is another matter entirely.

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Demand Planning: Optimizing the Profession in Face of Greater Pressures

Many players have input to the forecasting process, but it is the demand planner who bears the brunt of criticism if a forecast is not quite accurate.

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Putting the Brakes on Fast Fashion

Zady's supply chain is markedly different from those of most apparel companies today. Here's how the company is working to slow the pace of a business that has become obsessed with speed, often at the expense of factory workers and the environment.

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The Brave, New World for Shipping Lithium Ion Batteries by Air

Has your company seen all the headlines about shipping lithium ion batteries by air? How are you supposed to keep up with what's compliant and what is not? Here's a concise overview on the lithium ion battery air transport regulations that will be effective April 1, along with a preview of what might be expected later in 2016.

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3PLs Take Note: Relational Contracting Is on the Rise

Analyst Insight: Anyone doing business in today's economy knows that "business happens." The dynamic pace of business means the contract you sign today may not be the right contract for tomorrow. This is why academics, lawyers, and judges are starting to argue for more relational contracts where good ethics are embedded into the overall intent and framework of a commercial contract. When that happens, relational contracting could become a welcome "new normal." - Kate Vitasek, faculty member of the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration, and principal author of six books on the Vested business model and methodology.

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Applying Digital Enablers to Operations

Analyst Insight: Companies that invest in technology-enabled initiatives to change how they operate outperform their peers against key metrics like revenue / employee and net profit margin. Innovators alike are looking at ways to digitally disrupt operating models. Sure digital enablers can be used to make a better mousetrap, but they can also be used to change the way the mouse is approached all together. - Shanton Wilcox, VP-Manufacturing, & Melissa Hadhazy, Senior Manager-Manufacturing, Capgemini Consulting

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