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How to Capture New 'Value' Segment in Medical Devices

The growing demand for products that are "good enough" and competitively priced has pushed medical-product manufacturers to develop strategies to attract and retain this new segment of customers.

Could New Guidelines Lead to Greater Use of Tagged-item RFID Technology?

Standards group GS1 US has released its Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP), a guideline that includes a scale for grading the performance of EPC ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags when used on specific products and in specific environments, as well standardizing the testing conducted to identify that grade.

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More Retail Executives Ask How They Can Respond to Cyber Breaches

A cyber crime occurs every 18 seconds, but few companies are developing proactive plans to deal with a security event before it happens. Involving executives, including a company's board of directors, is imperative for retailers to mitigate the damage from a breach.

Instacart Fills Its Investment Basket With Another $220M

Instacart, the fast-growing online grocery delivery start-up that can get groceries to your doorstep within an hour, is growing some more. The three-year-old company just announced it has raised $220m in a funding round led by the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Are Chinese Companies Beginning to Lose Some of Their Global Clout?

Ever since Chinese companies began going global in force a couple of decades ago, their impact on worldwide business has been hard to overstate. By combining low cost with massive scale, and by taking full advantage of a huge domestic market, companies based in China have disrupted and transformed industries from telecommunications equipment to solar panels. Will that leadership continue?

Financial Literacy, Diplomacy, Patience Are Keys to Making Supply Chain Leaders Effective

The key attributes for supply chain leadership are patience, diplomacy and financial literacy. And this is a very rare combination of skills.

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EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement Expected to Boost Already-Huge Trade Volume Between the Partners

Trade between the European Union and Canada is already very strong – and growth is expected to continue as a result of an historic new trade agreement now being finalized in Ottawa, according to the British International Freight Association. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is said to be Canada’s most ambitious trade initiative, broader in scope and deeper in ambition than the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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How to Battle Counterfeits and Global IP Theft

Call it the dark side of international commerce: fakes, frauds and thought thieves. Time to take action.

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Self-Serve Delivery Solution Designed for 'On-the-Go' Consumers

Apex Supply Chain Technologies has introduced its AnyWhere line of self-service product-delivery solutions for today’s on-the-go consumer.

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Achieving Excellence in Energy and Utilities Management

Companies face constant pressures to make effective capital planning decisions. Complex businesses like running a refinery, chemical plant or power station are no different. Therefore, being able to see the bigger economic picture is vital in effectively managing operational maintenance, regulatory requirements, energy efficiency and sustainability goals.

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Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting

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China, the World's Largest Internet User, Discovers It's Useful in Running Businesses

Until recently, China's internet economy was consumer driven. The country leads the world in the number of internet users, and Chinese enterprises deploy sophisticated e-commerce strategies. The same companies, though, have lagged behind the United States and other developed nations in using the internet to run key aspects of their businesses. That's changing.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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