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Ford Motor Co. Models Its Supplier Sustainability Initiative

Automakers like Ford rely on thousands of tier-one suppliers to provide the materials, parts and services to make its final products. Many suppliers serve numerous automakers, and each of those suppliers, in turn, has multiple suppliers. Other industries' supply chains (such as electronics) are intertwined into the automotive supply chain. There are often six to 10 levels of suppliers between an automaker and the source of raw materials that eventually enter the manufacturing process. The breadth, depth and interconnectedness of the automotive supply chain make it especially challenging to effectively manage business and sustainability issues.

Are Automation, Lean Initiatives Leading to Rise in 'Jobless' Resurgence in U.S. Manufacturing?

In the past year, there have been numerous articles debating whether "reshoring" is a myth or really happening. For example, the cover article of the April 22, 2013 issue of Time magazine was "Made in USA - Manufacturing is Back - But Where are the Jobs?"

Chemical Manufacturers Publish Pledge of Product Safety

BASF, Dow, DuPont, Honeywell and the rest of the American Chemistry Council's member companies have pledged to implement 11 industry best practices to evaluate and improve their product safety performance.

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There's Big Risk of 'Cherry Picking' What's Useful in Big Data, Analyst Warns

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

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Litigation Suggests Care Needed in Selecting Vendor to Mine Your Customer Data

A new U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) case illustrates how retail chains can get in serious legal troubles when they use third parties to help mine shopper data.

U.S. States Compete to Attract Business with Lower Taxes

Just as countries vie with one another to be agreeable places in which to do business by having congenial tax rates, U.S, states have come to realize that in order to attract jobs and diversify revenue, they too, must adjust their tax structure accordingly.

More Retailers Come Clean on Where Their Products Come From

Some retailers are doing what was once unthinkable, handing over information about exactly how, and where, their products were made.

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Resilinc Teams With ICOR to Create Supply-Chain Resiliency Course

Resilinc Corp. has joined with the International Consortium for Organization Resilience (ICOR) to create a management course on supply-chain resiliency.

What Is 'Last-Mile Manufacturing'?

Sandeep Duggal, chief executive officer of Extron, explains how traditional manufacturing postponement strategies have morphed into the concept of "last-mile manufacturing."

By 2016, Half of Companies Will Insist You Bring Your Own Device to Work, Survey Says

There have been plenty of predictions about the "bring your own device" trend, but that's not stopping Gartner from making a few more. Gartner's latest research shows 38 percent of companies expect to stop providing devices to workers by 2016 and half of companies will mandate BYOD by 2017.

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Maritime Group Wants Your Input on How to Lessen Your Paperwork Workload

A six-month consultation period is under way in which the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will seek widespread input on the administrative burdens that may result from compliance with IMO instruments.

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Not Waiting for IT Department's Lead, Many Senior Execs Make IT Investments on Their Own

Senior management executives are increasingly budgeting for information-technology purchases particular to their own functional areas or departments, beyond what's included in corporate and IT-department budgets.

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