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Little Being Done to Focus on Underlying Costs of Healthcare Supply Chains
In spite of several laws passed in the last decade, we have not begun to scratch the surface of addressing the cost of healthcare.
The California Tax Man Cometh, and He's Headed for Internet Merchants
State tax collectors are preparing to crack down on renegade internet merchants who don't collect sales taxes, and nearly 100 new state auditors, lawyers and other specialists are being hired to help over the next three years.
Serialization, Data Management Combat Counterfeiting in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
Attention is mounting by consumers, government, industry, and media to address the growing counterfeit challenges in the US.
U.S. Trade with NAFTA Partners in June Up 6.6 Percent Over Same Period in 2011
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, was 6.6 percent higher in June 2012 than in June 2011, totaling $82.6bn, unadjusted for inflation, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Have ERP Vendors Yet to Really Penetrate World of Small and Mid-Sized Businesses?
ERP systems are used throughout most large enterprises, with SAP and Oracle accounting for 80 percent or more of the installed based in regulated sectors such as pharma and energy. But these same systems, with their million-dollar development budgets and long learning curves, have been singularly unsuccessful in smaller enterprises.
Mobile-Specific Sites Among Tips to Fight Cart Abandonment in Mobile Commerce
Shopping, even for major items like a wedding dress, is now something people do while strolling through the park - by smartphone or other device. In 2011, U.S. mobile commerce sales surged 91.4 percent. By 2015, analysts estimate total m-commerce sales will reach $31bn - a 363-percent increase from 2011.
The Wait's Over: SEC Finally Acts on Rule to Track Conflict Minerals
Moving at the blinding speed of bureaucracy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally adopted a rule that requires manufacturers to report on their use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Much Work Remains to Be Done Finding Cheaper, More Sustainable Ways to Fuel Trucking
Without trucks, the supply chain would screech to a halt. Yet, the rising cost of fueling these workhorses, not to mention the toll truck emissions take on the environment and public health, are forcing shippers and carriers alike to retool their fleets.
Which Tool Do You Need to Analyze, Interpret Huge Amounts of Data Collected?
In the last few decades, statisticians and computer scientists have produced a dazzling arsenal of extremely powerful tools to help managers translate data into business decisions.
The Wait's Over: SEC Finally Acts on Rule to Track Conflict Minerals
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Vitally Important Consensus-Driven Demand Plan Easier to Talk About Than to Achieve
A functioning demand-planning process is a key enabler for supply chain organizations, and getting the process right is fundamental to improving demand-planning effectiveness, according to Gartner analysts.
Product Protection Rises as a Top Supply Chain Concern Among Healthcare Execs
Healthcare executives around the world are investing in their supply chains as they prepare for continued global growth in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment, according to data from the fifth annual UPS "Pain in the (Supply) Chain" healthcare survey.
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