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Have Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Really Delivered on Their Promise?

Enterprise resource planning systems, once regarded as a marvel of technology, have turned out to be anything but.

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Effective CRM Requires Changing the Way You Collect, Analyze Data

If the customer is "at the center of everything," so, too, should be a company's system for managing customer relationships. In other words, customer relationship management software needs to be more than just a way to handle queries about products or fielding feedback from clients.

Automatic Tracking of Medications Throughout Supply Chain Is Goal of RFID Technology

RFID technology company eAgile is marketing a solution known as eSeal that aims to enable the automatic tracking of containers of medication from the point of manufacture to the drugstore counter or a patient's hospital bedside.

Should 'Supply Chain' Give Way to 'Supply Web'?

The term "Web 2.0" refers to the current state of online technology as it compares to the early days of the Web, and is characterized by greater user interactivity and collaboration, more pervasive network connectivity and enhanced communication channels.

Consumer-Generated Content Gives Turtle Wax Website New Shine

Turtle Wax drove 1.3 million page views with its content when it added consumer-generated content to its website. The goal for Turtle Wax was to transform a static website into a dynamic place where showcasing its products was a priority.

GS1 US Expands Advisory Services for Standards Implementation

GS1 US, an information-standards body, has expanded its Advisory Services offering.

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Responsible Supply Chains: Are We Willing to Pay the Price?

Are consumers really willing to pay more for a product that's environmentally sustainable and socially responsible? Depends on whom you ask.

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Innovative Solution Resolves Sticky Situation in Headliner Sub-assembly Process

Challenge: Our company faced a quality issue originating during our sub-assembly of headliners for a major customer, a Fortune 100 automotive OEM. Strands of the glue used to affix wiring harnesses and other parts to headliners’ C-surfaces were ending up on their A-surfaces as well and were not detected in the QA process. The problem was discovered after finished headliners were installed on vehicles. We needed to make detection easier and meet production cycle times and quality standards.

U.S. Manufacturing Sector Seems to Be Contracting

Demand for long-lasting manufactured products made in the U.S. fell 5.1 percent in December from a month earlier, and declined 3.5 percent for all of 2015, the Commerce Department said. The annual decline in durable-goods orders is the largest outside a recession on records back to 1992.

Rating the World's Cleanest - and Dirtiest - Ships

Want to make sure that your imports or exports are traveling on a "clean" ship? There's a way to do that.

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How Sustainable Is Amazon?

Amazon, which has never published a sustainability report, has recently hired sustainability executives that may change the online retail giant's strategy - and reputation - according to the Guardian.

Smart Manufacturing Means Harnessing All That Data

There's a rumor going around, centered in Germany, that we're now in our fourth Industrial Revolution.

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

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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

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