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Moving From a Supply Chain to a Supply Web

It's time to stop thinking of your supply chain as an endless stream of entities, all nicely linked together; it is much more complex than that.

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DuPont Reportedly Scores Highest Among Chemical Companies Striving to Lower Carbon Footprint

DuPont leads the chemical industry in preparing for a low-carbon economy, according to CDP's latest quarterly sector research report.

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How Health and Safety Cuts in UK Could Affect Rest of the World

The British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are putting in motion plans that will change Britain's role in world manufacturing, for better or for worse. In its annual report, HSE proudly announced that they had removed 84 per cent of their regulations without compromising on safety. Depending on how you interpret the statistics, this has either made the UK a much stronger player in international trade or has taken the UK two steps backwards.

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PhoenixNAP Offers New Series of Backup, Recovery Services

PhoenixNAP, a global information-technology services provider offering cloud, dedicated server, co-location and infrastructure-as-a-service technology, has developed a new series of backup and recovery services.

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Legacy Supply Chain Services Issues Grader Tool

Legacy Supply Chain Services, a North American third-party logistics provider, has released a grader tool designed to help retailers evaluate their supply-chain performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Procurement Reduces Costs to Deliver Services 17 Percent by Enhancing Customer Focus, Study Says

World-class procurement organizations now deliver services at 17 percent less cost than typical companies while offering improved effectiveness, largely by becoming more customer-centric, according to research from The Hackett Group Inc.

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Allergan: A Company of Many Identities Seeks One Road to Demand Planning

Having undergone a raft of acquisitions and name changes over the years, the pharmaceutical giant formerly known as Actavis scraps its legacy manual processes and embraces formal demand-planning and advanced-scheduling technology.

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Tradeshift Partners With EcoVadis on Supplier Sustainability

Tradeshift, provider of a supplier-collaboration platform, has partnered with EcoVadis, creator of a collaborative platform for assigning supplier sustainability ratings in global supply chains.

Businesses Must Transform to Succeed, and IT Is Critical to Making That Change

To build advantage, organizations must do more than just change. They must transform. As technology's role in business becomes ever more important, transformations will increasingly be underpinned by significant technology programs. In such technology-enabled transformations, IT leaders need two different strategies to ensure success.

Mercedes Initiative Targets Reduction of 20 Percent in Supply Chain Costs Per Vehicle

Mercedes-Benz is investing hundreds of millions in a global reorganization of its supply chain network that will set the course for growth and efficiency with the goal of reducing supply chain costs by 20 percent per vehicle.

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Getting a Grip on Automotive Recalls

What can automobile manufacturers to do stop the endless flood of recalls, some of which result in injury or death to drivers and passengers?

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Challenges of the Digital Supply Chain

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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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