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Low-cost Ways to Make Your Warehouse or DC Leaner

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Periodic Business Reviews Drive Excellence

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Workflow Automation Could Help You Find Cost Savings in Outsourcing

A recent TAKE Supply Chain survey indicated that the primary reason companies choose to outsource some or all of their manufacturing or distribution activities is cost reduction. This was the number one reason chosen by 61 percent of survey respondents across all global regions. However, a frequent issue faced by companies after the outsourcing project goes live is that they're not achieving their expected cost savings. Two common causes for this disconnect are vague contract terms or metrics, and manual processes.

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Optimization Software Vital to Performance of Manufacturing's Supply Chains

Optimization technology allows manufacturing companies to become more flexible and to more efficiently manage their supply chains by accounting for real life constraints and business rules. They can review "what-if" analyses of various scenarios, tied to key performance indicators that measure success on an ongoing basis. They can generate near optimal plans from the virtually infinite number of possible options. And with a clear set of future-oriented KPIs they can measure tomorrow’s performance before it happens.

Walmart Ramps Up Sustainability Effort, 'Invites' Suppliers to Join

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. doesn't do things on a small scale. So when it moved to expand its global sustainability effort, the retailing giant acted true to form.

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Once Again, Apple Heads Gartner's List of Top 25 Supply Chains

Gartner Inc. has released the findings from its 10th annual Supply Chain Top 25, and for the seventh year in a row Apple has topped the list. McDonald's took second place, and Amazon came in third.

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Sustainability at H&M: Long Road Traveled, Long Road Ahead

If you're still not convinced that sustainability can be a big marketing tool for global brands, then take a glance at the latest "Conscious Actions" report from Hennes & Mauritz AB - known to clothing shoppers around the world as H&M.

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How Railroads Are Investing in Transportation's Future

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Managing Change in the Healthcare Supply Chain

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Daimler Trucks: On the Road to Continuous Improvement

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Red Flag Group Launches Hosted Due Diligence Service

The Red Flag Group has launched Due Diligence as a Service.

Productivity Dip in U.S. Tied to Lack of Investment in Workforce, Equipment

When the U.S. economy emerged from the recession in June 2009, productivity was rising at a fast clip. Companies had spent the downturn cutting jobs and were lean and efficient. Productivity—output per hour worked—jumped 5.5 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as workers did more with less. But as the recovery has chugged on, productivity growth has stalled, averaging less than 1 percent a year since 2011. Workers were actually less efficient in the first quarter of 2014, producing fewer goods and services per hour than they had during the previous quarter.

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