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The Industrial Internet: A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow?

A few weeks back I referenced the work of Robert J. Gordon, an economist and professor at Northwestern University. In a paper published last September for the Centre for Economic Research, he laid out the history of the first three industrial revolutions. And he asked whether a fourth, supposedly driven by the internet and other advances in information technology, could come anywhere near its predecessors in terms of productivity improvements.

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How Did the Bar Code Conquer the World?

In 1948 a supermarket executive came to the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia with a request. He wanted a technology that could encode information about his products. Two graduate students, Bernard Silver and N. Joseph Woodland, took up the challenge. Woodland became obsessed and dropped out of school to concentrate on it.

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UK Government Postpones Action on Aviation, Ocean Shipping Carbon Emissions

The UK government will defer a decision on whether to include international aviation and shipping emissions in carbon budgets until the setting of the fifth carbon budget in 2016, by which point there should be more clarity on how aviation emissions will be tackled at an EU and global level.

Suppliers Confident, But Survey Finds Manufacturers Cautious After Being Burned

While more than 75 percent of suppliers are confident in their ability to meet their customers' needs in 2013, one-third of respondents to ASQ's 2013 Manufacturing Outlook Survey say they anticipate a problem with a supplier next year, resulting in a shortage of parts or services.

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Leaders of Other Industries Can Learn from Grocery Shoppers' Values, Behaviors, Report Finds

No experience happens as often, grabs share of wallet, and stimulates the senses more than grocery shopping, finds PwC US in a new report titled Experience Radar 2013: Lessons from the U.S. Grocery Industry. The study, which is one in a series of customer-centric reports, measures the experiences of about 6,000 U.S. consumers across multiple industries.

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Report from Hi-Tech & Electronics Supply Chain Summit 2012

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New KPIs Reflect Changes in Logistics Management Solutions

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Flexibility and Predictability are 'Must Haves' for Abercrombie & Fitch Supply Chain

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Supplier Management with PLM-Early Visibility Key to Optimize Sourcing Strategies

It's no surprise that supply chains are growing in complexity as manufacturers continue to globalize in order to reduce costs and expand their market. With this shift, manufacturers need to take a new approach to managing their supply chains by finding ways to improve communication with suppliers, obtain early visibility into sourcing information and better mitigate supplier risk.

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Walmart Sustainability Case Studies Available Online

In 2005 Walmart made history when then-CEO Lee Scott announced a bold sustainability strategy that would impact every aspect of its business. Along the way business researchers from the University of South Carolina and the University of Arkansas were given unprecedented access to study the process. A three-year project has culminated into a series of case studies, available online, that will be used to teach business students and executives about sustainability and business development.

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Various Forms of Supply Chain and Enterprise Fraud Expected to Increase in UK and Europe in 2013

With more high quality data becoming available to fraudsters than ever before, an economy forecast to contract and the UK's benefits spend reducing, overall fraud levels will continue to increase dramatically across the UK and the rest of Europe, according to UKFraud, a detection company focusing on fraud prevention.

What Are Top Areas Affecting Corporate Costs in 2013?

Big business could be saving millions of dollars per year - a full margin point or more - on their indirect spend: areas like IT, logistics, marketing, and energy that may not be a part of a business's core product, but have a big impact on the bottom line.

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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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