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The 'New' Internet Demands That Every Business 'Go Digital'

Every business needs to "go digital." Data about customers, competitors, suppliers and employees are exploding. Ninety percent of all data were created in the past two years. By 2016, there will be 3 billion internet users globally, and the internet economy will reach $4.2tr in the G-20 nations. No company or country can afford to ignore this phenomenon.

IBM Tops Newsweek Poll of Greenest U.S. Companies

IBM has been recognized for the second consecutive year as the greenest company in the U.S., according to the Newsweek 2012 Green Rankings survey. A panel of independent judges ranked major companies based on numerous criteria, including their environmental impact, environmental management and sustainability disclosure. The survey is regarded as one of the most comprehensive analyses of environmental leadership, and IBM was one of 500 large U.S. organizations evaluated.

Fresh-Food Retail-Wholesale Platform Links with Provider of Traceability Solutions

FoodLink, a buying platform that connects fresh food retailers and wholesalers to a network of more than 2,000 supplier companies, will acquire TRUETRAC, a provider of mobile traceability solutions to growers, harvesters, packers and shippers of fresh-packed produce. The combined company will be the food industry's first integrated network for produce traceability that links crop planning, harvesting, packing, order management, shipping, receiving and individual item tracking from the field to the supermarket checkout line.

Supply Chain Transformation Hits a Brick Wall Ã¢â‚¬Â¦

Supply chains are driving fundamental and transformational changes in today's organizations. More than that, supply chains challenge the very mental models and core processes that guide most of what people do at work. They challenge the prevailing organization paradigm, requiring significantly more focus on customers, horizontal relationships, integrative thinking, and dynamic and continuous adaptation. These values are difficult to consistently reinforce and support in siloed structures and can't be changed by sophisticated technology alone. Thus, all the promise of supply chain transformation hits an inevitable brick wall!

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DB Schenker Expands Transport Monitoring; Adds Mexican Warehouse Capacity

DB Schenker has introduced DB Schenkersmartbox, a new service for monitoring global freight movements.

Americold Unveils Expedited Delivery Service for Truck Shipments

Americold, a provider specializing in temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics services to the food industry, has introduced a new product to coordinate and expedite the delivery of less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload shipments.

Coping With the Procurement Talent Shortage

Why is there a critical shortage of people who are qualified to manage global procurement? And how can the problem be remedied? We get some answers from Mickey North Rizza, formerly research director with Gartner Supply Chain and now vice president of advisory services at BravoSolution.

Change Management in the Supply Chain

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Unexplored Data and What to Do With It

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Balancing Quality and Cost Management

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Retail, Consumer Execs Feel Their Security Measures Are Effective Despite Constrained Budgets

Despite tight budgets preventing retail and consumer (R+C) executives from updating security programs and causing them to fall behind, many remain confident in their business practices, according to findings from PwC's new report, "R+C Insights: Changing the Game." The report surveyed more than 1,100 senior R+C industry executives and found that regardless of this lag in technological advances, adversaries are becoming ever more sophisticated, breaching the defenses of business ecosystems and leaving reputational, financial and competitive damage in their wake.

Improving Your Approach to System Improvement Is Key to Success

System improvement is much more than problem solving. It is dual-staged, having two dependent parts that must be handled with the same enthusiasm to ensure success. The first segment is concerned with problem identification and solution finding, while the second segment deals with realizing a corrective action.

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