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U.S. Experiences Innovation Deficit, Book Claims

It is not surprising that Americans regard their country as an innovation goliath. The world's brightest scientists compete to study at its universities, its feistiest entrepreneurs dream of moving to Silicon Valley and its savviest consumers buy its iPads and software programs. Yet America's innovation advantage is fading rapidly; indeed, in a growing number of areas it has already turned into an innovation deficit.

BT9 Debuts Xsense System for Cold-Chain Management

BT9, a cold-chain management solutions provider, has introduced Xsense, a system designed to ensure all stakeholders in the cold supply chain have full transparency and control over their perishables, anywhere in the world, at any given time.

Corporate Sustainability on the rise, But Key Stakeholders Remain Skeptical

Corporations that have pushed hard this last year to improve their performance in sustainability may now face a new challenge - a growing skepticism among professional investors, supply chain officials and recent higher education graduates. Such are the results of the 2012 Sustainability Leadership Report, now in its second year, which analyzes real vs. perceived sustainability performance for 100 leading global brands that collectively represent 16 percent of the world's economic output.

Integrated Planning & Control: What Every Company Must Have

Larry Curry, principal with Oliver Wight Americas, offers a definition of Integrated Planning and Control, along with detailing its benefits and discussing how companies can begin to embrace this vital concept.

C.H. Robinson Forms Logistics Division for Chemical Industry

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has formed a new division to offer logistics services to chemical manufacturers and distributors. Dubbed ChemSolutions, the unit can provide chemical bulk shipping, safety and sustainability, freight forwarding, customs brokerage, vendor and supplier compliance, global trade management and multimodal transportation.

The Power of Design to Define the Brand

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September Sees Manufacturing Grow in U.S. After Several Months of Decline

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in September following three consecutive months of slight contraction, and the overall economy grew for the 40th consecutive month, according to the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.

Continued Growth for APICS in 2011

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Drewry Creates Investment Reports on Maritime Companies

Drewry, the U.K.-based maritime research and advisory firm, has created a new service, Drewry Maritime Equity research, to produce investment reports on companies operating in the maritime industry.

Accellos Releases App for Qualifying, Monitoring Carriers

Accellos, a vendor of supply-chain execution software, has released a carrier qualification and monitoring module for its Prophesy Dispatch transportation-management system (TMS).

DB Schenker Logistics Debuts Advanced Air and Ocean Tracking Service

DB Schenker Logistics has developed a new tool for monitoring air and ocean freight consignments.

The Definition of 'Supply Chain' Is Wide. It's Too Important Not to Be.

Supply chain overlays the sales and marketing organizations and the procurement function - which have defined their roles too narrowly. Too few are focused on the role of the organization in driving value networks to improve value-based outcomes. Most lack the understanding, and they are just not incented to build value networks. The focus has to be market to market. The supply chain team can make a difference, but it requires reschooling. It is about much more than trucks and sheds. Or pumps and valves. Or contracts and negotiations. It is the end-to-end process: from the customer's customer to the supplier's supplier.

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