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Vanilla Shortage Starts Race for Substitutes

Short supply and soaring prices are forcing flavour companies to find natural alternatives.

Advanced Analytics Drives Double-Digit Growth, Survey Says

Nearly two-thirds of companies with well-established advanced analytics strategies report operating margins and revenues of 15 percent or more, according to a report developed by Forbes Insights, in collaboration with Ernst & Young.

Risk-Based Analytics Enable CFOs to Improve Efficiency, Survey Says

Finance chiefs are responsible for minimizing the risks that their organizations face in all facets of business - from supply chain operations and fixed-asset investment to payment processing and cybersecurity.

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These 5 Events Caused 2016's Most Expensive Supply Chain Disruptions

Resilinc has released its EventWatch Annual Report to assess the most impactful supply chain events of 2016, according to the software company for supply chain resiliency. The report tracks information from the company's supplier network and reviews incidents by risk type, industry, geography, severity, and seasonality.

For Trucking Regulation, It's a Foggy Road Ahead

GPS technology can tell a commercial trucker all about routes and traffic conditions. But when it comes to predicting the regulatory landscape, the road ahead is a lot less clear.

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ISO Standard Aims to Make Supply Chain Traceability Easier

Traceability is vital to supply chain management. Need proof? Just ask Target, which suffered a supply chain disaster this summer over falsely labeled Egyptian cotton sheets, prompting other major retailers including Walmart, JC Penney and Bed Bath & Beyond to investigate the labeling and sourcing of their Welspun-made sheets and other textiles.

Forged Warehouse Receipts Were All for Nickel, Glencore Firm Says

Forged warehouse certificates circulating in the name of Access World, a metals warehouse company owned by commodity giant Glencore Plc, have all been for nickel in Asia, it said last week.

Supply Chain Risk Reaches All-Time High, Report Says

Global supply chain risk reached its highest level in 24 years as globalisation fell out of favour and risk increased across Western Europe, according to the CIPS Dun & Bradstreet Risk Index for the end of 2016.

Time to Wipe Out Modern-Day Slavery in Supply Chains

It's tough enough stopping the use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. How about attacking the larger issue of human trafficking throughout the supply chain?

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With Everything About Trump, What's a Designer to Do?

The night President and Mrs. Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and his wife, Akie Abe - after a nice round of golf and a garden tour, before North Korea necessitated an impromptu news conference - Alexander Wang dragged his audience up to the crumbling abandoned RKO Hamilton Theater on 146th Street in Harlem and jammed everyone into a standing-room-only area that once housed orchestra seats and now framed a raised runway.

SAP: Lenovo's 'Disciplined' Supply Chain Drives Global Leadership

"Lenovo's been the number one PC company for over three years now," says Gerry Smith, an executive vice president at Lenovo and president of its Data Center Group, in a recent video.

Brexit Uncertainty Adds to Global Supply Chain Concerns

Brexit has already damaged businesses even before Prime Minister Theresa May triggers the start of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, according to a survey of the country's largest companies.

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