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U.S. Takes Giant Step in Seizing Fake, Pirated Goods

Pharma Moves Beyond RFID to Combat Counterfeit Drugs

Where in the World Is Your Business Information Being Kept?

Centric Software Updates Applications to Comply With 10+2 Rule

DHL Extends Guaranteed Inbound Service; Boosts Services to Fashion Industry; Begins GPS Cargo Tracking

In Times Like These, You Must Understand the Commodity Markets

Extreme commodity price volatility has become the norm. To cope, successful sourcing professionals must deeply understand the commodity markets. This means knowing the current and expected industry capacity for delivering that commodity, current and emerging sources of demand, and trading speculation trends.

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Resiliency in Supply Chain Is Key to Long-Term Business Continuity

To improve supply chain resiliency, companies need to include risk considerations in their supply chain network design efforts, sales and operations planning, and inventory planning; on the execution side, they need to improve logistics and transportation management, secure alternative supply chain partners, and ensure proactive alerting process and response management for disruptions.

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Protecting Your Supply Chain Against Financial Vulnerability

The global credit crunch is jeopardizing the financial health of our supply chains. In 2009, companies should reassess suppliers' financial stability and implement processes to spot operational red flags that are early warning signals of financial stress.

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How Much Control Does Pharma Have Over Its Changing Supply Chain?

Because of margin and market growth pressures, life sciences supply chains are more dynamic than ever before. In 2009, best practice companies will continue to put in place data analysis processes and "human knowledge" collection procedures to spot red flags and safety risks in their end-to-end supply chains.

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Safely Navigating Treacherous Economic Waters

The instability of the international container shipping sector, capacity withdrawal on some routes and "slow steaming" practices will expose exporters and importers to greater risks.

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Rebalance Supply & Demand to Prepare for Recovery

2009 is certainly shaping up to be a difficult year for manufacturers. Tight credit markets, poor consumer confidence and retail sales, along with low manufacturing activity, suggests that overall supply chain investment activity will be reduced and cost-savings activities will be prioritized.

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Mastering Significant Global Uncertainty

As the financial crisis ripples through the global economy, supply chains will need to re-invent themselves and deal with uncertainty at all levels: economic, financial and regulatory. The need to balance short-term needs with long-term investments in global supply chains will add significant uncertainty to global supply chain operations.

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