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Misusing Big Data Can Lead to Customer Dissatisfaction

Big data has the potential to be both friend and foe. The Boston Consulting Group conservatively estimates that trusted uses of big data and advanced analytics could unlock more than $1tr in value annually. However, recent BCG consumer research has uncovered a previously hidden obstacle to successfully unleashing this enormous opportunity: data misuse.

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Personalizing Fulfillment of Omnichannel Orders Profitably - How Do You Achieve That?

Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers alike are being challenged with diverse, continually changing channel fulfillment demands. Across industries, success (and even survival) depends on the ability to serve customers profitably in the way they expect to be served.

Is Growth in Services Hampering Chinese Manufacturing?

It has often been said that China will grow old before it becomes rich. But could it have too many offices, restaurants, and hotels before it becomes wealthy?

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So, Maybe Plastic Isn't So Bad for Environment After All?

There isn't a single person in the plastics industry who hasn't been regularly bombarded with concerns from all sides about the environmental costs of plastic production and use. But a new study takes some of the sting out, finding the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than replacing plastics with alternative materials.

ISM Reports: The Impact of Brexit on Trade and Distribution

The long-term impact of Brexit on European supply chains is yet to be determined, but some early results are in.

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How Much Would Trade War Hurt Chemicals - 12 Percent of U.S. Exports?

Chemicals contribute to a significant portion of all American exports. According to the American Chemistry Council, the chemicals industry accounts for 12 percent of exports at a value of about $189 billion.

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APICS Debuts Toolkit for Supporting Women in Manufacturing

APICS, the professional association for supply-chain management, has created a new toolkit to support women in manufacturing.

Ocean Piracy at Lowest Level Since 1995, Observers Report

Pirate attacks on shipping in the first half of 2016 are at the lowest level since 1995, even taking the recent spate of kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea and the Sulu Sea into account, says the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre.

CBP Unit to Ensure Coastal Vessels Adhere to Jones Act

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has created a national division for enforcing maritime cabotage laws.

Four Trends in Food & Beverage Consumption Drive Retail Center Expansion, Study Says

With food-and-beverage outlets now among the fastest-growing categories in retail centers, a CBRE Group, Inc., report identifies four formats poised for significant expansion: food trucks, food halls, celebrity-chef restaurants and "grocerants."

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The Conference Board to Spotlight Supplier Relationships, Digital Disruption Partnerships at 2016 Innovation Seminars, October 27 and 28

HICX Teams With Aveiroe Europe for Supplier Assurance Service

HICX, a vendor of supplier-management applications, has joined with Aveiroe Europe, a professional services firm specializing in recovery audits, to provide an end-to-end supplier-assurance service.

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