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Manufacturer Improves Visibility and Supplier Compliance with BSI's SCM Solution
Challenge: A large manufacturer was spending countless hours updating spreadsheets, reviewing supplier assessments, issuing corrective actions, and trying to track their suppliers' compliance, risk and performance ratings manually. They realized this manual approach wasn't sustainable as they continue to grow and vet additional suppliers. They began looking for a service provider that provided a single solution to help automate their assessment process, and improve their supply chain visibility.
PTC Issues PLM Application for Medical Device Industry
PTC has made available its Value-Ready Deployment (VRD) application for the medical device industry.
Dassault Systèmes Acquires Ortems for Production Scheduling
Dassault Systèmes has signed a definitive share-purchase agreement to acquire Ortems, a provider of on-premise and cloud-based software for constraint-based production scheduling and dispatching.
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Reflections on Port Safety for Dangerous Goods
The explosion at Tianjin Port last August should be seen as a spectacular example of why those operating throughout the global supply chains should examine their work practices and risk policies more thoroughly.
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F.D.A. Warns Whole Foods on Failure to Address Food Safety Problems
Prepared foods are an increasingly important part of the grocery business, delivering fat margins at a time when sales of traditional packaged foods are lackluster. But the strategy also comes with serious risks.
How Retailers Can Survive the Rising Minimum Wage
A higher minimum wage - in some cases, as much as $15 an hour - is a certainty. How can businesses, especially retailers, cope with it?
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Livingston Facilitates Finely-Tuned Global Shipping For Manufacturer of Acoustical Products.
Challenge: As the market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of custom acoustical ceiling and wall products, our client requires reliable global shipping for its success.
In Spat Over Processing Fees, Walmart Canada Stops Taking Visa
Walmart will soon stop accepting Visa cards at stores in Canada, the latest in its efforts to reduce fees paid to process transactions.
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New Tech for High-Tech: Radisys Updates Its Demand Planning App
The provider of platforms and systems for telecommunications companies moves to adopt an end-to-end means of conducting supply and demand planning in real time.
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Sales of Online Fraud Detection Solutions to Soar, Study Says
E-commerce merchants and financial institutions will be investing heavily in online fraud detection solutions over the next five years, with annual spending reaching $9.2bn by 2020, up by 30 percent on current levels.
Procurement Puts the Squeeze on Rising Costs
Virtually all companies will face economic headwinds and other challenges in 2016. Finding new sources of revenue growth remains difficult, resulting in pressure to protect margins through cost control. How can the procurement professional provide that?
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Renewed Freight Payment and Audit Relationship Strengthens Supply Chain
Challenge: After working with a large manufacturer to manage their freight bill audit and payment, the client chose to move the business to a logistics provider to support these and other supply chain needs. After a period of time with the company, however; they determined they were not receiving an adequate return on investment for the services.
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