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Logistics Property Values Expected to Peak in 2016
Though the U.S. logistics industry has recovered unexpectedly well from the last recession, reaching record highs in occupancy and absorption, experts believe the growth in property rents and values will peak sometime this year.
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Mid-Sized Industrial U.S. Manufacturers Confident About 2016
Optimism among mid-sized manufacturing companies in the U.S. outpaces their enthusiasm for the economy as a whole, according to the 8th Annual CFO Survey from Prime Advantage.
Manufacturing Actually Accounts for Third of U.S. GDP, Not One Tenth, Research Suggests
Two measures commonly used by the government to measure manufacturing's overall impact on society are badly underestimating the impact of that critical sector. One is the proportion of gross domestic product for which manufacturing accounts. The other is the "multiplier effect," which measures the impact on other industries from an increase in economic activity by a specific industry.
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DMLogic Solves Temperature Control Compliancy Issues for Major Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Challenge: DMLogic was challenged by a major pharmaceutical manufacturer to help streamline their compliance tracking of temperature-specific drug storage and delivery. While shipments were continuously tracked via their WMS, the manufacturer was forced to manually note temperatures throughout transit via spreadsheet. Eventually, the spreadsheets became cumbersome and the manual tracking was slowing down the process.
Fifth of Large Food Manufacturers Surveyed Know Little or Nothing About Their Suppliers
Food manufacturers across the globe have admitted failing to put in place basic safeguards to protect vulnerable workers in their supply chains - almost one year on from laws to stop slavery, child labor and unethical working practices.
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Database Created on Toxicity of 10,000 Chemicals Used in Europe
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have created a safety database on 10,000 chemicals registered in Europe for predicting the toxicity of many of the 90,000 or more other substances in consumer products.
Most Customers Will Bolt Retailers Who Can't Fulfill Online Needs, Study Sales
Digital services are now expected as standard by consumers, with retailers needing to adapt or risk their losing business altogether, according to a report from Kibo, a cloud-based omnichannel platform.
Worker Skills Gap Widens as Manufacturing Grows Smarter
As manufacturing gets smarter with Industry 4.0 and the ever-expanding Industrial Internet of Things, the workforce skills needed to deploy new technology are falling behind.
TPP: A New Era of Trade, or the Monster Spawn of Nafta?
Can we predict the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by examining the track record of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta)? Well, maybe.
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Google Patent Envisions Driverless Vehicle Bringing Packages to Your Door
In a patent filed Feb. 9, Google forecasts potential interest in using autonomous, self-driving vehicles to deliver packages, a concept Amazon and Google have both been exploring with the use of drones.
Zurich Unveils Mobile App for Rapid Response to HazMat Spills
Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd. has launched the Zurich Environmental Emergency Response (ZEER) mobile app.
Worldwide Office Stationery Market to Top $2Bn by 2019, Study Suggests
The global office stationery and supply market is likely to exceed $2bn by 2019 as the developed markets for office stationery and supply products are growing at a very high rate. These markets include the U.S., the UK, Germany, Canada, France and Japan. Major growth is also expected from developing markets like China, Brazil, South Korea and India.
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