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Medical Supply Company Uses Buyer's Consol to Simplify Shipments

Challenge: A large medical supply company providing mobility solutions for patients, had multiple product suppliers and several shipment delays due to CFS congestion among other factors. Shipments were often late, and because of the number of LCL shipments, labor costs were prohibitive. After years of frustration, they turned to our company for help.

QuestaWeb Solution Automates Export Compliance for Both Manual and Electronic Shipments

Challenge: A U.S. manufacturer of consumer and business products exported globally using both electronic and manual processes. The firm sought to centralize all export compliance activities in one solution that could perform denied party screening and manage Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) and export tariffs.

'Imagination Gap' May Cause Businesses to Fail by Not Adopting Digitization

To profit- indeed, to survive - in 2015 and beyond, companies must not just adopt new, unanticipated and more decentralized forms of digitization and technological innovation, but must use them to reshape their business models. These advances are rapidly changing the commercial environment, inside and outside companies, but many business leaders are still unprepared for them.

PrimeRevenue Teams With Tower Trade Group for SME Supply Chains

PrimeRevenue Inc., a supporter of financial supply chains, has entered into a partnership with Tower Trade Group, an international trade-finance company, to support small and medium-sized companies.

You Can't Avoid Responsibility for Cyber Security Breaches for Long

Are top executives getting a pass on cyber security responsibility? Eric Anderholm, CEO of Sergeant Laboratories, a cyber security firm, believes so. He notes that when the CIO is asked what happened after a breach, the answer is usually, "We don't know." Anderholm notes that answer is often viewed as acceptable, particularly when the CEO is loath to admit that he or she wouldn't understand the clear answer.

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Some Not-So-Obvious Uses for Drones in the Supply Chain

The United States moved closer to legalizing the commercial use of drones in February, when the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published proposed regulations. Although some criticized the rules as too restrictive (for example, drones would have to fly only during daylight and within sight of the operator), there is plenty of time for the FAA to change the regulations before they become final, in one to two years.

Does Global Business Care About Human Rights?

All global companies will tell you that they're committed to guaranteeing human rights throughout their supply chains. But how do we tell they're sincere?

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Invoiceware Issues Supply-Chain Finance App for Latin America

Invoiceware International, a provider of tools for electronic invoicing and fiscal reporting in Latin America, has released a new supply-chain financing platform.

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HighJump Software Releases New Apps for Transport, Intelligence

HighJump Software is slating a new release of the HighJump One Platform for the third quarter of 2015.

Amazon Supply Re-tools to Become Amazon Business, a B2B Marketplace

Amazon.com Inc. is going after a new class of customers: other businesses.

Tyson Plans to Ban All Human Antibiotics in Chicken Products by 2017

Tyson Foods, one of the country's largest meat producers, said that it planned to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its chicken production by 2017.

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RMG Networks Offers Warehouse Labor-Productivity App

RMG Networks Holding Corp. has introduced its Labor Productivity Improvement application for warehouses and distribution centers.

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