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Value of End-to-End Transportation Planning
When it comes to world-class transportation and logistics management, companies must strive to deliver on two critical mandates: containing costs and sustaining service.
In Business Intelligence & Analytics, Big Data = Big Opportunity
Analyst Insight: For many supply chain executives the term analytics is synonymous with reporting and Big Data is a new buzz word. However, when leaders harness new forms of analytics coupled with an understanding of Big Data opportunities good things happen. Here we share some insights from three studies that illuminate the opportunity. - Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder, Supply Chain Insights
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Supply Chain Analytics in Emerging Markets
With the advent of big data, faster computing and intuitive analysis tools, the promise of analytics has generated a renewed focus on improving operations through data-driven decisions. For supply chain organizations in particular, it is a powerful ally in driving cost reduction strategies and service level improvements. From public sector entities like Lincolnshire, which identified £24m in procurement savings, to retail giants like Tesco, which reduced £50m in excess inventory, organizations across the globe are achieving substantial impact by applying analytics to their operations. But what about emerging markets?
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Pollution Control for Long Beach Cargo Ships Tested
The Port of Long Beach, Calif., will fund testing of a new air pollution-control technology for docked cargo ships, after an agreement approved by the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.
How PepsiCo Created a Plant With 'Near-Net-Zero' Impact
PepsiCo undertook the ambitious goal of transforming a Frito-Lay plant in Arizona into a facility with almost no net environmental impact. A finalist in the Supply Chain Innovation Award competition of CSCMP and SupplyChainBrain.
U.S. Retail, Consumer M&A Deal Value in 2013 Surpasses $100Bn for First Time in Five Years
U.S. retail and consumer (R&C) total transaction value for 2013 surpassed $100bn for the first time since 2008, according to PwC's US retail and consumer deals insights 2013 Year in Review and 2014 Outlook report. Deals in the food and beverage sector and private equity investment in the apparel, footwear and accessories sector continued to drive activity in the R&C industry.
Almost 40 Percent of Businesses Still Not Selling Online, Study Finds
These days, it's widely assumed that most businesses are selling directly to customers via the internet. However, surprisingly, a Grant Thornton survey found that 39 percent of businesses are not yet selling online. Online sales might seem like a dream come true "” you reach larger markets with no middlemen, at higher margins "” but, according to the Grant Thornton survey, the dream can easily turn into a nightmare.
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GHX Automates Management of Contract Price Negotiations
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) has developed the Single Channel 845 application, to automate the process of managing contract price notifications in the healthcare sector.
Holoptica Expands Operations With New Office in U.K.
The Holoptica Group has opened an office in the United Kingdom.
The Case Against Free Trade
Was there ever a time when trade wasn't a polarizing subject? Judging from the endless debate, it's either the key to economic prosperity, or a catastrophe for the common worker. There seems to be no middle ground.
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Forwarding Group to Modify Asian Logistics Methods
Global forwarding group DB Schenker says it has taken a fresh look at the modes of transport usually chosen for moving freight around Asia and switched to a more efficient multimodal option which it has christened the "Asia Landbridge."
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