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Biogen Tackles Supply-Chain Risk
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A Dental Equipment Leader Embraces Risk Management
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Technology Leader Saves $21M Annually in Parts, Labor Dispatching
Challenge: This Fortune 500 company was paying premium prices for replacement part transportation and labor — and suffered from late returns. Manual, siloed methods for managing dispatching made supply chain processes inefficient and error-prone.
Really Fast Fashion: How to Get Bespoke Clothes With the Click of a Button
Style trends are moving faster than ever in an age when a shopper can spot an outfit on Instagram and buy it with just a few clicks. That immediacy is prompting some in the fashion industry to experiment with a business model some are calling “click, buy and make.”
What’s Inside Made-in-China Electronics Should Worry Federal Customers, Study Says
The U.S. government is dangerously vulnerable to Chinese espionage or cyberattack because of its dependence on electronics and software made in China, a risk that threatens to grow as Beijing seeks global technological dominance, according to a study for a congressionally chartered advisory commission.
Five Arrested for Swindling $80M in Largest-Ever Bottle Recycling Fraud Scheme
Five people from the Recycling Services Alliance (RSA) Corporation in Sacramento County, California, have been arrested in an $80.3m recycling fraud conspiracy.
Customs Union Q&A: What Is It — and Can the U.K. Manage Without It?
Theresa May has ruled out staying in a customs union after Brexit, but are her proposals workable?
Sorghum, Targeted by Tariffs, Is a U.S. Crop China Started Buying Only Five Years Ago
When China slapped import duties on U.S. sorghum last week, it targeted an annual trade flow worth almost $1bn that didn't exist five years ago.
Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture
Robots have taken our jobs, learned our chores and beaten us at our own games.
Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire
Decades ago, Bradley Jacobs studied math and piano (classical and jazz) at Bennington and Brown before dropping out to make money. Now the balding 61-year-old CEO of XPO Logistics invokes that background to explain how he's parlayed sequential roll-ups in the gritty businesses of garbage collection, heavy equipment rentals and delivering stuff into a $2.6bn net worth.
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U.K. Manufacturing Quality Hampered by Supply Chain Issues, Survey Says
Achieving quality in the supply chain is a major concern for manufacturers, and access to good raw materials is a growing issue, a survey of 200 U.K. manufacturers has found.
U.S. Navy Explores 3-D Printing With Explosive Materials
A small consultancy in Chattanooga, Tennessee is helping the U.S. Navy turn explosives into custom shapes using commercial 3-D printing techniques.
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