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Demand Sensing Needed to Break Through 'Demand Planning Performance Ceiling,' Study Suggests

So-called "growth through innovation" strategies continue to drive supply chain complexity at a rapid pace, making it harder for businesses to forecast, according to the 2014 Terra Technology Forecasting Benchmark Study. Data shows that demand planning has reached a performance ceiling with forecast value-added declining for a second year.

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How Walgreens Slashed Energy Costs in Its Supply Chain

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Older and Heavier Warehouse Workers Create Productivity Challenge

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Sears Holdings Matches E-tailers With Rapid Delivery of Product From Its Stores

To meet the challenge of Amazon.com and other e-commerce rivals, the parent of Sears, Roebuck and Kmart launches an initiative to provide one- to two-day delivery of orders to online shoppers nationwide, drawing on inventory from strategically located stores.

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Fast Logistics Embraces S&OP to Improve Demand Forecasting and Customer Service

The Philippines-based logistics service provider took a concept born in manufacturing, and applied it to the services sector. The result: a significant bump in service quality and customer satisfaction.

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Leveraging Talent for Demand Planning Success

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The Driver Shortage: Are We Headed Over a Cliff?

The nationwide driver shortage just won't go away. And shippers are paying the price.

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Carrier Transicold Qualifies First Five Service Centers

Carrier Transicold has named the first five of its container refrigeration service centers to achieve CareMAX recognition.

Isn't It Past Time to Tax All Online Retail Sales?

Right now, many merchants who sell their products online and do not have a distribution center, warehouse or retail store in the state into which their product is sold aren't charging sales taxes, and cannot be required to collect them at the point of purchase. This stands in stark contrast to local wholesaler -distributors and retailers - businesses that have a brick-and-mortar presence on the Main Streets and in the commercial and industrial parks of our cities and towns and who provide jobs to our family members, friends and neighbors - who are required by law to do so.

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Will Continued Price Drop Crimp Oil Exploration, Energy Supply by 2020?

Global oil and gas exploration projects worth more than $150bn are likely to be put on hold next year as plunging oil prices render them uneconomic, data shows, potentially curbing supplies by the end of the decade.

When the Supply Chain Hits the Fan

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Descartes Acquires Airclic Inc.

Descartes Systems Group Inc. has acquired Airclic Inc., a U.S.-based provider of mobile technology to streamline and automate the delivery of goods.

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