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Southwest Airlines Cargo Now Shipping on AirTran Airways

Southwest Airlines is now moving freight on AirTran Airways, under the Southwest Airlines Cargo brand.

Retail, Consumer Products Sectors See Multibillion-Dollar Transactions in First Quarter

U.S. retail and consumer merger & acquisition (M&A) activity during the first quarter of 2013 was defined by six multibillion-dollar transactions, including one of the largest consumer products deals in history, and alternative deal structures employed to achieve strategic objectives, according to PwC's U.S. retail and consumer deals insights Q1 2013 report.

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Pain Points in Manufacturing and Supply Chain

Kieran Brennan, director of business development with Syncreon Technology, discusses the "yo-yo" effect of choosing between complete manufacturing at the factory, and relying on postponement strategies in regional markets.

Brazil Has So Much More Potential to Reveal to Investors, Developers

Few observers doubt the immense potential of Brazil, one of the world's most significant emerging economies. Indeed, Brazil has great advantages. Compared with its colleagues in the BRIC quartet of emerging giants, it is richer than India and China and larger and more democratically stable than Russia. It is the largest nation in Latin America, with one-third of the region's population generating 44 percent of its GDP. Already the sixth-largest economy in the world, it could become the fifth by 2020, according to forecasts by the Economist Intelligence Unit. But growth, and the investment decisions that underpin it, doesn't happen by magic. Substantial growth takes enlightened government and well-informed decisions by potential investors.

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Seagate Strives to Slash Inventory

Seagate Technology has launched a program to eliminate costly and wasteful inventory from its supply chain. Scott Robbleloth, director of supply chain, explains how the company did it.

Emerging Markets Find Sustainability Pays Off, And Isn't Monopoly of More Developed Countries

Organic products were a luxury with little market to speak of when Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem, Egypt's first organic farm, in Cairo in 1977. The years Sekem spent honing sustainable cultivation practices paid off, though, in 1990, when it moved into growing organic cotton. Organic produce was entering mainstream Western stores then, and worldwide demand for all things organic began to surge.

How Much Inventory Do You Really Need?

Inventory is evil. Inventory is essential. The two statements aren't necessarily contradictory. Not if companies can figure out a way to determine the absolute minimum amount of stock needed to keep customers happy, while maintaining a tight lid on costs.

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Unilever North America Says All Facilities Now Have Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Status

Unilever United States and Canada announced that all 26 of its manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities are now zero waste to landfill (ZLF). Other countries in which Unilever has achieved this milestone reportedly include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan.

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New Oil Alternatives Needed to Address Vegetable Oil Challenges, Study Says

Solving the sustainability challenges of the palm oil market will require use of alternative oils and the cooperation of all stakeholders, says a study from A.T. Kearney.

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Joseph Davis, VP, Supply Chain at Black & Decker to Keynote S&OP for Consumer Packaged Goods Summit, Chicago, May 22 & 23

Tranzone Is New Name of Saudi Logistics

Saudi Logistics, a subsidiary of Banaja Holdings, has rebranded itself as Tranzone, it announced this week. Saudi Logistics is an exclusive logistics company for the healthcare industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but management wants to leverage the reputation of the company's sister entity, UAE-based Tranzone, in a bid for regional expansion.

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