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How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

No one appears completely happy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule on tracking the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in high-tech and other types of products. Comments on SEC's action range from outright opposition to quibbling over details.

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Court Seems to Say Retailers Can Track Shoppers' Movements In and Outside Stores

Retailers wrestling with how far they can legally go with tracking shoppers' movements within their stores and in neighborhoods near their stores have been given an unexpected green light from a federal appeals court.

How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

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Trinity Saves the Day For a Leading Pizza Supply Manufacturer

Challenge: A hurricane lashed the east coast, flooding our client's premix dough product DC. The storm damaged their supplies, and the client came to Trinity for a quick solution to accommodate their deliveries for a rush replacement to supply one of the nation's leading restaurant chains.

Now, Samsung Accused of Labor Violations in Its Chinese Factories

A labor rights group has accused Samsung of "illegal and inhumane violations" at its factories in China, reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions, with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single shift.

Railroads Don't See Much of a Boom in Pre-Holiday Shipping

North American railroads from Burlington Northern Santa Fe to CSX Corp. (CSX) are bracing for limited increases in pre-holiday shipments as weak consumer sentiment exacerbates shrinking corn and coal loads.

Wal-Mart to Test System Allowing Customers to Scan Products Before Purchase

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing out a new checkout system that enables shoppers to avoid long lines and scan items in store aisles using their smartphones.

Thrive Technologies Debuts Demand-Forecasting Tool

Thrive Technologies Inc. has released Firstcast, a demand-forecasting service.

Centralized Transportation Command and Control for Operational and Financial Benefits

Challenge: The Company's growth was due to acquisitions that were allowed to continue to manage operations independently. No centralized logistics group existed. The company's 17 manufacturing sites managed their own logistics and operated independently.

Global manufacturer tastes sweet success with cloud supply chain platform

Challenge: A global manufacturer of 49% food and 51% pet products manages over 3,500 inputs from growers, with 17 U.S. production facilities, 24 devoted to co-packing, 11 distribution centers and more than 550 ship-to locations. Internationally it operates 20 co-packing locations and imports the equivalent of more than 11,000 twenty-foot containers (TEUs) from 48 destinations.

Mobile-Specific Sites Among Tips to Fight Cart Abandonment in Mobile Commerce

Shopping, even for major items like a wedding dress, is now something people do while strolling through the park - by smartphone or other device. In 2011, U.S. mobile commerce sales surged 91.4 percent. By 2015, analysts estimate total m-commerce sales will reach $31bn - a 363-percent increase from 2011.

The Wait's Over: SEC Finally Acts on Rule to Track Conflict Minerals

Moving at the blinding speed of bureaucracy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally adopted a rule that requires manufacturers to report on their use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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