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RFID Technology Lights Up Prescription Will-Call System

North Carolina drug retailer Drugco Discount Pharmacy has employed an RFID light stick for pharmacy will-call. The Suncrest Solutions system - new to U.S. drugstores - automates the retrieval process for prescription drugs when customers arrive at the counter to pick them up.

Against the Grain, Traders Go Gluten Free in Hunt for Profit

There's so little money in buying and selling wheat, corn and soybeans these days that some traders are turning to obscure markets in desert-grown tomatoes and chickpeas to turn a profit.

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Equipment Provider Keeps Processes on Pace With Accelerating Growth

Challenge: As a quickly growing business, one of the world's largest infrastructure and irrigation equipment providers realized its existing approach to managing freight invoices wasn't keeping up. An entirely manual process – from tearing envelopes to rubber stamping G/L codes – the company was not only wasting valuable time and resources, but encountering costly errors.

Overcoming Operational Silos in the End-to-End Supply Chain With Kinaxis

Challenge: The organization wanted to elevate its supply chain planning capabilities to support synchronization, end-to-end supply chain planning, visibility and decision-making.

Sushi Stress: Fishermen Not Catching Many Baby Eels

The chilly rivers of Maine are causing trouble in the world of sushi. The state's brief, annual season for baby eels is off to a slow start because of a cold spring that has prevented the fish from running in rivers.

Small U.S. Manufacturers Struggle to Bring Jobs Back Home

GAM Enterprises Inc., a manufacturer of precision mechanical components used in factory automation, began moving operations back to the U.S. from Germany three years ago to hold on to customers frustrated by long lead times and shipping delays.

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Dog Attacks on Mail Carriers Rise As Online Sales Boom

Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites.

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GSK Recalling Nearly 600,000 Ventolin Inhalers in the U.S.

With sales of its respiratory drugs doing well, GlaxoSmithKline has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars to expand manufacturing of several kinds of inhalers. But a glitch at one of its Ventolin inhaler plants has resulted in recalling nearly 600,000 units in the U.S.

APL Starts First Direct Indonesia-U.S. Trade Lane

Container shipper APL has started the industry's first direct service from Jakarta, Indonesia, to the U.S., the company announced.

RFID Brings Temperature Visibility to Pizza Chain

Mar Pizza, one of the largest business owners of Domino's Pizza franchises, is installing an Internet of Things system with ZigBee-based technology from Unified Office to manage temperatures at its approximately 70 restaurants.

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Online Retailers' New Warehouses Heat Up Local Job Markets

Retailers and logistics companies have been opening warehouses at a record pace to ensure online orders reach customers as quickly as possible. Now they're struggling to find workers to staff them.

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KFC Announces Antibiotic-Free Chicken

The parent company of KFC announced it will stop buying chicken that is raised using antibiotics that are important to human medicine.

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