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Search for Better iPhone Screens Leads to Japan's Rice Fields

Apple's quest to adopt advanced displays for its next-generation iPhone hinges on a single supplier in the Japanese countryside.

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Supermarkets Ration Iceberg Lettuces Due to Supply Crunch

British supermarkets have taken to rationing shoppers to three iceberg lettuces per visit after bad weather hit growing conditions in Spain, leading to a shortage in supplies that is set to continue through to March.

Supply Chain Centers of Excellence and Customer Success

The ideal center of excellence not only supports internal teams at a company but advocates for customers, says Leah McGuire, director of the Kinaxis Center of Excellence.

What It Takes to Get a Corona From Mexico to a U.S. Heartland Bar

Ordering a bottle of Corona beer at a bar in the United States is a simple proposition. But getting it there from its brewery in Mexico involves a complex, cross-border supply network that will likely get more complicated if U.S. president Donald Trump follows through on vows to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or tax imports.

Supply Chain Audits Lack Legal Weight, NGO Says

Auditing firms need to be held legally liable for incidents of worker abuse or health and safety failings that they fail to uncover, a human rights NGO has said.

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More Manufacturers Are Investing in Augmented Reality

Way back in December 1890, decades before it landed its first defense contracts, Newport News Shipbuilding delivered its maiden hull, a 90-foot tugboat affectionately named for the young daughter of a former Navy Secretary. Dorothy was delivered at a loss, well over budget. Big data might have helped to curb the overrun. Augmented reality might have helped, too.

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U.K. Offshore Wind Costs Fall Nearly a Third in Four Years

The cost of producing electricity from wind farms off the coast of Britain has fallen 32 percent in the past four years, meeting a government target four years early, an industry report said.

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China Shipbuilding Pushing Technology Envelope

China Shipbuilding Industry Corp (CSIC) has begun to upgrade the design of its first-ever floating nuclear power platform ready for a wider spectrum of applications. The company is also expanding its submersible construction activities.

Gartner: Supply Chain Is Changing Healthcare for the Better

Healthcare is a unique value chain. Its demand arises not from want, but from need. Orders come not from the customer (patient) but from an intermediary (a doctor). And willingness to pay is often infinite. How can the supply chain principles that drive CPG and hi-tech work here?

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Airfreight Prices Fell in December, Despite Strong 2016 Closeout

Despite a strong finish of 2016 at airports, and reports of high volumes through December, airfreight rates fell $0.21, year-over-year, to $3.14 per kilogram in the month, according to Drewry's latest East West Airfreight Price Index report.

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Procurement Project for Standard Ambulance Uniform Will Save $4M

A procurement project to standardize the uniform for U.K. ambulance workers is set to deliver savings of £3.4m ($4.28m) for the National Health Service.

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Study: More Businesses Must Work With Suppliers to Curb Climate Change

Too few businesses are working with their suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to study that praised 29 companies including General Motors, Sky and Sony Corp for taking the lead.

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