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How to Motivate Your Supplier to Enforce Human Rights

Corporations pay lip service to enforcing human rights and fair working conditions in offshore factories. But the deaths and injuries continue.

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Geodis Wraps Up Acquisition of OHL

Geodis has received regulatory approvals needed for finalizing its acquisition of Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL), a third-party logistics provider with annual revenue of nearly $1.3bn.

RFID Enables Manufacturer to Manage Painting Process of Its Products

Rittal, a manufacturer of enclosures for servers and other IT equipment, as well as climate-control and power-distribution systems, is employing radio frequency identification technology to manage the movements of its products through the painting process at its Rittershausen assembly plant.

Through 2018, Supply Chain Industry Expected to Need to Fill About 270,000 Jobs Yearly

With the supply chain industry suffering from a lack of available talent for management positions, U.S. companies are stepping up efforts to recruit qualified and skilled professionals for those roles.

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Many Consumers Begin Holiday Shopping Earlier Than Ever

Anyone looking for more proof that holiday shopping begins earlier has some new statistics to cite: 56.6 percent of those celebrating the holidays had begun shopping by early November, up from 54.4 percent last year and up further from the 49 percent who had started by this time in 2008, the first time the National Retail Federation asked the question.

Sales on the Run: Retailers Must Cash in on Mobile Commerce

For the retail industry, mobile has become a major aspect of the brand and commerce experience.

Robot Walks Grocery Aisles, Keeping Tabs on Restocking Needs

An autonomous robot was unveiled recently that can make sure that when you're hankering for Doritos, there's a bag waiting for you at the market.

Striving for Agility, Some Factories Become 'Unfocused' Today

Factories don't just make things. Viewed properly, they are where the rubber of corporate strategy meets the road of the marketplace. Ideally, then, a factory should operate in alignment with competitive business priorities: in short, it should be focused. When a business tries to group too many different products, markets, and technologies into the same manufacturing facility, performance and productivity suffer.

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Will A Paris Summit Yield Green Results?

Inevitable, irreversible and irresistible. That's how some environmental experts view the coming of "the low-carbon economy."

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Multinationals, Local Companies Square Off in Race to Capture Africa's Growing Consumer Market

A battle for leadership is erupting in a variety of industries across Africa, with Africa-focused companies and multinationals vying for market share and each group counting on its unique strengths to gain an advantage, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Dueling with Lions: Playing the New Game of Business Success in Africa.

Can 'Amazon Transportation and Logistics' Begin to Compete in 3PL World?

Much as it has with cloud computing, Amazon is poised to move in a big way into third-party transportation and logistics services, leveraging its vast network of fulfillment and distribution centers as well as its massive data and cloud assets, according to an equity analyst and media reports.

Four Ways a WMS Can Help SMBs Turn Distribution Into a Core Competency

Automation is the buzzword of the moment when it comes to distribution. But many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) feel that automation is cost prohibitive - that it's something for the big guys. An investment in automation, however, doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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