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Supply Chain Leaders Look to Improve Sales & Operations Planning, Process and Technology Integration

Aligning supply chain planning with execution is now a competitive necessity and essential for all organizations, according to a new study. Results from the 2014 Supply Chain Benchmarking Study reveal investment priorities and top challenges of more than 300 supply chain professionals from a wide cross-section of the market.

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Demand Sensing Needed to Break Through 'Demand Planning Performance Ceiling,' Study Suggests

So-called "growth through innovation" strategies continue to drive supply chain complexity at a rapid pace, making it harder for businesses to forecast, according to the 2014 Terra Technology Forecasting Benchmark Study. Data shows that demand planning has reached a performance ceiling with forecast value-added declining for a second year.

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Do Backward Looking KPIs Have a Place in S&OP?

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Fast Logistics Embraces S&OP to Improve Demand Forecasting and Customer Service

The Philippines-based logistics service provider took a concept born in manufacturing, and applied it to the services sector. The result: a significant bump in service quality and customer satisfaction.

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Contract Manufacturer Flexes Its Innovative Muscle by Creating Center of Excellence

Wearable technology is not only creating new business opportunities, it's disrupting the way supply chains work. To design, make and get customers' products to market quicker, Flextronics designed an innovation hub that met all of their supply chain requirements.

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The Driver Shortage: Are We Headed Over a Cliff?

The nationwide driver shortage just won't go away. And shippers are paying the price.

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Heavy Metals Contaminate China's Soil, Food Supply

China's air and water pollution is more visible than its soil pollution and more often makes headlines. But recent government studies underscore the worrying extent of heavy-metal pollution tainting China's agricultural lands - and its food supply.

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Carrier Transicold Qualifies First Five Service Centers

Carrier Transicold has named the first five of its container refrigeration service centers to achieve CareMAX recognition.

Flextronics Designs a Center of Excellence

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Descartes Acquires Airclic Inc.

Descartes Systems Group Inc. has acquired Airclic Inc., a U.S.-based provider of mobile technology to streamline and automate the delivery of goods.

Abundant Supply of Shale Oil Not Expected to Slow Continued Pumping

The United States has enough shale gas to supply the surge of recently announced petrochemical expansions and, despite anemic prices, producers have no plans to stop pumping as long as demand exists, a Southwestern Energy executive said Thursday.

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