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UPS Offers Ocean Freight to Mexico; Temp-Controlled Shipping for Healthcare

UPS is now offering its Preferred Less-Than-Container Load (LCL) expedited ocean-freight service between Asia and three destinations in Mexico: Monterrey, Mexico City and Guadalajara.

General Mills Sets 2020 as Date By Which It Will 'Sustainably Source' Its 10 Main Ingredients

General Mills has committed to sustainably source 100 percent of its 10 priority ingredients by 2020. These ingredients represent 50 percent of General Mills' total raw material purchases.

The Grand Challenge for Manufacturing Is to Revitalize an Often Low-tech, Unimaginative Industry

Over the past decade, the Grand Challenge has become the golden-haired child of innovation.

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Pointing to Jobs, Sustainability, Walmart Maintains It Is Positive Force in Asia-Pacific Retailing

Many of the key priorities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are "strikingly similar" to those of Walmart, executives of the retail giant's Asia Pacific arm say. That includes supporting the economic empowerment of women, increasing speed and efficiency in supply chain and sourcing operations, adding new stores and infrastructure, playing a leadership role in food security and sustainability - all shared goals not only critical to Walmart's success but to people, communities and entire economies alike.

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Carrier Transicold Develops New Container-Atmosphere Technology

Carrier Transicold has developed a new container atmosphere-control system, dubbed XtendFRESH.

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Managing Seasonality in the Food Supply Chain

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Retailers to Cut Back on Annual Holiday Hiring This Year, Forecast Says

Retailers' annual surge of holiday hiring will be more muted this year, according to a new forecast.

GE Capital Fleet Services Issues New Technology Tools

GE Capital Fleet Services is releasing a series of technology enhancements, as part of the buildup to launching the company's new fleet-management platform later this year.

Does 3D Printing Mean the End of Intellectual Property Protection?

When 3D printing allows anyone to scan an object and create it, the concept of intellectual property and trademarks will increasingly become irrelevant.

Promotion Raises Profile of Supply Chain at Starbucks

In promoting Troy Alstead from CFO and chief administrative officer to CFO and group president of global business service, Starbucks has elevated an officer with great experience in supply chain management as well as in finance.

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Nearly Half of Marketers Plan to Launch Holiday Campaign Before Halloween

Holiday promotions, including so-called Black Friday deals, are expected to begin even earlier this year than last, according to Experian Marketing Services, a cross-channel consumer information firm that recently surveyed more than 200 marketers.

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Conditions, Confidence in European Freight Forwarding Market Improve

Increasing confidence in the outlook for the transport and logistics sector helped raise the overall Stifel Logistics Confidence Index 0.6 points to 53.0. This is the eighth consecutive month the index registered above the 50 threshold, indicating improving conditions in the overall European freight forwarding market.

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