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Skyrocketing Growth of Bluetooth-enabled Devices Enables 'Internet of Everything' to Become Reality

The installed base of Bluetooth-enabled devices alone reached 3.5 billion in 2012 and is forecast to grow to almost 10 billion by 2018"”with not even taking into account many other technologies, such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee and cellular, according to ABI Research.

Air Cargo Rates Continue Their Free Fall

Airfreight rates suffered another month of falls in June, sinking to new lows, according to Drewry's monthly Sea & Air Shipper Insight report.

Optimism Grows as Manufacturing Continues to Increase

Manufacturing expanded in July at the fastest pace in more than two years, sparked by surges in orders and production that signal companies are growing more optimistic about the U.S. economy's prospects.

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DSC Logistics to Open California Logistics Center

DSC Logistics has announced the expansion of their U.S. network with the construction of a state-of-the-art Food / CPG Retail Consolidation Logistics Center in the new logistics park in Moreno Valley, California. Kraft Foods Group, one of North America's largest consumer packaged food and beverage companies, will be the first customer in the building, scheduled for a late 2013 opening.

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Zenput Unveils Service for Mobile Product-Data Collection

A new company called Zenput is offering a mobile application for collecting product data.

Cargill Releases Supply Chain Assistance Tool

Cargill has released an assessment tool to help food and beverage customers achieve their growth, cost reduction and risk mitigation goals by identifying, prioritizing and quantifying risks and opportunities in its supply chains.

Improved efficiency, lower costs on food imports from Mexico

Challenge: Struggling with inefficiencies in their customs processes, a growing foodservice company importing produce from Mexico needed help navigating the complex regulations and documentation requirements from Mexican customs authorities and the multiple regulatory bodies in the U.S.

The Future of the UK Food Supply Chain Is in The Cloud

Supply chain, logistics and warehouse operations are at the heart of most companies' physical processes, either inbound into production or outbound to customers. This is never truer than for the food and beverage manufacturing industry in the UK.

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APL, ANL, Hanjin Team Up on Weekly Intra-Asia Service

APL, ANL and Hanjin Shipping are teaming up to provide a new weekly container service covering Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

What Kind of Exec Do You Need to Lead Your Business in China?

Despite decades of experience in China, many organizations still struggle to identify and select executives who will make a tangible impact there. Companies can do better by focusing on two crucial skills"”an ability to read the external environment and an understanding of what makes employees tick"”and on a tough truth: a generational challenge is making the talent equation more complex.

Rockfarm Acquires RT&T's Truckload Brokerage Division

Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions has acquired the truckload brokerage division of RT&T.

Back-to-School Shopping Begins, But Sales Volume Slightly Down from Last Year So Far

The back-to-school shopping season has already gotten underway with 29 percent of households reporting that they have begun to shop, according to a special ICSC-Goldman Sachs consumer tracking survey. While the percentage of consumers shopping for back-to-school items at this time of the season is lower than in 2012 (33 percent), it is still higher than in all other years since 2004. Although the season has officially begun, two-thirds of households reported that August is when they will do most of their back-to-school shopping.

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

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