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Apple Polishes Its Sustainability Credentials with Commitment to Renewable Energy

Some Apples will be green. Apple data centers, that is. The technology giant has announced that its new half-million-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., will only use electricity that has been generated by renewable energy. The company said that the Maiden facility will be "the most environmentally sound data center ever built."

How Celestica Enables Supplier Collaboration

As a leading contract manufacturer of electronics, Celestica works with a diverse supply base comprised of thousands of vendors. Six years ago, the company began a major initiative to gain better visibility and control of supplier performance, an effort that led to creation of a proprietary supplier collaboration tool known as Live Share.

Defining 'Big Data' - and Easing the Challenge of Analyzing That Much Information

The Big Data space is filled with so many posers, fakers and wannabes, it's ridiculous. Everybody is trying to catch the Big Data wave by getting their name attached to this hot new trend.

Health Insurer Benefits from Transformation in Business Intelligence, Analytics

About two years ago, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield implemented a self-service business intelligence platform to aggregate and analyze vast amounts of data from multiple repositories scattered throughout the company.

Coping With Demand Variability in the Electronics Supply Chain

The electronic industry has always been characterized by high variability in supply and demand. With recent natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and flooding in the parts of the U.S., the problem has only become more acute. Tackling it requires state-of-the-art systems, strong management commitment, good customer service, well-run business processes, integration among functions and effective inventory-control procedures, says Dave Lentz, director of innovation and solutions marketing with Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas.

How an Evolving China Is Affecting Global Supply Chains

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The Changing Dynamics of Global Supply Chains

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Supply Chain Risks Continue to Trouble U.S. Tech Industry, Study Finds

Interruptions and impediments to supply chain operations continue to rank among the greatest concerns for U.S. technology companies, according to an annual report issued by BDO USA, an accounting and consulting organization. Eighty-eight percent of tech companies cite concerns over reliable suppliers, vendors, distribution of products and services, as well as the global distribution chain.

Electronics Manufacturers Consider Tuning Out Government's Energy-Efficiency Program

Electronics manufacturers are threatening to drop out of Energy Star, saying recent changes have made participation in the federal government's voluntary energy efficiency labeling program too costly.

A Customized Solution for Simplifying Complexity

Challenge: As a global leader in enterprise communications systems, our client needed a way to manage and coordinate large, complex deliveries of equipment to their customers for installs without disrupting ongoing business operations.

Delivering Advanced Warehousing Technology To A High Tech Leader

Challenge: Our client, the leading global service provider for optimizing Internet traffic, had been warehousing and distributing its serialized services and equipment through an off-site vendor. The operation was entirely manual, utilizing spreadsheets, e-mails and telephone communication. The client saw the need for a more efficient, tech-savvy way to conduct business and minimize errors.

Companies of Varying Descriptions Crowdsource Their Strategies

In 2009, Wikimedia, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and a number of other online, collaborative projects, launched a special wiki - one dedicated to the organization's own strategy. Over the next two years, more than 1,000 volunteers generated some 900 proposals for the company's future direction and then categorized, rationalized, and formed task forces to elaborate on them. The result was a coherent strategic plan detailing a set of beliefs, priorities and related commitments that together engendered among participants a deep sense of dedication to Wikimedia's future.

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