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Quality, Performance, Speed-to-Market Drive Growth of Batch Management Software

Increased importance to quality, production performance, business system integration, and increased regulations on food and drug safety are fueling the growth in the batch management software (BMS) market. Global economic conditions and countries with increasingly troublesome fiscal conditions and policies are impacting regional growth patterns.

Seaport Terminal Operators Actively Scanning for Acquisitions, Portfolio Expansions, Survey Finds

Drewry's Annual Review of Global Container Terminals Operators shows that PSA International, Hutchison Ports, APM Terminals and DP World remain the big four players in equity TEU and portfolio terms but with varying levels of activity.

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Global Demand Visibility Strengthens the Supply Chain

Challenge: A global pharmaceutical developer and manufacturer found its multiple, disconnected systems were impeding its visibility across its operations. In addition, each product line had individual forecasting needs, geographic demands and local processes. The problem became apparent when it would take 2 - 3 days to answer the CEO when asked how a particular product line was selling in a specific region. The company needed to standardize its demand planning processes and leverage consistent best practices.

Improper E-waste Disposal Often Results in Counterfeit Parts Re-entering Electronics Supply Chain

The counterfeiting of electronics (as well as the exporting of e-waste, which has been demonstrated to directly enable this type of counterfeiting) is currently seen as only a minor crime, even though it has been extensively proven to cause financial loss, injury, and death. That may be changing.

Hurricane Sandy Makes Port Jersey Logistics Hurry Up and Wait

Challenge: As hurricane season approaches, Port Jersey Logistics recalls a project impacted by Hurricane Sandy. By mid-2012, an Israel-based kosher foods exporter had outgrown its East Coast 3PL provider. Furthermore, its shipments would soon double during autumn's peak season. Transitioning several products to PJL was underway when, on October 29, the worst natural disaster in NJ history changed everything.

Made4net WMS Boosts Growth and Performance for Retailer Distribution Centers

Challenge: Being a fast growing grocery chain Made4net's customer must keep its produce and organic products on the move, to keep it fresh and at the highest quality. Existing manual system proved to be cumbersome as volume increased due to the company's growth.

FedEx Offers Cold-Shipping Option for Healthcare Customers

FedEx Corp. is offering a cold-shipping packaging option for shippers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8 degrees Celsius to be maintained for up to 96 hours.

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Infor Releases New Version of Demand Planning Application

Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has released Demand Planning version 6.6.

U.S. Manufacturing Exports Have Become the Engine of the American Economy

Export manufacturing has recently become the unsung hero of the U.S. economy. Despite all the public focus on the U.S. trade deficit, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country's exports have been growing more than seven times faster than GDP since 2005. As a share of the U.S. economy, in fact, exports are at their highest point in 50 years.

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Electronic Gadgets to Cause Back-to-School Shopping to Significantly Top 2012 Figures

Consumer electronics purchases are driving up this year's total average back-to-school shopping total by 26 percent, according to the American Express Spending & Saving Tracker.

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Walmart Reports Ecommerce Sales Grow 30 Percent

Walmart's second quarter sales climbed 2.1 percent to $68.7bn, driven by omnichannel investments in ecommerce logistics, updated mobile applications, expanded online inventory, products available for pick-up in store and rolling out fulfillment capabilities to an increasing number of supercenters.

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Easing Freight Transportation in ASEAN Requires Major Investment

Emerging Southeast Asian nations need to pour $300bn into transport links to help ease freight bottlenecks. That just got harder as the prospect of reduced Federal Reserve monetary stimulus pushes up borrowing costs.

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