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Call It Additive Manufacturing, Please, Not 3D Printing

The biggest engineering companies nowadays prefer to talk about "additive manufacturing" rather than "3D printing".

Google, Amazon in Same-Day Delivery Battle in Los Angeles

Google and Amazon are going head to head over Los Angeles area shoppers, launching same-day delivery services in the area within days of each other.

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Resilinc Offers Corporate Social Responsibility Module in SupplyIntel

Resilinc Corp., a vendor of applications for supply-chain resiliency, has made available the SupplyIntel CSR (corporate social responsibility) Module.

Organization for Women in Supply Chain Management Launches Website

A new digital presence has recently been created by AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education), the industry-wide supply chain leadership initiative started in early 2013. The launch of www.awesomeleaders.org is timed to coincide with the second Annual AWESOME Symposium on May 15, 2014, in Chicago.

Dassault Systèmes Issues Global Visibility App for Food and Beverage

Dassault Systèmes has released its Global Visibility for Food & Beverage application for manufacturers.

JDA Debuts Supply-Chain Software Suite for Distribution

JDA Software Group Inc. has developed the Distribution-Centric Supply Chain Suite.

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Avionics May Be Major Component of Japan's Renewed Interest in Arms Exports

The Japanese government has long banned most weapons exports. That policy helped buttress Japan's pacifism, but it also hindered the growth of the country's defense industry. Because it couldn't sell parts overseas, Japanese defense companies missed out on chances to develop fighter jets, tanks and other weaponry with the U.S. That's changing.

The Horizontal Carousel Comes to Retail Distribution

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Direct Store Delivery Could Save CPG Companies a Bundle, Survey Says

Consumer goods suppliers can save millions of dollars by evaluating and improving direct store delivery (DSD) operations — the way that products are ordered, sold, delivered and merchandised — according to a report from Honeywell.

Airlines' Dynamic Pricing Model Comes to the Supply Chain

Tom Bacon, consultant with Revenue Optimization, discusses how supply chains can embrace the model of dynamic pricing that was pioneered by the airline industry.

You Can't Make a Car with 3D Printing, But You Can Produce a Jet Engine

The 3D printing market is expected to quadruple over the next decade to $12bn, moving from its main use today of creating prototypes to the most complex of production parts, according to Lux Research.

Study Tracks Digital Influence on In-store Purchases

Digital interactions influence 36 cents of every dollar spent in the retail store, or approximately $1.1tr, according to the latest study from Deloitte Digital. By the end of 2014, that number will climb to 50 percent, or $1.5tr of total store sales.

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