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Equipment Crunch, Labor Dispute Threaten On-time Deliveries to Retailers Eager for Holiday Season Items
A shortage of transportation equipment and possible labor disruptions at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, the nation's busiest, is delaying shipping containers for up to three weeks, threatening timely delivery to retailers for the holiday season.
Motorola Solutions Unveils Touch Computer for Logistics
Motorola Solutions Inc. has introduced the Symbol TC70 touch computer.
MD Logistics Boosts Biologic Storage in Reno, Nevada
MD Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, is increasing the biologic storage capabilities of its facility in Reno, Nev.
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Almost 70 Percent of B2B Purchases Are Online, But Most Procurement Not Directly from Suppliers
More than two-thirds (68 percent) of B2B buyers now purchase goods online, up from 57 percent last year, according to a recent report from the Acquity Group.
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Boeing, Chinese Company Explore Converting Used Cooking Oil Into Aviation Fuel
Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as "gutter oil" in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. The two companies estimate that 500 million gallons (1.8 billion liters) of biofuel could be made annually in China from used cooking oil.
The Time Is Ripe for Even More M&A Activity
The stage is set for strategic buyers. Uncertainty over macroeconomic issues may have dimmed the corporate lights on M&A plans in previous years, but 2014 is providing a more promising script. Debt financing is readily available; many corporations boast significant cash on their balance sheets; shareholders are clamoring for more than just share buybacks; and companies are scouring for targets at home and abroad with more immediacy than before. CEOs are viewing the M&A scene with more confidence than they have in a long time.
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Time to Detect, Resolve Cyber Attacks Reportedly Averages Seven Months
It’s not a surprise that cyber crime is costly for organizations. The cost of any lost productivity, combined with the fallout of any compromised data, the impact to the organization's reputation, and the cost to clean up and recover from an attack all add up. Not to mention the cost of the time lost.
RFID Helps Deere-Hitachi Joint Venture Monitor Manufacture of Excavators
Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp. is employing AeroScout Industrial Wi-Fi radio frequency identification tags to track the assembly of construction machinery at its facility in Kernersville, N.C.
Many Steer Clear of Analytics Solutions for Fear of Data Deluge
Analytics is good for business – as long as you can make sense of it.
Can Technology Help Make Holiday Delivery a Success?
The shift to online retailing over the last five years finally caught up to and overran U.S.-wide delivery capacity during last year's holiday season. According to Forrester Research, online retail sales will grow by an additional 60 percent over the next five years. This kind of sea change has stretched the ability of physical networks to keep up and the shortage of drivers had further exacerbated this situation. Instead, technology has become more important to meeting retailers' holiday delivery challenges by helping to improve the productivity of existing resources and offer a greater array of delivery services being demanded by consumers.
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Boeing Continues to Live Dreamliner Money-losing Nightmare
Amid all the fine financial news Boeing can tout - a record order backlog, robust profit margins, a higher profit outlook - one of the airplane maker’s dreariest performers continues to be its highest-tech, most fuel-efficient product: the 787 Dreamliner.
Proposed EPA Emissions Rule Called 'Illegal' by Industry Groups, States
An Environmental Protection Agency proposed rule that would require modified and reconstructed power plants to meet two different carbon dioxide emissions standards under separate provisions of the Clean Air Act is illegal, states and industry groups said.
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