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At The Hershey Company, Data Drives Supply-Chain Redesign
The company continues its relentless efforts to streamline and optimize its supply chain, deploying an application from LLamasoft to engage in predictive analytics and modeling.
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Could Chinese Know Something About Business in Africa Others Don't See?
Over the past decade, Chinese companies have built bulging order books in Africa, cutting their teeth in a part of the world where Western competitors, when present at all, have not brought their A team. The Chinese astutely calculate that the wealth they accumulate in Africa and the lessons they learn will serve them well as they push into bigger, richer, and tougher markets.
Smart-Meter Manufacturers May Become Powerful Gatekeepers Between Retail Energy Companies, Customers
For retail energy companies, managing data once meant nothing more complex than processing analog meter readings and customer billing information. However, the advent of the smart home, along with the wave of digitization sweeping the industry, is creating major opportunities to tap into an explosion of fast-moving, complex big data in compelling new ways.
Apparel Manufacturers' Management of Raw Materials Has Come Long Way, But Needs to Evolve More
A 2010 University of Florida study found humans began wearing clothing 170,000 years ago. Someone made those clothes from something, and that was the start of raw materials management. One could liberally argue early cave paintings of fur-bearing animals were the first inventory monitoring systems. RMM has come a long way, but we can do better.
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Global Freight Forwarders 'Must Evolve' to Survive, Report Says
Declining in value by 3.3 percent from 2012, the freight forwarding market is facing major challenges as it fights to stay viable in a changing global environment. This is one of the main conclusions of the latest report from Transport Intelligence, Global Freight Forwarding 2014.
Government Extends Airfreight Screening Program for Another Year
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it has extended the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot program for an additional year.
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Patagonia Wet Suit Proves Sustainability, Profits Not Incompatible
A wet suit for surfers, made not from conventional, petroleum-based neoprene but from a natural rubber derived from a desert shrub, is one way Patagonia is trying to nudge along a sport that has not always been environmentally conscious despite its roots in the natural world.
Seeing Digital and Brick-and-Mortar Stores as Complementary
In the early days of e-commerce, internet shopping was supposed to spell the demise of the physical store. Pure play online retailers would sweep all before them, rendering the retail store a historical curiosity. In fact, it hasn't quite worked out like that. Recent Accenture research confirms that more shoppers are planning to increase their purchases from physical stores this year than last. However, the positive news for brick-and-mortar needs to be tempered with the realization that what shoppers want from the in-store experience is changing fast, shaped by their digital experiences. Retailers who fail to understand those new needs and adapt accordingly will struggle.
Rate Pressure Easing on Spot Market as Truckload Demand Declines
Spot truckload demand and capacity moved downward during the week ending July 26, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.
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