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Banning Big-Box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers, Study Says
Sometimes city governments issue zoning requirements prohibiting the construction of giant retail stores. The latest: Swansboro, North Carolina, where town residents are hotly debating an ordinance that, in effect, would ban construction of a Walmart.
Nicaragua Votes for Inter-ocean Canal to Compete with Panama
A Nicaraguan committee approved a proposed route on Monday for a $40bn shipping channel across the Central American country that would compete with the Panama Canal.
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A New Way of Measuring Supply-Chain Excellence
There's a new tool for ranking the world's best supply chains.
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Foxconn to Use 'Foxbots' to Assemble Devices from Apple, Others in China
The largest private employer in China and one of the biggest supply chain manufacturers in the world, Foxconn, announced it will soon start using robots to help assemble devices at its several sprawling factories across China. Apple, one of Foxconn's biggest partners to help assemble its iPhones, iPads, will be the first company to use the new service.
DHL to Begin Same Day Shipping in Chennai
DHL Express India is expanding its network in the country.
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Supply Chain Risk Monitoring Sees Wide Array of Approaches - and Results
Top executives the world over spend a lot of time and effort to manage delays or disruptions in their companies' supply chains – with widely varying results.
S&OP, Risk Management Certificate Credits Offered at APICS Conference Oct. 19-21
Through exclusive education certificate programs and an extensive agenda of industry conferences, APICS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advances supply chain and operations management innovation through research, publications, education and talent development, provides professionals with critical skills in sales and operations planning (S&OP) and supply chain risk management, two programs fundamental to a company’s ability to optimize their supply chains.
With Customer Traffic Up, Restaurants Invest More in Commercial Appliances
Driven mainly by stronger sales and traffic levels, the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index rose to its highest level in more than two years in May 2014. Among other things, restaurant operators continued the recent positive spending trends on commercial appliances.
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BMW to Build Vehicle Assembly Plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
BMW has confirmed the much anticipated news that it plans to invest approximately $1bn in a full production plant in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
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HighJump Software Issues Route-Accounting Tool
HighJump Software has released the HighJump Route Administrator, a route-accounting tool delivered as a cloud-based application.
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Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting
SupplyChainBrain and JobsInLogistics have joined forces in 2014 for the specialized purpose of:
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Wal-Mart Canada Acquires Logistics Firms, Folds Them Into Its Operations
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. has purchased two privately held Canadian logistics firms that have acted as Wal-Mart service providers: trucking company Translogic Express Dedicated Inc. (TEDI) and distribution centre operator SCM.
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