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Forging Sustainable Supply Chains: It's No Easy Task
Without question, creating sustainable global supply chains is a daunting challenge. But the biggest roadblock might be at the retail shelf.
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Amgen Bolsters Supply-Chain Resiliency: A Case Study
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SC-integrity Partners With Locus Traxx on Cargo Security
SC-Integrity Inc., also known as Lojack SCI, is partnering with Locus Traxx Worldwide to provide customers with technology for enhancing supply-chain and cargo security.
UP Boosts Frequency of Premium Intermodal Services
The Union Pacific Railroad has increased the frequency of two intermodal services: Portland, Ore.-Chicago, and Northern California-Chicago.
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Low-impact Incidents Are One Thing, But Are You Ready for a Major Disruption to Your Supply Chain?
As manufacturers seek to source quality goods at the lowest cost, supply chains that were once confined to a single country or continent have stretched around the world. Managers have become adept at addressing recurrent risks—frequent, low-impact incidents such as demand fluctuations or supply delays that affect efficiency. However, they have devoted less energy to designing supply chains that prevent or mitigate the impact of disruptive risks such as labor strikes, political unrest, regulatory shifts, and natural disasters. These events can have severe and lasting repercussions on operations, so manufacturers would do well to devise strategies that alleviate this risk.
Open-source Software Cuts Into Data Mining Vendors' Profits
While recent innovations in the software sector have significantly boosted capabilities for most software products, free open-source software solutions have made an even bigger splash. More than half of all data mining tasks are now conducted using open-source software, displacing the purchase of proprietary software.
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Now That China Has Torpedoed P3 Alliance, Where Do Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM Go From Here?
China's regulators have blocked the P3 mega-alliance between Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM on the grounds that it infringes the country's competition laws between Asia and Europe, particularly with respect to the lines' combined market share of 46.7 percent. The law enforcers appear to believe that the cost reductions gained by the P3 carriers would either have been offset by this unacceptably high risk of market concentration, or would not have been passed back to shippers satisfactorily. Where to now?
Report Measures Use, Impact of Plastic in CPG Sector, Urges Sustainability Initiatives
The total natural capital cost of plastic in the consumer goods industry is more than $75bn per year, according to research released by the Plastic Disclosure Project, the UN Environment Programme and natural capital analysts Trucost.
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Disruptive Technology and Supply-Chain Excellence at 3M
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Supply-Chain Overhaul at Marquis: A Case Study
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UL Expands Information & Insights Division
UL LLC, the safety consulting and certification company, has expanded its Information & Insights (I&I) services division with the acquisitions of GoodGuide, IDES, Innovadex and The Wercs.
Solar Supply Chain Revenues Predicted to Increase in 2014
Analysis from IHS Technology forecasts a solid upturn for the global solar PV supply chain sector after a weak first six months of the year.
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