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'South-South' Trade Lanes Connecting Latin America, Africa, Asia Grow in Importance
Changes in global trade have left freight forwarders and logistics operators open to additional liability, warns an insurance specialist.
Urgent Imports of LNG Sought for Southern French Ports
Gas supplies at the southern French hub of Marseille are running dangerously short on a dearth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries, cold weather and low stocks at the onset of winter, pushing prices there to among the highest in the world.
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Should We Forget About the Forecast?
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How Can Companies Respond Rapidly to Demand?
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RFID-based Inventory Tracking System Rolled Out for Apparel Industry
After two years of trialing and then deploying an inventory-tracking RFID system for a large European apparel retailer, sister companies IER and SDV are now marketing a solution based on that deployment. The offering, known as iD by SDV, combines SDV's software and logistics services with IER's RFID tags and readers, enabling users to track goods from the point of manufacture to the point of sale.
Is 3D Printing Really Ready for Prime Time?
Claims that 3D printing (also known as digital printing) is poised to shake up the manufacturing industry in dramatic fashion have been on the rise. Is the excitement warranted?
Value Redesign: Boosting Effectiveness of Value Engineering
Product lifecycle management (PLM) is a key lever of profitable growth for organizations that introduce highly engineered, function-rich products. Such products, exemplified by the iPhone, are characterized by complex design engineering and extended supply chains.
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Supply Chain Managers, CFOs Need to Work Together, Study Says
Nothing focuses a supply chain manager's mind like discovering a way to improve the supply chain network. Given this, a new Ernst & Young survey should interest supply chain managers. It reveals that, when chief financial officers (CFO) and supply chain leaders form a closer business partnership within a company, they report better results in a number of areas, including the company's financial position.
So, Is the Economy Improving or Not?
Why the pessimism about the economy? Last Monday, we learned that U.S. factories are expanding at their fastest pace in more than two years, capping the manufacturing industry's best six-month period since the recession ended in June 2009.
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Labor Abuse in Asia: A Problem That Won't Go Away
It's no secret that working conditions in overseas factories are often miserable. Manufacturers and retailers, bombarded by decades of public outcry, have had plenty of time to do something about it. So why are we still having this discussion?
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How Agilent Technologies Measures Up
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First Solar: Balancing Cost and Customer Service
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