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New Damco Container Freight Station Opens for Business in Indonesia

Damco Indonesia has opened a new warehouse in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.

Overall 2-Percent Increase Seen in Chain Restaurants' Food Costs Next Year

The cost of food products that chain restaurants use will increase overall by 2 percent in 2014, according to the newly released purchasing cost outlook by SpenDifference LLC, the chain-restaurant purchasing cooperative.

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Getting the C-suite on Board and Ready for Big-data Analytics

Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments. The chief financial officer role, which didn't exist at a majority of companies in the mid-1980s, rose to prominence as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Adding a chief marketing officer became crucial as new channels and media raised the complexity of brand building and customer engagement. Chief strategy officers joined top teams to help companies address increasingly complex and fast-changing global markets. Today, the power of data and analytics is profoundly altering the business landscape, and once again companies may need more top-management muscle.

Furniture Supply Chain Begins to Think Green

Suppliers to the office furniture industry better start paying close attention to the materials going into the pieces they're making. That's because the sustainability programs being implemented by the office furniture OEMs in West Michigan and beyond are increasingly demanding the suppliers provide more detailed information about the chemicals that go into their products.

Sustainable Food Packaging Developed in Europe

Using cutting-edge pulp molding equipment, researchers at Bangor University have begun a process of heating mixtures of ryegrass to press and mold into prototype fruit and vegetable packaging products.

Supply Chain Payment Program Released by Liquid Capital

Liquid Capital Corp., a Canada-based franchisor specializing in alternative financing, has launched a supply chain payment Program.

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Apple to Invest Billions in Supply Chain Development

The corporate sexiness that is Apple is in the unveiling of its products, but the not-so innovative part of the company has always been its supply chain.

Retail 'Shrink' Cost the Industry 1.4 Percent of Sales Worldwide Last Year And Is on Rise

Shrink, consisting of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors, cost the retail industry more than $112bn globally last year, according to the 2012-2013 Global Retail Theft Barometer, and represented 1.4 percent of retail sales, on average.

Demand Management from the Supplier to the Retailer

Winning the game in demand management is a yard-by-yard gain. There may be some super long passes and some genius calls, but by and large, making progress requires granular visibility of the market, and software that can understand the data and, like a great quarterback, call the shots in a timely way.

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Fewer Hours, Fewer Drivers: What's a Trucker to Do?

Trucking companies say they're feeling the pinch from the new Hours of Service (HOS) restrictions imposed on them earlier this year. But the industry was already suffering from an acute driver shortage before it shouldered that additional burden.

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Foxfire Releases Inventory-Tracking Tool for Mobile Devices

Foxfire, a vendor of warehouse-management system (WMS) software, has made available Foxfire Inventory Pro.

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Old Dominion Relocates to Larger Facility in Albuquerque

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has relocated its service center in Albuquerque, N.M., to a larger facility.

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