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Made4net WMS Boosts Growth and Performance for Retailer Distribution Centers

Challenge: Being a fast growing grocery chain Made4net's customer must keep its produce and organic products on the move, to keep it fresh and at the highest quality. Existing manual system proved to be cumbersome as volume increased due to the company's growth.

Large Distributor Employs TMS to Centralize Transportation Procedures

Challenge: A wholesale distributor of construction materials and supplies was struggling to centralize their procedures around transportation. At the time, branches had individual methods for managing materials transportation. A universal tool was needed to have better analysis on the client's freights.

Automotive Parts Company Moves to Daily Store Fulfillment While Reducing Cost

Challenge: A leading automotive parts retailer, with more than 3,000 stores in the U.S., wanted to quickly develop their B2B channel while simultaneously growing their traditional retail channel. But their operations would have to adapt to meet the higher service level that B2B customers require.

FedEx Offers Cold-Shipping Option for Healthcare Customers

FedEx Corp. is offering a cold-shipping packaging option for shippers that require a refrigerated environment of 2-8 degrees Celsius to be maintained for up to 96 hours.

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Infor Releases New Version of Demand Planning Application

Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, has released Demand Planning version 6.6.

Mercedes-Benz Adds Fuel Cell Investment to New $70m Logistics Center

Mercedes-Benz has been saying for some time now the fuel cell vehicles are coming, and while eyes are on that potential a few years hence, the company is actually investing heavily now in fuel cells for more ordinary purposes in its own logistics operations.

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Utilizing Drop Shipping Industry for U.K. Retail Sector

Businesses operating in the retail sector should consider drop-shipping as a part of their supply chain and multichannel strategy this year.

U.S. Manufacturing Exports Have Become the Engine of the American Economy

Export manufacturing has recently become the unsung hero of the U.S. economy. Despite all the public focus on the U.S. trade deficit, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country's exports have been growing more than seven times faster than GDP since 2005. As a share of the U.S. economy, in fact, exports are at their highest point in 50 years.

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Move Over, 3D Printing - 4D Printing Is About to Shake Up Manufacturing

If you haven't yet gotten used to the idea that 3D printing is playing an important role in the supply chain, you'd better hurry up. 4D printing is about to change today's manufacturing by adding transformation capabilities to 3D-printed objects on an industrial scale.

Electronic Gadgets to Cause Back-to-School Shopping to Significantly Top 2012 Figures

Consumer electronics purchases are driving up this year's total average back-to-school shopping total by 26 percent, according to the American Express Spending & Saving Tracker.

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How Much Energy Does Retail Consume to Power E-commerce and Business Intelligence?

How much electricity is all of retail's e-commerce, big-data analytics and mobile shopping devouring? No one has calculated that, but a report out this month argues that all IT now consumes about 10 percent of the world's electricity.

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E-commerce Field Said to Lure Supply Chain Professionals from Traditional Retail Sector

The growth of e-commerce is causing a "headache" for the retail sector because it is sucking up supply chain professionals, according to a report. The Talent Spotlight, produced by recruiter Badenoch and Clark, said talent is "flocking" to e-commerce firms and leaving the wider retail sector with tough-to-fill vacancies.

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