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As Productivity Rises, So Does Need for SaaS-Based Transportation Management
Managing deliveries with transportation scheduling software is quickly becoming a necessity for manufacturers as nationwide productivity continues to rise.
Aftermarket Sales Have Been an Afterthought for Too Long, Study Suggests
The aftermarket has long been just an afterthought to the sales and marketing processes, but today more and more OEMs have finally begun to realize its strategic importance as a competitive differentiator.
Horizontal Collaboration: What's It All About?
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Just How Much Inventory Is Out There, Anyway?
Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.
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Crowley Launches LCL Service From Chicago to Caribbean, Central America
The logistics group of Crowley Maritime Corp. is launching a weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Chicago to the Caribbean and Central America.
Reducing Food Waste Through Packaging Design
Packaging has a vital role to play in minimizing food waste in the supply chain, according to new research by RMIT University. The University's Centre for Design conducted the Australian-first research, commissioned by CHEP Australia, showing where and why food waste occurs along both the fresh and manufactured food supply chain.
World Watches Chinese Economy as Its Manufacturing Continues Its Slowdown
In another sign that China's booming economy may be slowing, the country's manufacturing sector contracted in June after facing a credit crunch and seeing a decline in orders from Europe and the U.S., a survey said.
The Changing World of Healthcare Supply Chains
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Infor Issues New Version of Optiva for PLM
Infor has unveiled version 11 of Optiva, its software for product lifecycle management (PLM).
Apriso Offers 'Smart-Pull' Manufacturing Processes
Apriso Corp., a vendor of software for global manufacturing, has created an application to enable "pull-triggered" manufacturing and supply-chain processes.
How Realistic Is Nicaragua's Plan for Inter-Ocean Canal Like Panama's?
In a placid lagoon about a mile inland from the Atlantic coast in southeast Nicaragua, the mast of Cornelius Vanderbilt's dredge boat rises out of the water. The railroad tycoon abandoned it along with his dream of building an inter-oceanic canal in the 1850s. More than 160 years and several failed plans later, Wang Jing, a 40-year-old Chinese telecommunications billionaire, has emerged as the next mogul to give it a go.
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CFOs Use Big Data, Predictive Analytics to Accelerate Business Performance
From the smallest business decisions to the largest ones, risk influences all that we do. But taking a risk is not exactly like spinning a roulette wheel, where luck is the primary ingredient for success. With use of the right tools, risks can carefully be calculated, controlled and managed, greatly reducing the variable of bad luck.
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