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Supply Chain Asset Monitoring Has Wide Application in Healthcare Arena
Real-time monitoring already happens in intensive care healthcare settings, where patients' vital signs are constantly monitored. Now, use of the technology is being extended to less intensive settings, like remote at-home monitoring of the elderly or patients with chronic conditions.
Indonesia's Waters Have Become the Most Pirate-Infested Area in the World
Somalia and Gulf of Aden still have pirate-infested waters, but over the last five quarters, a new country's national waters have become the most heavily pirated on earth, according to data from the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre.
Deceptive Ads Can Lead to Legal Trouble for California Retailers, Court Rules
California retailers may be liable for large money awards if they falsely advertise that their products are on sale.
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Keeping It Cool: Challenges in Temperature Controlled Transportation
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Port of San Francisco's FTZ No. 3 Expands to Neighboring Counties
The Port of San Francisco's Foreign Trade Zone No. 3 has won approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand its service area.
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Designing Distribution Channels to Meet Consumers' Omnichannel Demands
Omnichannel retailing is here to stay, and retailers not using it successfully are losing sales and profits to those that do. In devising an omnichannel strategy, the natural starting point is the point of purchase "” brick-and-mortar stores and/or e-commerce sites for online and mobile shopping. But customer expectations don't stop when the sale is made. Order fulfillment is every bit as important to winning repeat business. Now more than ever, a well-developed supply chain strategy is vital to retailers' success.
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Supply Chain Excellence Brings Resilience, Helps Balance Supply and Demand
For most companies, growth has slowed. Profits are sluggish. Complexity reigns and cycles are longer. The challenges and opportunities of business are greater. Supply chain excellence helps a company to better balance demand and supply. It also helps companies to be more resilient: weathering demand and supply volatility while maximizing opportunities and mitigating risks.
With Risk Management as Their Mantra, Workforces Gear Up to Handle Disruptions
Eighty-five percent of companies with global supply chains experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the previous 12 months. Risk is inherently unpredictable. Fortunately, the current workforce is undergoing its own transformation to be able to identify and manage risk on a global basis.
Is Investing in Innovation Paying Off? A Study Suggests Maybe Not.
By now it is almost gospel that investing in innovative new products and services helps a company's long-term success. That doesn't mean it's easy. A new study from Accenture, "Why 'Low Risk' Innovation Is Costly," found that fewer than one in five chief executives believes his strategic investments in innovation are paying off, and that this poor track record is starting to discourage companies from taking risks.
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Congressional Report: Transportation & Infrastructure
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It's All About Relationships
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Vocollect Unveils Wearable Device for Voice, Scanning
Vocollect has introduced the Talkman A700, offering voice and scanning capabilities in a single wearable device.
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