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CFOs of Small, Mid-sized Manufacturers Optimistic About Growth in 2013, Survey Says
CFOs remain optimistic about financial prospects and are focused on growth, as indicated by increased hiring, capital and R&D investments, according to buying consortium Prime Advantage's fifth annual Group CFO Survey.
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Pole Star Unveils Cloud-Based Indoor Positioning Platform
Pole Star, a provider of indoor location technology, has released NAO Cloud.
Dassault Systemes Issues New Tool for High-Tech Product Design
Dassault Systemes, a provider of product design and lifecycle-management applications, has launched HT body.
Open Group Publishes Supply-Chain Security Standard
The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum, a global consortium formed to create information-technology standards and certifications, has published the Open Trusted Technology Standard (O-TTPS).
AA Cargo Launches Nonstop Service Between Chicago, Dusseldorf
American Airlines Cargo has begun nonstop service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Dusseldorf, Germany.
Emerging Markets Find Sustainability Pays Off, And Isn't Monopoly of More Developed Countries
Organic products were a luxury with little market to speak of when Ibrahim Abouleish founded Sekem, Egypt's first organic farm, in Cairo in 1977. The years Sekem spent honing sustainable cultivation practices paid off, though, in 1990, when it moved into growing organic cotton. Organic produce was entering mainstream Western stores then, and worldwide demand for all things organic began to surge.
After 44 Years, Wal-Mart Stores Joins National Retail Federation
Walmart has now officially joined the National Retail Federation (NRF) as a member. For those new to retail, this may seem to be no big deal, but the background is that Walmart and the NRF have been in what amounts to a blood feud for decades.
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ICAO, TIACA to Enhance Their Cooperation in Air Cargo
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) signed a Declaration of Intent to strengthen co-operation on technical matters.
Audit of Electrical Wholesaler Websites Says E-Commerce Is Untapped Opportunity
Despite the high expectations of wholesale buyers, nearly 40 percent of the top wholesale companies have extremely basic or nonexistent websites, missing an opportunity to enhance the buyer experience through e-commerce, according to a report from hybris, a commerce platform.
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Solving Replenishment Challenges Within 1.25 Million Square Feet
Challenge: Imagine a warehouse operation that handles more than 50,000 SKUs housed under 1.25 million square feet of space. Most of those SKUs can be ordered and picked as eaches and needed to be stored on forward picklines. The challenges faced when managing how those pick locations are replenished is enormous.
LCL Logistix Launches Groupage Service from India to Baltics, CIS
LCL Logistix, the Indian member of the FPS network of independent freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers, has launched a new less-than-containerload service from India to the Baltics and Commonwealth of Independent States.
Remanufacturing: A Strategy for Lowering Supply-Chain Costs
Don Olson, senior director of remanufacturing business operations with Alcatel-Lucent, explains how the concept of remanufacturing can reap cost, environmental and customer-service benefits for high-tech companies.
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