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Following Two Years of Decline, Airfreight Industry Is Cautiously Optimistic in 2013
IATA says the global air cargo market shrank by 1.5 percent in 2012, a second successive year of decline following a 0.6 percent contraction in 2011. Freight capacity was almost unchanged, growing by 0.2 percent over the year, but the load factor was just 45.2 percent. But the industry is guardedly optimistic cargo will pick up.
How Healthcare Supply Chain Volatility Affects Your Life
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The Runup to the Panama Canal Expansion Is Crucial
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Making Metrics Actually Mean Something
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Agentrics Changes Name to NeoGrid
Agentrics, a vendor of cloud-based applications to support supply-chain collaboration, has changed its name to that of its parent company, Brazil-based NeoGrid.
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Red Star Traders Takes Control of Import Supply Chain
A case study examining the challenges that Red Star Traders faced in retooling its import supply chain to meet growing demand, with managing principal Lenny Vainberg.
Rise of the Machines: The Brave New World of Management in the Automated DC
One of the most constant staples of science fiction is its view of the automated world of the future. Whether it was the giants of the genre (H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Jules Verne), animated movies or the Tomorrowland section at the Disney properties, all envisioned a world where manual labor was largely replaced by intelligent machines rapidly performing dull, repetitive tasks.
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U.S. Retail, Consumer M&A Deal Volume and Value Jump Significantly in 2012, Study Finds
U.S. retail and consumer merger + acquisition (M+A) activity in 2012 was primarily driven by corporations spinning off businesses, private equity investment in retail, increased cross-border activity and expansion into e-commerce, according to PwC's US retail and consumer M+A insights 2012 Year in Review and 2013 Outlook report.
Lack of Competitive Rail Service Costs Chemicals, Plastics Shippers Billions, Report Says
The American Chemistry Council issued new research documenting how a lack of freight rail competition is costing U.S. chemical companies billions of dollars in excess shipping costs each year. Showing shipping rates that often exceed 300 percent of the revenue-to-variable cost (RVC) ratio, the ACC study estimates that if the $3.9bn premium on chemical shipments were reduced, the chemical sector could create up to 25,000 additional American jobs, with $1.5bn in new wages, and $6.8bn in new economic output.
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Intermodal Conversion in the Restaurant Temp-Controlled Space
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Melinda Painter, Director, Supply Chain at Blackberry to Keynote S&OP for the High Tech Industry Summit, San Francisco April 16 & 17
APL Introduces New Feeder Service Between Germany, Poland
APL has introduced a new feeder service for the movement of containerized cargoes between Germany and Poland.
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