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As Manufacturers Start to Grow, There Is Group That Has Already Been Performing Quite Well
After a half-decade of running on the treadmill, manufacturers are once again positioning themselves to achieve growth. An Accenture survey found that 89 percent of 81 senior manufacturing executives at U.S.-based companies with global operations are expecting growth. In fact, about four in 10 companies surveyed already have successfully restored either their production or profitability levels beyond pre-recession levels of 2007.
LeanLogistics Issues Update of On-Demand TMS Application
LeanLogistics, a vendor of transportation-management system (TMS) software and related supply-chain services, has released version 12.3.0 of its On-Demand TMS application.
Motorola Launches Rugged Mobile Computer With Long-Range RFID
Motorola Solutions has introduced a new rugged mobile computer with long-range radio frequency identification (RFID) and barcode-reading capability.
Ryder Natural Gas Truck Fleet Powers Past Six-Million-Mile Mark
Ryder System, Inc. reports that its fleet of 250 natural gas vehicles have surpassed six million miles. The fleet consists of 35 liquefied natural gas and 215 compressed natural gas tractors, running in 32 customer operations in California, Arizona and Michigan.
Is This the Unlikeliest Place to Put a Manufacturing Plant?
What does it take to convince a manufacturer to locate a plant in the U.S.? How about in California, one of the most highly regulated and difficult states in which to operate? (It ranked 40th in CNBC's latest survey "America's Top States for Business." What about the San Francisco Bay Area, with its prohibitive cost of living, high population density and even more onerous regulatory environment?
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The Critical Impact of Trade Promotions on Your Supply Chain
It's an often overlooked area of the supply chain, with a woeful record of success. Josefin Aspegren, marketing director with Optilon, talks about the challenge of assessing the efficacy of trade-promotion programs.
As Important as CRM Is, It's You and Your People Who Most Affect Customer Relationships
You can love CRM as a discipline, but don't have any illusions about its ability to survive in the cruel world. The reality is that customer relationships are fragile things; they need the right environment to flourish and be profitable.
Continued Growth Predicted for Global Environmental Market
Despite the embattled state of the global economy and resulting lack of political enthusiasm for tackling environmental and climate change issues, the $866bn global environmental market managed 4-percent growth in 2011, according to research by Environmental Business Journal.
Could Africa's Growing GDP Be Magnet It Needs for Attracting Manufacturing?
The strongest case Africa presents for its attractiveness to manufacturing is its GDP growth. The continent is home to six out of the top 10 countries that are experiencing economic growth, according to an analysis by the Economist. Over the past decade, it has been the second-fasting growing region in the world, averaging growth of 5.1 percent during that period.
Social Media Data Can Be on Front Line of Your Competitive Strategy
In many companies, marketers have been first movers in social media, tapping into it for insights on how consumers think and behave. As social technologies mature and organizations become convinced of their power, they will take on a broader role: informing competitive strategy.
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U.S., Chinese Consumers Said to Be Willing to Pay More for 'Made in USA' Products
More than 80 percent of U.S. consumers and, perhaps more surprising, over 60 percent of Chinese consumers say that they are willing to pay more for products labeled "Made in USA" than for those labeled "Made in China," according to research by The Boston Consulting Group.
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