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Humanitarian Logistics Still Vital
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Game Changer for Global 3PL Industry?
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Outsourcing Labor Management
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Why CSA Regulations Aren't Working as They Should
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Getting the Most Out of Your Chief Supply Chain Officer (Regardless of His or Her Title)
The chief supply chain officer has emerged as a vital partner in the most strategic aspects of managing complex, global companies. In years past, the procurement function (the sourcing of essential products and services on the best possible terms) occupied center stage. But more recently, the relentless focus on driving out costs has taken a backseat to such issues as supply market risk, revenue enhancement and managing complex supplier relationships.
Office Depot Debuts Nation's First EPEAT Consumer Labels for Electronics
A newly-designed Office Depot store in Portland, Ore., will be the country's first to offer products bearing the EcoSense label for electronic merchandise.
JCPenney Plans to Use RFID to go Cash-Wrap Free by 2014
JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson is going all in with his bid to remake the customer experience at the century-old department store retailer. A mobile POS deployment beginning this fall is just the first step in an ambitious plan involving storewide use of RFID to eliminate traditional cash wrap stations, allowing anywhere, anytime checkout, including self-checkout, by 2014.
CMA CGM Offers New Services to Red Sea, West Africa
CMA CGM has launched a direct service between Asia and the Red Sea. Dubbed REX 2, it replaces the REX 1 service, which had been operated under a vessel-sharing agreement (VSA) with APL until its cessation at the end of June.
Growth in U.S. Manufacturing Continues to Be Anemic
Manufacturing in July expanded at its slowest pace since late 2010, hobbled by weak overseas demand for American goods, though a rise in domestic orders helped cushion the blow.
Advocates for Disabled Sue Walmart, Alleging Poor Access to PIN Pads
Walmart was sued July 25 by a California advocacy group for the disabled, who complained that the retail giant isn't meeting federal or state laws because its PIN pads are too high for customers in wheelchairs to use.
Shippers See Cost of Canadian Ground Transportation Dip Slightly in May
The cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers decreased 0.29 percent in May when compared with April, according to results published today by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI).
Today's Pirates Operate Pretty Much as Always - and Aren't About to Go Away, Prof Says
High-seas piracy has not changed much in the last 3,000 years and you can bet a keg of rum, a colorful parrot and some buried treasure that pirates will continue to be successful in the 21st Century and beyond, says a Texas A&M University at Galveston professor who has taught a course about pirates covering all time periods and locations in the world.
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