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Industrial Output Rises for Third Straight Month

U.S. industrial production grew at the highest rate in more than three years in April, with all three major industry groups showing gains.

ShelfAware RFID System Brings Visibility to Industrial Components

O-ring Sales & Service, a Kansas City-based distributor of o-rings and specialized components, is offering its industrial manufacturer customers an RFID-based solution to manage their inventory at manufacturing sites.

Pringles Among 'Worst Packaging Offenders,' Recycling Group Says

Pringles has been singled out as among the "worst packaging offenders" by the Recycling Association (RA).

California Expects Lag Time for Testing, Distributing Newly Legal Weed

With businesses expected to get state licenses in January to sell marijuana in California, the top regulator says that they will be given up to six months to comply with a requirement the pot be thoroughly tested by a licensed laboratory.

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Opinion: Uber Your Supply Chain

The sharing economy, aka Uberization, may be the biggest disruptor to supply chain strategic thinking since lean. Surprisingly, it still ranks last among our Future of Supply Chain survey respondents as a "disruptive and important technology." I suspect this will change soon.

Canada-European Union Pact Worries U.S. Lobster Industry

Members of the U.S. seafood industry are fearful that Canada's approval of a new trade deal with the European Union will cause big problems for the American lobster business, just as the catch is hitting historic highs.

Online Retailer JD.com Is Developing Heavy-Duty Delivery Drones

China's Shaanxi province is famous for being the start of the Silk Road, an ancient trade network where silk and spices were transported by camel across the Asian continent.

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Entrepreneurs, Part 2: Can Women Compete?

More and more women today are stepping up as entrepreneurs. What will it take for them to succeed?

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Wal-Mart Sees Strong Growth in U.S. E-Commerce

As its Jet.com acquisition continues to pay out, Wal-Mart is seeing hyper growth in e-commerce, with U.S. online sales up 63 percent in the first quarter. On the physical side of things, Wal-Mart's store traffic and same-store sales were both up in an extremely challenging retail environment, rising 1.5 and 1.4 percent respectively.

How (and Why) Ikea, Apple Extend Control Across Their Supply Chains

Companies like Ikea and Apple have been investing in their supply chains in order to avoid unknown and potentially environmentally damaging activities from their suppliers by purchasing forest, building wind farms, and taking over plastics recycling plants. Ikea has purchased forest in Romania and the Baltics, while Apple has invested in forest in the US, writes The Guardian.

Waste Material Could Lead to U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

Waste material from the paper and pulp industry soon could be made into anything from tennis rackets to cars, according to Texas A&M AgriLife.

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'Moat' Is the Latest Jargon Encircling Silicon Valley

As technology companies race to invent the future, they're turning to a metaphor borrowed from Medieval times to explain their businesses.

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