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RFID Tracks Blood for Pediatric Transfusions
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin are piloting a high-frequency (HF) RFID system's use in monitoring a challenging product: blood stored and provided for pediatric patients.
Nissan Seeks More Than $100M Brexit Supply Chain Fund
Nissan has called on the U.K. government to invest millions in attracting car part manufacturers or risk a "house of cards" collapse in the industry post-Brexit.
Four Key Elements of an IoT Strategy for Manufacturers
Analyst Insight: When people talk about the Internet of Things, they can mean many different things, even within one industry. For a manufacturer, there are four major areas where IoT may have an impact: the manufacturing plant, the supply chain, service and the product. – Bill McBeath, chief research officer, ChainLink Research
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The Chemicals and Energy Industry Is Primed for Robust Growth
Analyst Insight: The chemical/energy industry market is ripe with mergers and acquisitions on a global basis as a way for businesses to position themselves for sustained growth. With low fuel prices, foreign competition and an uncertain economy, processors are shuffling their portfolios to offset losses. – Simon Hardy, senior supply chain evangelist, Elemica
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Trump Trade Friction Overlooks America's Surplus in Services
One thing that's often missed in President Donald Trump's complaints about the U.S. trade deficit is America's $248bn surplus in exports of services like education, banking and software.
U.S. Factory Activity Rose Briskly in February
Sales at U.S. factories rose at the fastest rate in three years in February, another clue the economy is revving toward faster growth this year.
How to Create an Integrated Approach for Supply Chain Management
Analyst Insight: The global supply chains of today are tremendously complex. They consist of a global network of suppliers, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, distribution centers, and the broader fulfillment network. Supply-chain planning and execution occur across all areas of the supply chain, and the success of operations is largely reliant upon the success of the supply chain. Such complexity and the abundance of touch points are driving the need for modern supply chains to implement an integrated approach to supply-chain management. – John Santagate, research manager, IDC
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After Brexit, Who Will Feed All These Chickens?
Following a drive through English farmland, past thatched-roof cottages and thick forests, chicken farmer Mark Gorton stops his Land Rover on a narrow lane to speak to a worker in a white truck.
South Korea's LG Electronics to Build U.S. Factory in Tennessee
South Korean conglomerate LG Electronics Inc. said it is planning to build a new washing machine factory in Tennessee, its first major U.S. plant, and hire at least 600 workers by the end of 2019.
Optimizing Digital Operations for 'Smart' Supply Chain
Analyst Insight: Variously called Industry 4.0, the Industrial Internet, or simply digitization, the emergence of machine-to-machine interactions, human-to-machine interactions, robust data and analytics capabilities, and cheaper, more ubiquitous sensors is pushing the Internet of Things (IoT) into the core operations of more and more companies. Among the business operations especially ripe for transformation by digital and IoT capabilities is the "smart" supply chain. – Eduardo Alvarez, Principal, PwC, and Rodger Howell, Principal, PwC
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Data Is the Biggest Challenge for Predictive Analytics
Analyst Insight: The number one challenge to making predictive and prescriptive analytics succeed is data cleanliness and completeness. Until that is solved, predictive analytics programs will struggle to provide value. The problem is made more acute by the amount of new data coming online each year. – Bill McBeath, Chief Research Officer, ChainLink Research
Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back
A few months ago, a representative from Cargill traveled to this remote colony in Bolivia's eastern lowlands in the southernmost reaches of the vast Amazon River basin with an enticing offer.
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