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Getting Closer to Customers with Outsourced Warehousing and Distribution

When a suburban movie theater finds that its digital projector lamps have burned out, it needs replacements fast, or else it will face the wrath of angry movie patrons. The supplier may be based two time zones away, but fortunately it has a regional network of contract warehouses that stock its high-value specialty parts, allowing local service technicians to pick up what they need and fix the problem the same day they get a call, 24/7, 365 days a year.1

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Revolutionizing Your Supply Chain Planning

Company processes are disconnected because their supply chain planning has grown up in a siloed manner, says John Sicard, president and CEO of Kinaxis. Consequently, it's futile to follow that model and think you can optimize the supply chain one link at a time.

IBM to Train 25 Million Africans for Free to Build Workforce

International Business Machines Corp. says it's ramping up its digital-skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 million Africans in the next five years, looking toward building a future workforce on the continent.

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Fedex Fulfillment to Challenge Amazon for SME E-Commerce Services

FedEx Supply Chain has announced the launch of FedEx Fulfillment, a service designed to meet the shipping needs of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to challenge to Amazon's dominance of the e-commerce sector, the company says. FedEx Fulfillment delivers orders across multiple channels, including websites and online marketplaces, and manages inventory for participating retailers.

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Here's How U.S. Trade Differs With Mexico and China

Depending on who you ask, it's either the best of times or the worst of times for global trade. Protectionists villainize trade as damaging to U.S. workers, while on the other side of the coin pure laissez faire free traders consider trade as a pure positive for the United States.

40 Percent of Shoppers Want Same-Day Delivery, Study Says

The availability of same-day delivery is still catching up with demand as retailers seek new ways to combat Amazon, according to a new study from L2 on the omnichannel fulfillment landscape and customer expectations. This could be an opportunity area for retailers as delivery partners can make same-day a reality across a wider swath of the country than Amazon, which covers 27 U.S. markets at present.

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Brexit Uncertainty Adds to Global Supply Chain Concerns

Brexit has already damaged businesses even before Prime Minister Theresa May triggers the start of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, according to a survey of the country's largest companies.

Strategies for Effective Transfer of Knowledge

Even though some traditional forms of learning continue, companies are turning more and more to digital technology and learning tools to collect, analyze and share knowledge, says Sarah Sedgman, Kinaxis chief knowledge officer.

DynaLogger Provides UHF RFID Temperature and Moisture Tracking

Dynamox, a technology company in Florianopolis, Brazil, is marketing a new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-enabled data logger that serves as a low-cost option for tracking goods in a cold supply chain using RFID sensors.

China's E-Commerce Boom Can Be Tour Road for Couriers

Zhang Heng barged through an exam-room door, surprising a doctor and a patient. He didn't have time to knock. In Zhang's business, every second counts.

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Apple Moves Closer to iPhone Assembly in India

The government of the Indian state of Karnataka says it welcomed a proposal from Apple Inc to begin initial manufacturing operations in the state, in a sign the tech company is slowly moving forward with plans to assemble iPhones in the country.

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More Firms Consider Nearshoring Production Thanks to Automation

Companies in developed markets are increasingly nearshoring production as the labour cost advantages of manufacturing in places such as China have eroded, according to a new report.

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