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Stubbornly Holding on to Legacy Assets Can Impede Adoption of Promising Technologies
Technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, advanced motion controls and new methods for continuous manufacturing hold great potential for improving how companies design and build products to better serve customers. But if the past is any indicator, many established firms will be slow to adjust because of a formidable obstacle: legacy assets and capabilities that they are reluctant to abandon.
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Tanker Operators Tie Their Prosperity to Decreased Shale Oil Production, Boost in Oil Imports
How much U.S. shale oil production is taken out of service will be a key driver of future tanker shipping earnings, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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Increases Predicted for Long-term Energy Costs
Although gas prices are temporarily low at the pump, long-term energy costs are on the rise. According to State of the World 2015 contributing author Nathan John Hagens, a former hedge fund manager who teaches human macro-ecology at the University of Minnesota, nations are papering over those costs with debt. Higher energy costs are leading to continued recessions, excess claims on future natural resources, and more-severe social inequality and poverty.
Now Hear This: Market for Top-shelf Audio Systems in New Cars to See Robust Growth
Premium audio system sales in new vehicles are expected to grow from just over 8.6 million units globally in 2014 to more than 11.6 million units in 2021, with branded speaker system sales expected to grow from more than 8.7 million units to 11.1 million units in the same time frame, according to the IHS Automotive forecasts for these systems.
Automotive Parts Company Moves to Daily Store Fulfillment
Challenge: A leading automotive parts retailer, with more than 3,000 stores in the U.S., wanted to quickly develop their B2B channel while simultaneously growing their traditional retail channel. But their operations would have to adapt to meet the higher service level that B2B customers require.
MercuryGate Launches Multimodal Global Freight Rate Index
MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of cloud-based transportation-management system (TMS) software, has launched RateFriend, a freight index providing global rate data for road, air, ocean, rail and intermodal transportation.
Insight Enhances Supply-Chain Design Module
Insight Inc., a vendor of software for supply-chain design, has added a data-analysis and visualization module to its SAILS software.
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DCs Are Best Line of Defense for Driving Omnichannel Profits, Satisfying Customers
Online retailers have raised the bar for convenience and fast delivery - and brick-and-mortar retailers are scrambling to keep up. To speed order fulfillment, they are shipping from stores that are closest to customers. To build on their strengths, they are focusing on the in-store customer experience. And to bring more online shoppers into stores, they are providing Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store (BOPUS) options. At the same time, they are rapidly investing in additional inventory and store labor to stay competitive.
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Use of Renewable Energy at Highest Rate in More Than 80 Years
In 2014, renewable energy accounted for 9.8 percent of total domestic energy consumption. This marks the highest renewable energy share since the 1930s, when wood was a much larger contributor to domestic energy supply.
Fleetmatics Group Unveils New Routing-Optimization Tool
Fleetmatics Group, a provider of mobile workforce applications delivered under a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has developed Fleetmatics Routist, an intelligent routing-optimization tool.
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CMA CGM Launching New Container Service Between North America, North Europe
The CMA CGM group is launching a new container-shipping service between North America and North Europe, as of the end of May 2015.
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CSCMP Sponsors New Supply-Chain Careers Initiative
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is partnering with the U.S. government in a new initiative to train and certify supply-chain professionals.
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