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Time for an End-to-End Transformation in Food & Beverage Industry?
Analyst Insight: Food and beverage companies lag consumer packaged goods companies in corporate performance. With rising raw materials costs and volatility, coupled with increased compliance for food safety, they are facing greater change and increased risk. As they move into 2014, their supply chains are not as mature and their challenges are greater. - Lora Cecere, CEO and Founder, Supply Chain Insights
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Amazon, Other Foreign Online Retailers Have 'No Chance' to Succeed in Russia
Russia has become the it girl of e-commerce. Even amid a slowing economy, the country's online shopping increased 26 percent last year, to 510 billion rubles (about $14bn), according to Moscow's Data Insight, and could double by 2015. That has made the country an intriguing target for foreign players such as Amazon, eBay, Asos and China's Alibaba Group, while boosting the fortunes of such local companies as search engine Yandex and Amazon-like Ozon. Can foreign e-tailers make it there?
Motorola Solutions Unveils Pocket-Sized Touch Computer
Motorola Solutions has introduced the TC55, a pocket-sized touch computer.
The Nasty Questions to Answer in Your Next Location Plan
Analyst Insight: Facility location planning is a six-dimensional balancing act encompassing long-term facility commitments with need for agility, predictable demand patterns with seasonal and spiky demand surprises, material handling investments with facility flexibility, return on investment with immediate operations effectiveness, cutting-edge technology with common sense, and operational efficiency and cost reduction with technology investment. Consequently, the best FLP results are those that design in the most needed capabilities, leaving space to accommodate the flexibility that drives location success. - Robert Sabath, Principal Essentialist SCM, TRISSENTIAL
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Event Management: React, Anticipate, Act
Analyst Insight: The supply chain has traditionally been managed from a holistic, top-down perspective. As such, events have historically been treated as occurring outside of the supply chain cycle. - Jorge Garcia, Senior Analyst, Technology Evaluation Centers
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Freight Costs Finish 2013 on a Rising Note in Canada
Results published by the Canadian General Freight Index (CGFI) indicate that the total cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers increased by 1.6 percent in December when compared with November results.
Love It or Hate It, Trade Is Driving Economic Recovery
Buyers and sellers appear generally optimistic about the prospects for trade and the economy this year. Let's hope they're not whistling in the dark.
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Dematic Unveils New Order-Fulfillment Offering
Dematic, a supplier of logistics systems for factories, warehouses and distribution centers, has introduced an order-fulfillment tool for piece-picking applications.
Old Dominion Relocates to Larger Facility in Albany, N.Y.
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has relocated its service center in Albany, N.Y. to a larger facility.
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Transportation Funding Crisis: Who Will Foot the Bill?
The Highway Trust Fund is broke. And the nation's transportation system is broken.
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Supply Chain Focus by Hospitals Is on Cost of Devices
U.S. hospitals spend tens of billions of dollars annually on high-tech surgical implants. But the supply chain for the devices is anything but high-tech. And that drives up costs both for hospitals and implant makers.
Five Operational Issues to Focus on as Economy Continues to Strengthen
Companies that successfully rode out the recession are now looking for better times ahead, but they should be cautious, says a report from Jones Lang LaSalle, which identified five operational issues that companies should remain focused on as the economy continues to strengthen.
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