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How Multi-Channel Retailing Impacts Distribution Networks

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An Insider's View of Panama's Colon Free Trade Zone

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High Efficiency Yard Management Solutions Save Time and Money

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UHC Hospitals Reach Record Supply Chain Savings

UHC announced that its member academic medical centers achieved record supply chain savings and value of $400m in 2012. The saving amount represents five percent of UHC members' record aggregated spend of $8.1bn and includes cash returns as well as operational savings.

Widespread Adoption of Web-based TMS 'Only a Matter of Time'

While it can't be said that every company has tapped into web-based transportation management systems, such applications have been around long enough to no longer qualify as new - and their presence in the enterprise is growing. Is it fair to say that traditional TMS software has been overtaken by web TMS? Perhaps not, but such online, hosted or on-demand systems are proliferating. They are quick to deploy in most cases, they are highly scalable and the faster-time-to-ROI argument hasn't hurt web-based TMS adoption either.

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Brown-Forman Embraces Visibility to Cope With Rapid Growth

The giant producer of alcoholic beverages lacked visibility of its prepaid ocean shipments and carrier performance levels. It sought a single platform for managing the flow of goods from the factory all the way to destination.

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Expansion to Panama Canal Nearing the Halfway Point

The Panama Canal's expansion is finally beginning to look like a channel that will float some of the biggest ships in the world by mid-2015.

With Discipline, Ocean Container Lines Will Be Slightly Profitable in 2013, Report Says

As expected the ocean container industry just about scraped over the break-even line in 2012, albeit only because of the results of a handful of leading lights. There is every chance that lines will make decent money in 2013, but only if they refrain from old habits and stick to pricing and capacity discipline.

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Site Selection for Retail Distribution Facilities

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The Urge to Merge Domestic and International Transportation Ops

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Evolution of the Retail Consumer and How Supply Chains Must Adapt

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Trust Elements in the Global Supply Chain

Conceptually, supply chain "risk" is used to denote perils, loss, dangerous occurrences, hazards, and even vulnerabilities. Risks include everything from management functions to fraud, to fundamental honesty and loyalty issues encompassing every aspect of an organization's status and operations. In addition to the firm's built-in management risks, the international supply chain provides additional third-party risk elements such as foreign shipper practices, carrier practices, weather, foreign government involvement, unforeseen disruptions in the process, timing, language, cargo quality and quantity, even payment issues.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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