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UPS Beefs Up Staff, Looking to Avoid Last Year's Holiday Delivery Problems

UPS announced that it expects to hire between 90,000 and 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated holiday surge in package deliveries that will begin in October and continue through January 2015. Last year, all carriers were swamped with orders, many at the last minute, and many deliveries were made after the holidays.

Growing Use of Product Lifecycle Management Solutions Predicted Across All Industries

Discrete industry manufacturers' quest to reduce capital expenditure, shorten lead times, and improve productivity is expected to fuel investments in the global product lifecycle management (PLM) market. Growing emphasis on product innovation will also catalyse the adoption of PLM across all tiers of business.

Should You Lease or Buy That New Equipment That You Need?

As the economy continues to improve, more manufacturers are making capital investments to fuel their growth. When business owners and managers consider acquiring equipment, they often think of their payment option as a "lease versus buy" decision.

It's Not Enough to Have a CIO. You Need a Chief Information Security Officer.

It's past time for all major companies – certainly in the Fortune 500, but the advice carries on down into even medium-sized organizations – to carve out a C-level role focusing solely on security.

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Robotics' New Wave Takes Guesswork Out of Palletizing

A neighbor down the street put in a new brick walk last summer. Each brick was identical, which made it easy to stack them alongside each other for a seamless path. If only palletizing were that simple. But as warehouse workers contend with boxes of all shapes and sizes, a one-size-fits-all pallet pattern just won’t cut it.

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NASA Awards Private Industry Contracts to Build Rockets to Ferry Astronauts to Space Station

NASA on Tuesday awarded a pair of much-anticipated contracts, worth up to $6.8bn combined, to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station to Boeing and SpaceX in a deal that would allow the U.S. to launch astronauts into space from U.S. soil for the first time in years.

Onset Announces Wireless Device for Temperature, Humidity Logging

Onset Computer Corp., a vendor of data loggers for performance monitoring, has developed the HOBO MX1101.

RFID Solution Tracks Trucks Used to Haul Masonry Products

Mutual Materials, a Pacific Northwest manufacturer and hauler of stones, bricks and other masonry products used for landscaping and construction purposes, is monitoring the locations and conditions of its vehicles via an RFID-based solution provided by electronic fleet-management technology company Zonar.

Three Procurement Practices to Maintain Competitiveness, Uphold Brand Reputation in the Rag Trade

The issue of ethical sourcing is a point of contention among procurement and supply chain professionals. The general sentiment is that the balancing act of being globally competitive and remaining a genuine corporate citizen is getting harder and harder. This is especially true for the rag trade. Apparel companies are consistently faced with the challenge of reducing costs while upholding ethical labour practices within their supply chain. How procurement and supply chain professionals in the sector manage this plays an increasingly important role in protecting company margins, brand reputation and growth. So what are the issues and factors at play and how can the risks involved be managed?

Datalogic Releases New Falcon Mobile Computer

Datalogic S.p.A., a vendor of technology for automatic data capture and industrial automation, has released the Falcon X3+ mobile computer.

Aras Issues PLM Platform on SQL Server 2014

Aras Corp. has made available its Aras Innovator Suite for product lifecycle management (PLM) on Microsoft SQL Server 2014.

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Should Even Nuclear Command and Control Go Into the Cloud, Defense CIO Asks

For all the enthusiasm surrounding the government's move to the cloud - and there's no shortage - one prominent federal CIO is emphatic that cloud computing, for all its virtues, is no panacea for the government's technology challenges.

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

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

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