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APL Logistics Opens Brokerage Office in Laredo, Texas

APL Logistics has opened its first customs brokerage office in Laredo, Tex., in partnership with its subsidiary Carmichael International Service.

Staples Takes Top Prize with Move to Smart Packaging

With excessive packaging as the top complaint of customers, Staples found a technology that created the right size box for every item shipped from its e-commerce centers. In doing so, it wins the annual Supply Chain Innovation Award, sponsored by SupplyChainBrain and CSCMP.

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UAE to Unveil Logistics Program for Military Operations

The United Arab Emirates' military plans to complete the rollout of a streamlined joint logistics model and communications system to improve information sharing, procurement and training among its Navy, Army and Air Force in 2014.

3PL Helps Charity Move Million Pairs of Shoes

A short window to arrange transportation and warehousing threatened receipt of a donation of a million pairs of shoes, but the charity, Samaritan's Feet, found the right 3PL partner to make the operation work.

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Alcohol-Control Authority Toasts Vendor-Managed Inventory System

By leaving much of the management up to its many suppliers of wines and spirits and by postponing transfer of ownership, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board saves an estimated $100m.

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How the Reality of Omni-Channel is Changing Transportation

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Views from a Young Supply Chain Professional and Recognized "Emerging Leader"

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PepsiCo Achieves 'Near-Net-Zero' Environmental Impact at Arizona Plant

The company turns a Frito-Lay plant into a multi-project "learning lab," as it seeks to offset environmental impacts related to water, energy and waste generation.

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Fresh and Fast: Meeting the Challenges of the Produce Supply Chain

A conversation with Richard Sawyer, vice president of supply chain with Dole Fresh Vegetables.

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Motorola Tightens Bond With Suppliers, Customers Through Collaborative Execution

To serve its demanding government and business customers, the company needed to find a way to resolve any potential service problems in the quickest and most cost-effective manner possible.

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Papa John's and Manhattan Associates Discuss Benefits of Transportation Modeling

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(Future) Nights of the S.F. Roundtable, Part Two

More predictions for the future of supply-chain management, courtesy of a panel of industry insiders at the fifth annual seer-fest sponsored by the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply-Chain Management Professionals:

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