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Automotive Supplier Gets Into Gear With New Demand-Planning System

Sweden's HÃ¶ganÃ¤s AB, a producer of metal powders, implements a system to improve its access to market intelligence, plan for demand and optimize inventories, while ensuring just-in-time delivery to the assembly line.

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Study Finds 66 Percent of Warehouse Professionals Plan to Expand Technology Investments by 2018

The role of technology in warehouses has shifted from purely reducing costs and has increasingly expanded into benefits that can drive differentiation and profitable growth for business, according to a study by Motorola Solutions Inc., which provides communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers.

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HighJump Partners in China; Integrates With QuickBooks Online

HighJump Software has acquired three strategic partners in China: Anchor Information Technology Ltd., Hentor and Hyrus.

Ingram Micro Inks Deal With SquareTrade for Mobile Device Protection

Ingram Micro Inc., the wholesale distributor of technology equipment and provider of supporting logistics services, has entered into a multi-year agreement with SquareTrade.

Ryder Debuts Transportation Services for Oil and Gas Industry

Ryder System Inc. is introducing new transportation and logistics services for the oil and gas industry.

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Storage System Helps Canned Chicken Producer Beef Up Production

Dynamic flow storage rack system eliminates logistics bottlenecks and allows contract manufacturer of canned chicken to seek new business.

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Laufer Group International Expands With New York Office

Laufer Group International Ltd. has opened a new office in New York.

100 Great Supply Chain Partners 2013: Strengthening Your Global Network

Remember when words like "globalization" seemed to be enough to drive some folks into the streets in protest? Surely, most of us have accepted that business is the way of the world. That's especially true when it is almost as easy to do trade with someone halfway around the globe as it is halfway across town. Just look at how interwoven we are in world commerce.

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Schneider National Opens Service Facility in Phoenix

Schneider National Inc., a provider of truckload, intermodal and logistics services, is opening a facility in Phoenix, Ariz.

Developing the Supply Chain in E-Commerce Era

Retail has an $800bn problem, according to research firm IHL Group. That is the collective cost of inventory distortion in out-of-stocks and overstocks among retailers today, and it could increase same-store sales by 9.2 percent if completely fixed.

Samuel Shapiro & Co. Launches Corporate University

Logistics service provider Samuel Shapiro & Co. Inc. has created Shapiro University, to supply employees and customers with educational training.

Using a 3PL to Simplify Shipments to and From Mexico

Third-party logistics companies with experience in Mexico and strong partnerships with leading Mexican carriers and customs brokers can make cross-border shipping a truly seamless activity, says Dennis McCaffrey of XPO Logistics.

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