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Resilinc Unveils Tools for Managing Supply-Chain Visibility, Risk

Resilinc Corp., a specialist in applications to bolster supply-chain resiliency, has updated two of its products.

3Gtms Combines With Transite Technology for Mid-Market TMS

3Gtms, a vendor of transportation software, has acquired Transite Technology, a developer of transportation-management system (TMS) applications.

ARC Advisory Group Releases Supplier Selection Guide

The ARC Advisory Group has released a Global Service Provider guide to supplier selection.

Collaborative Purchasing Is an Idea Whose Time Is Now

As businesses and governments implement cost-cutting and other efficiencies to help them recover from the deep recession, now is the time to consider collaborative purchasing as both a short- and long-term strategy to cut costs.

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Supply Chain Optimization to Help Manufacturers Targeting 1.5-Percent Cost Reduction in 2013

U.S. manufacturers are targeting an aggressive 1.5-percent reduction in cost of goods sold for 2013 in an effort to drive margin growth, according to a new study from The Hackett Group. With GDP growth stabilizing in major regions of the world, manufacturers are expecting reduced sales forecast uncertainty, enabling them to plan supply requirements and manufacturing capacity with far greater confidence, the study found.

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Economics 101: Did Ocean Carriers Miss the Lecture?

Judging from their actions, ocean carriers would love to toss out those irritating economics textbooks, with their tedious lessons about supply and demand. Too much capacity? No pricing discipline? Sluggish volume growth? Forget about it. Why should any of that prevent them from raising freight rates?

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Maersk Line to Add More Ships to Singapore Hub

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (MAERSKB), owner of the world's largest container-shipping company, plans to add more vessels to its Singapore base after making the city-state its biggest hub after the headquarters in Denmark.

Aspen Technology Issues New Version of Process-Optimization Software

Aspen Technology Inc., a vendor of software and services for the process industries, has released an update to its aspenONE suite.

50 Percent of UK Businesses Vet Suppliers for Bribery Act Compliance

A study that polled procurement managers and directors from a range of firms across the UK found that while mid-market firms are often less likely to have robust processes and systems in place to counter bribery risk, companies at both ends of the spectrum appeared complacent when it came to vetting their suppliers for compliance with the Bribery Act.

Big Data Is Becoming a Big Deal for Agile S&OP

Analyst Insight: Based on a survey of 160 supply chain leaders in a recent webinar conducted by Steelwedge, we found that companies captured a whopping 70 percent more data (product, supply, demand and finance) to manage their organizations in 2012. Yet, 77 percent of these businesses are not actually leveraging this data in their S&OP processes, thereby leaving "blind spots" in their decision making processes around critical supply/demand trade-offs. - Nari Viswanathan, Vice President of Product Management, Steelwedge

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Consumer Demand to Boost Electronics Supply Chain

According to the latest report from global business consulting firm Frost + Sullivan, a robust demand for connected devices is boosting the future of the electronics supply chain.

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