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Big Data Solutions May Now Be in Reach of Small, Mid-Sized Companies
This is why they call Big Data big: IDC, a research firm, predicts that the Big Data market "” including technology and services "” will grow at a 31.7% compound annual rate through 2016, becoming a $23.7bn market by 2016.
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Treating Customers Poorly Can Cost as Much as 20 Percent of Your Annual Revenue, Report Finds
A global research study by Oracle has found that brands could lose as much as 20 percent of their annual revenue due to poor customer service, with 95 percent of executives agreeing that delivering a great customer experience is critical to business results.
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Pegasus Enhances Transflo Express With Spanish, French Options
Deck Pegasus TransTech Corp. has added Spanish and French language options to its Transflo Express kiosks, available at 272 truck stops in the U.S. and Canada.
Isotrak Expands Telematics, Vehicle Tracking Into North America
Isotrak Inc. a global provider of telematics and global positioning system (GPS) vehicle-tracking services, has officially expanded into North America.
U-Freight's Singapore Operation Sets Up Fine Arts Division
U-Freight Singapore has established a new division for the shipment and handling of fine arts.
Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Economists
Is it a waste of time to make economic forecasts? Even the most respected prognosticators are wrong as often as they're right. And the most sweeping changes? Hardly anyone ever sees them coming.
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TradeCard Issues Platform for Building Supply-Chain Apps in the Cloud
TradeCard Inc. has made generally available its new AppXpress platform.
Is Predictive Analytics the New Business Intelligence?
In the last couple of years, the popularity of predictive analytics offerings has increased significantly, as many companies looking to improve their existing business intelligence and analytics faculties are looking to the field of predictive analysis to enhance these capabilities, and in some cases even replace them. But, is predictive analysis really the new BI? Is it a replacement for the good old business intelligence offerings? Or is it really just the evolution of BI?
Industries' Performances Vary Widely on 'Supply Chain Effective Frontier'
For a new report on supply chain excellence, an assistant and I waded through spreadsheet after spreadsheet of data for the last three weeks and contrasted the progress of the high-tech, consumer products, food, pharmaceutical and industrial industries. The storyline of the report is that ONLY the high-tech industry is making progress on what I call the Supply Chain Effective Frontier - effectively balancing progress on growth, profitability, cycles and complexity. The rest of the industries are either stuck or moving backwards. Consumer packaged goods, food and chemical manufacturers are stuck and pharmaceutical and industrial companies are losing ground and moving backwards.
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Less Is More: Office Depot Cuts Supply-Chain Waste
Brent Beabout, senior vice president of supply chain with Office Depot, describes how the company slashed packaging waste by switching from corrugated cardboard to paper bags for deliveries to consumers and business. A finalist in the Supply Chain Innovation of the Year competition.
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Lack of Local Currency Pricing Said to Suppress Global E-Commerce Sales
A recent survey of global online shoppers reports that e-commerce merchants selling abroad are missing out on sales and revenue opportunities because their websites lack local currency pricing capability.
Old Dominion Opens Service Centers in Arizona, California
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened new service centers in Flagstaff, Ariz. and Santa Maria, Calif.
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