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Amazon Is Helping Entrepreneurs Start Delivery Companies — As Long As They Deliver Amazon Packages

Amazon.com is asking small-business owners to help deliver its goods, seeking to reduce its reliance on the U.S. Postal Service and other major delivery services as the number of packages it ships continues to climb.

Target, Tesco and CVS to Require Environmental Impact Data From Suppliers

Target, Tesco and CVS Health have joined Walmart in an agreement to collect data from suppliers, through non-profit CDP, regarding their overall environmental footprint.

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Emergency Rooms Run Out of Vital Drugs, and Patients Are Feeling It

George Vander Linde tapped a code into the emergency room’s automated medicine cabinet. A drawer slid open and he flipped the lid, but found nothing inside.

General Motors Warns Trump: Tariffs Could Lead to 'Smaller GM' and Fewer Jobs

General Motors warned on Friday that expansive U.S. tariffs on imported vehicles being considered by the Trump administration could lead to “a smaller GM” and risks isolating U.S. businesses from the global market.

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Ensuring Workers’ Rights in Global Supply Chains

All the well-intentioned statements of corporate responsibility mean nothing if you can’t implant the message on the factory floor.

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Order Collaboration Yields ROI for Leading Apparel Manufacturer

Challenge: A manufacturer of top-tier athletic apparel and footwear is also a supplier for its own retail and wholesale channels. As a global company, it lacked visibility into purchase orders and struggled with shipment tracking. This led to restrictions in the company’s ability to collaborate with a supplier base of several hundred vendors and factories — as well as limited end-to-end visibility.

3PL Takes Major Leap Toward Global Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Compliance

Challenge: Nearly 10 percent of the world’s drug supply is counterfeit, prompting many countries to set rigid guidelines to track and trace pharmaceuticals across the supply chain. Achieving compliance is often a huge undertaking for pharmaceutical manufacturers and 3PL providers.

Q&A: The Value of Humans in the Factory — and Robots in the Home

If you’re not crazy about the thought of robots taking all the jobs, then you should hold an Elon Musk-level of obsessive adoration for Danish roboticist Esben Østergaard. The co-founder and CTO of Universal Robots was the driving force behind the development of collaborative robots, or cobots.

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While Elon Musk Loves Tesla's New Tent Factory, Others Aren't So Sure

Elon Musk has few days to make good on his pledge that Tesla will be pumping out 5,000 Model 3 sedans a week by the end of the month. If he succeeds, it may be thanks to the curious structure outside the company’s factory. It’s a tent the size of two football fields that Musk calls “pretty sweet” and that manufacturing experts deride as, basically, nuts.

Jeff Bezos Just Did Trump a Big Favor on Drug Pricing

Donald Trump has promised since his presidential campaign to drive down drug prices.

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Saving Your Company After a Data Breach

Other than press the panic button, what actions should your company take in the event of a data security breach?

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

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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

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