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For Supply Chain Security, Retailer Looks to Freight Payment
Challenge: As with all companies, fraud and information security were top of mind for this major national retailer. To protect its strategic and competitive advantages – and those of its partners – the retailer needed a payment solution that could also safeguard its supply chain.
China Says It Built a Railway in Africa Out of Altruism, But It's More Strategic Than That
Africa's past is the mildewed train station in central Addis Ababa, where locomotives sit gutted and rusted tracks vanish in the grass. The line was once the greatest in Africa; built by France in the 1910s, it ran more than 450 miles northeast to neighboring Djibouti, where the desert meets the sea.
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Hanjin Shipping Says Bankruptcy Claims Top $10Bn
South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co., which roiled global trade and temporarily marooned more than half a million cargo containers when it filed for bankruptcy, says it has raised only a fraction of what it needs to repay creditors, whose claims total about $10.5bn.
Nafta 2.0: Will the Trump Administration's 'Wish List' Be Granted?
The North American Free Trade Agreement is back on the table. Will the patient survive?
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New Zealand Farm Cuts Water and Energy Consumption With IoT
New Zealand agriculture technology company WaterForce is providing an Internet of Things-based water-management and irrigation system for New Zealand farms using sensor technology and software from Schneider Electric, built on a Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT technology platform. The technology, adopted this year by BlackHills Farm, has reduced water consumption by 30 percent, according to Schneider Electric.
Post-Brexit Customs Checks Might Cost $1.3Bn a Year
Brexit could cost £1bn ($1.3bn) a year in extra customs checks and huge border delays, a consultant has claimed.
Revenues Decline for U.S. Manufacturers As They Await Economic Reforms
Manufacturing is in the midst of a new Industrial Revolution: 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, robotics, artificial intelligence.
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Customer Loyalty Programs: What Works, and What Doesn't
Do modern-day retail customer-loyalty programs really make for loyal customers?
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A Five-Way Partnership Develops a New Way to Track High-Value Shipments
Honeywell and Intel join in developing the technology for a new visibility and reporting platform that promises to provide close, real-time monitoring of goods in transit, aided by DHL, Kuehne & Nagel and Expeditors.
Metal Fabricator Has Moved Into Role of OEM
New owners wanted to move provider of laser cutting services into the world of original equipment manufacturing. With the help a global marketplace, Riverside Industries LLC has been able to do just that.
When Growth Mandates Change: Blue Diamond Reevaluates Its Supply Chain
The growers' cooperative, a dominant processor and marketer of almonds and related products, seeks to reconfigure its forward distribution network, to reflect current and future demand from retailers.
Tech Data Bolsters Suppliers Through a Working-Capital Marketplace
The big distributor of technology products extends an existing relationship with C2FO to Europe, where many suppliers are strapped for cash and open to early-payment arrangements via a collaborative platform.
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