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SATO Launches New Desktop Label Printer

SATO, a barcode and RFID technology company, has launched its WS4 compact desktop label printer line. The WS4 has applications in retail, healthcare, logistics and manufacturing workplaces, SATO says.

Shoe Retailer Uses RFID to Bring Omnichannel to Physical Store

Italian footwear retailer Store of the Future (SOTF) opened its new Florence shop in September 2016, with an EPC ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID-based system to bring more personalized service to customers as they try on shoes, while also enabling omnichannel sales.

These Four Risk Mitigation Methods Can Improve the Bottom Line

Analyst Insight: There are a few risk-mitigation methods that can improve the bottom line, and they have been around for some time. They are Product Portfolio Management (PPM), Customer Value Management (CVM), Total-Cost-to-Serve (TCS) and Gross Margin Return on Inventory Investment (GMROII). - Gregory Schlegel, executive-in-residence, Center for Supply Chain Research, Lehigh University

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U.S. Ports Forge Alliances to Keep Their Spots on Trade Map

U.S. seaports are joining forces, setting aside decades of regional competition over cargo as a wave of consolidation in the shipping industry threatens to cut some cities out of global trade routes.

New Tech Platforms Are Changing the Focus of Business Planning Strategy

Analyst Insight: As technology solutions providers improve their offerings, companies are taking another look at integrated business planning (IBP). New scalable workflow and collaboration tools are automating the capture and integration of data across functions, allowing for the development of actionable insights that link day-to-day decisions to overall business strategy. - Can Dogan, principal, Ernst & Young LLP

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End-of-Life Logistics: Expanding the Traditional Supply Chain

Analyst Insight: You design a product, source it, build it, store it, ship it, and your consumer enjoys it... then what? It is inevitable that at some point the original intended use will be over and the product will reach its end of life. What happens now is a topic that is piquing the interests of many traditional and non-traditional supply-chain players. The challenge lays in how to efficiently reintegrate or disposition these products. - Melissa Hadhazy, associate partner, Infosys Consulting

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Alibaba Cloud Aims to Take Artificial Intelligence to the Masses

New technology from Alibaba Cloud aims to predict when and where large airfreight shipments will be sent each day for a range of forwarders and shippers. Alibaba says its new artificial intelligence (AI) platform, called PAI 2.0, will provide businesses and organizations machine-learning capabilities.

How to Synchronize the Pharma Supply Chain in Three Steps

Analyst Insight: In today's unpredictable pharmaceutical business climate, supply chains must be synchronized to deliver adequate supply to capture new sales while reducing costs. This is a classic case of balancing risk and opportunity, whereby synchronization allows all required parties to operate in a coordinated and flexible manner resulting in seamless delivery to the customers. Getting this right can drive millions of dollars in value, and there are ways to do this today. - Jay Welsh, principal, Ernest & Young LLP, and Srihari Rangarajan, manager, Ernst & Young LLP

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H&M Invests in Supply Chain as Fashion Rivalry Intensifies

Cost controls helped H&M to limit a drop in quarterly pretax profit but the fashion chain said it was increasing investments this year as it tries to keep pace with its larger rival, Zara owner Inditex.

U.S. Lays Groundwork to Keep Big Tariffs on Chinese Goods

The Trump administration appears poised to cement China's unfavorable status in trade cases, making Chinese goods eligible for higher U.S. tariffs well into the future.

Retail Revolution: Four Ways Supply Chains Are Evolving

Analyst Insight: As consumers' relationship with retailers changes, supply chains need to become more agile and responsive to fulfill the promise of an omnichannel world. Wholesale, retail and e-commerce supply chains, which have grown independently over the years, are merging - but significant transformation is necessary to help make omnichannel execution more profitable. - Parag Jategaonkar, performance improvement principal, Ernst & Young LLP

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World's Largest Container Ship Delivered

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has taken delivery of the world's largest container ship, MOL Triumph, from Samsung Heavy Industries.

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