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Analytics, Mobile, Sensors, Beacons, IoT Enable Retailers to Optimize Operations From End to End

The Internet of Things (IoT) has finally matured to where frictionless retail is becoming real.

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Real-Time Location System Enables Clinic to Keep Tabs on Patients, Employees, Assets

Since opening last month, the new Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services - Sunnyvale clinic has received the best patient satisfaction survey results of any of Stanford Children's Health 60-some facilities. The health-care company attributes the high patient satisfaction levels, in large part, to a real-time location system that enables the staff to find patients, personnel and assets efficiently, says Lee Kwiatkowski, Stanford Children's Health's director of ambulatory transformation.

China - Now an Upper-Middle-Income Nation - Has Some Hard Economic Decisions to Make

It won't be easy, but shifting to a productivity-led economy from one focused on investment could add trillions of dollars to China's growth by 2030.

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Mainfreight USA Adds Warehouses in Newark and Dallas

Mainfreight USA, a global supply-chain and logistics services provider, has added two warehouses to its North American logistics network, in Newark, N.J., and Dallas.

Damco Offers Weighing and Filing Services for New SOLAS Regs

Damco, a third-party logistics provider, has launched two Verified Gross Mass (VGM) services to support implementation of new regulations from the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).

Ortec Consulting Partners With Microsoft for Big Data Portal

Ortec Consulting has launched its Big Data Portal, providing analytics as a service.

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Not Designed for E-Commerce, Logistics Networks Begin to Feel Strain

One of the major findings from the 27th Annual State of Logistics report is that "gaps" in infrastructure and "accelerating trends for speed" will increasingly put pressure on a logistics system not designed for e-commerce driven "last mile, last minute" delivery service.

Scan-Based Trading Technology Isn't Going Away. Distributors Need to Adapt to That Reality

Scan-based trading (SBT) is often thought of as a process solely for larger big box retailers. This business model transitions the relationship with suppliers from purchased inventory to vendor-managed inventory, with the checkout scan data serving as the channel to pay for the goods to the distributor. The data collected from the transactions is then delivered to the distributor, as a form of a receipt.

Insurance Industry Eyes Increased Risks Expanded Panama Canal Brings

The Panama Canal accounts for roughly five percent of world sea trade, and the expanded Panama Canal is estimated to generate a three percent increase in cargo volumes transiting the canal.

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ITE Group, Messe München to Co-locate at MODEX 2018

MHI, Messe München and ITE Group will co-locate at the newly formed Transportation & Logistics America (TLA) exhibit with MODEX 2018.

MercuryGate Integrates TMS With Thoroughbred Direct Portal

MercuryGate International Inc. has entered into a partnership with Thoroughbred Direct Intermodal Services, Inc. (TDIS), a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railroad.

JLL Managing Director Comments on Panama Canal Expansion

Will the amount of cargo transiting the Panama Canal do so on fewer vessels?

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