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Toshiba Joins With Microsoft in Omnichannel Initiative for Retail
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have jointly launched an initiative to help retailers manage omnichannel customer engagements.
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Seven Best Practices to Follow for Smoother Software Implementations
Across my career, I've participated in scores of software implementations for companies ranging from SMBs to industry giants. Some have gone exceptionally well, while others have encountered delays. Each effort has served as a learning experience, offering insights and lessons learned about the characteristics "smooth" projects share – and the pitfalls to avoid.
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Ocean Piracy Down Overall Around the World, But Continues to Rise in Southeast Asia
Attacks against small tankers off South East Asia's coasts caused a rise in global ship hijackings, up to 21 in 2014 from 12 in 2013, despite piracy at sea falling to its lowest level in eight years, the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed. Pirates took 442 crew members hostage, compared with 304 in 2013.
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How to Capture New 'Value' Segment in Medical Devices
The growing demand for products that are "good enough" and competitively priced has pushed medical-product manufacturers to develop strategies to attract and retain this new segment of customers.
Could New Guidelines Lead to Greater Use of Tagged-item RFID Technology?
Standards group GS1 US has released its Tagged-Item Performance Protocol (TIPP), a guideline that includes a scale for grading the performance of EPC ultrahigh-frequency RFID tags when used on specific products and in specific environments, as well standardizing the testing conducted to identify that grade.
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Dependability Questioned as Container Vessels Continue Trend to Arrive Late
Containership reliability declined for the second month in a row in December, according to Drewry's enhanced Carrier Performance Insight.
Arm-band Computers Have Great Utility in Warehouse, But Cost Can Be Hurdle for Some
For some supply chain and logistics functions, rugged wearable computers can be a real boon. At the same time, the cost of managing these devices can be daunting.
Are Chinese Companies Beginning to Lose Some of Their Global Clout?
Ever since Chinese companies began going global in force a couple of decades ago, their impact on worldwide business has been hard to overstate. By combining low cost with massive scale, and by taking full advantage of a huge domestic market, companies based in China have disrupted and transformed industries from telecommunications equipment to solar panels. Will that leadership continue?
Financial Literacy, Diplomacy, Patience Are Keys to Making Supply Chain Leaders Effective
The key attributes for supply chain leadership are patience, diplomacy and financial literacy. And this is a very rare combination of skills.
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EU-Canada Free Trade Agreement Expected to Boost Already-Huge Trade Volume Between the Partners
Trade between the European Union and Canada is already very strong – and growth is expected to continue as a result of an historic new trade agreement now being finalized in Ottawa, according to the British International Freight Association. The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is said to be Canada’s most ambitious trade initiative, broader in scope and deeper in ambition than the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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IoT Analytics Market to Reach $5.7Bn in This Year, with Start-ups Driving the Innovation
A new market analysis by ABI Research finds that the revenues from integrating, storing, analyzing and presenting Internet of Things (IoT) data will reach 5.7bn in 2015. In the next 5 years, the market will expand dramatically, to an extent that in 2020 it is estimated to account for nearly one-third of all big data and analytics revenues.
How to Battle Counterfeits and Global IP Theft
Call it the dark side of international commerce: fakes, frauds and thought thieves. Time to take action.
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