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Customer Service at Lowe's? Robots That Roam the Aisles.
The robots are coming. Lowe's is testing whether new "bots on wheels" can improve its customer service, like helping a shopper find a match for something as simple as a nail. Four robots are being tested an Orchard Supply Hardware store owned by Lowe's Companies Inc. in San Jose, Calif.
Are High Taxes Causing American Business to Sour on France?
Competition for job-creating foreign direct investment (FDI) is brutal these days in the European Union. Although it used to be the world's biggest recipient of FDI, its global share has now fallen from almost 29 percent in 2011 to 17 percent in 2013, according to UNCTAD. With European investment subdued, banks reining in lending and economies struggling to grow, foreigners with fat wallets are more than usually needed. Even France has engaged this year in a charm offensive to lure them in. So a recent study suggesting that only 12 percent of American companies with operations in France rate it positively as an investment destination is ruffling feathers.
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Don't Just Monitor Supplier's Financial Health - Holistically Improve It
A key component of supplier risk management for many companies is monitoring the supplier's financial health and viability to try and obtain early warning of potential supplier issues that could impact the continuity of supply. However, by itself, supplier monitoring misses opportunities to actually bolster and improve the supplier's financial health, which is particularly important for those suppliers that are highly leveraged and/or have cash flow challenges.
A Supply-Chain Made of Paper: Is It Sustainable?
Don't tell anyone, but deep into the Electronic Age, we're still using paper.
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Old Dominion Opens Service Center in Memphis
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened a new 267-door service center in Memphis, Tenn.
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FinancialForce.com Introduces Human Capital Management Tool
FinancialForce.com, a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider on the Salesforce1 platform, has introduced Everyday HCM (Human Capital Management).
RFID Aids N.C. Transportation Department Test, Monitor Precast Concrete Materials
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is deploying a radio frequency identification technology that enables its own laboratory testing of samples from job sites, as well as inspections of precast concrete materials at the sites of suppliers, to be captured and then managed electronically.
Reality Check: Maybe It's Just Too Costly to Do Business in Arctic
Despite high hopes for Arctic business from mining to shipping as the ice melts rapidly and temperatures rise twice as fast as the global average, few firms say the sums still make sense.
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The Perils and Pitfalls of Lean Inventories
Manufacturing and distribution executives love the idea of slashing inventories. But it's distribution-center managers who must deal with the consequences.
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Distributed Intelligence in the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things has intelligence distributed throughout many integrated layers. Algorithms and analytics are needed to make sense of the raw data. Often this intelligence needs to reside on the edge of the network close to the source of the data near the "things" comprising the IoT.
Retailers Dropping Apple Pay, Other Mobile Payment Systems to Avoid Credit Card Swipe Fees?
The recent introduction of Apple Pay was widely described as the dawn of a new era for smartphone payments. But within a week, two major pharmacy chains, Rite Aid and CVS, rejected Apple’s version of the future: Both disabled Apple Pay (as well as other tap-to-pay mobile payments systems Google Wallet and Softcard).
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Smartphones Need to Interact Better if Retailers Are to Fully Benefit from Beacon Technology
In September, Macy's announced plans to roll out the largest beacon initiative in the retail industry with its partner, shopkick, a shopping app that awards users points for entering participating stores. The company is joining a host of retailers that have already made strides toward beacon technology, including Lord & Taylor and Hudson Bay.
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