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Report: Singapore Tops Global Port Ranking

May 10, 2017

Singapore has been named the leading maritime city in the world, followed by Hamburg and Oslo, in a ranking of global ports.

Greener Skies Ahead: How Cutting Carbon Emissions Helped FedEx's Bottom Line

May 10, 2017

Air Cargo World

Last month, FedEx issued a report with much fanfare about the results of two initiatives that made them proud: They had set baseline targets back in 2005 and were already close to hitting their goals. All told, the two initiatives saved FedEx a combined $281m dollars in cost savings in fiscal 2016 alone.

Five Keys to Leading in the Age of Analytics

May 10, 2017

Industryweek

Data and analytics have redefined the way we compete. Data is a critical corporate asset that organizations are starting to monetize in new ways to get ahead of their competition. The bottom line? Companies that leverage data to drive the performance of their organization's decisions are winning at a faster rate than their competition.

UPS, Sealed Air Unveil Packaging Innovation Center

May 10, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

Meeting the increasingly high demands of e-commerce customers and helping shippers drive efficiency in their fulfillment operations were two of the main themes as UPS and Sealed Air jointly unveiled their packaging innovation center.

EDI Helps Pharmaceutical Company With Regulatory Compliance, Order Management

May 10, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

New government regulations of the drug industry drove the need for a more responsive, feature-rich and flexible EDI environment - but that created opportunities for one pharmaceutical company.

Here's How Hundreds of Tons of Plastic Trash End Up in Arctic Ocean

May 9, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Plastic trash is now so ubiquitous that researchers have found hundreds of tons of it floating in the Arctic Ocean.

Steering a New Course in Supply-Chain Planning and Forecasting

May 9, 2017

SupplyChainBrain

A conversation with supply-chain executives about the tools, talents and techniques that will be needed to create accurate and responsive demand forecasts in the years ahead.

U.S. Trade Activity Picks Up in First Quarter

May 9, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. trade gap widened in the first quarter compared to a year earlier as exports and imports rose, suggesting underlying strength in the global economy.