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Five Ways That Companies Can Prepare for a Cyber Attack

Any business that believes itself to be impervious to a cyber attack today is either ignorant of the threat or in deep denial.

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Shining a Light on the Dreaded Phenomenon of 'Dark Spending'

Astrophysicists confront the mystery of dark energy and dark matter. Supply chain managers have to deal with dark spending.

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Can Robots Solve Omnichannel Distributors' Identity Crisis?

Robots might be the solution to one of the biggest challenges facing distribution centers in the omnichannel era.

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Eliminating Forced Labor Is a Tough Task. But That's No Reason Not to Act.

Laws against child labor, human trafficking and forced labor in the supply chain are beginning to spread throughout the globe.

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Are There Enough Workers to Support U.S. Manufacturing Growth?

What if manufacturing came back to the U.S., and there weren't enough people to fill the jobs?

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Should CPG Brands Let Amazon Lure Them Away From Traditional Retailers?

Amazon.com Inc. just put another crack in the foundation that underlies traditional retail.

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Why Asia Is Accounting for Most of the Growth in Logistics Outsourcing

Logistics outsourcing may be on the rise everywhere, but Asia is where the action is.

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Seeking Higher Ground: How One EMS Provider Is Redefining an Industry

There was a time when contract manufacturers performed one specific task: making products, usually of a high-tech nature, while staying well behind the scenes. But that time is long gone.

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How FDA's Rule on Medical-Device Tracking Can Cure a Sick Supply Chain

Regulation is usually viewed by the private sector as a burden. But sometimes it makes good business sense.

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The Changing Role of the CPO: With Respect Comes Responsibility

A "celebrity" chief procurement officer? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

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Facing the Task of Facilitating WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement

Free trade seems to have few friends in positions of power these days. But advocates of removing obstacles to the flow of international trade got at least one piece of good news earlier this year.

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For 3M, Technology Was the Key to a New Supply-Chain Mindset

It only makes sense that The 3M Company, with a business model resting almost entirely upon technology, would eventually get around to applying it to the supply chain.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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