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FedEx's Move to Dimensional Pricing: How Shippers Should Respond
Shippers are bracing for a big increase in the cost of moving packages by ground service.
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Walmart Ramps Up Sustainability Effort, 'Invites' Suppliers to Join
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. doesn't do things on a small scale. So when it moved to expand its global sustainability effort, the retailing giant acted true to form.
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Sustainability at H&M: Long Road Traveled, Long Road Ahead
If you're still not convinced that sustainability can be a big marketing tool for global brands, then take a glance at the latest "Conscious Actions" report from Hennes & Mauritz AB - known to clothing shoppers around the world as H&M.
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SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule Is in ... Conflict
Just two weeks before companies are required to begin filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the presence of conflict minerals in their products, confusion reigns.
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Coping With the Nightmare of Consumer-Product Recalls
My previous post covered the difficulty of tracing and ensuring the quality of automotive and aerospace parts. The job is just as tough for consumer packaged goods and food producers.
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In Automotive and Aerospace, Every Part Matters
Think it's tough tracking finished goods from source to sale? Trying doing the same for the millions of parts that go into them.
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How Logistics Helps Whirlpool Stay Competitive
We speak incessantly about the impact of "consumer demand" on manufacturers' supply chains. But do we really understand what that term means?
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Supply Chain's Carbon Impact: More Than a Footprint
Carbon footprint: What a misleading metaphor that is.
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CPG Suppliers: Drowning in the Sea of Big Data
No doubt about it - consumer packaged goods companies are drowning in data today.
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Same-Day Delivery Is Going to Be Big - Some Day
Same-day delivery of items ordered online or from stores is an irresistible idea. Now if retailers could only figure out how to make it work.
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The Air-Cargo Freighter as Endangered Species
It's getting harder and harder to keep air-cargo freighters profitably aloft.
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Paper Planes: What's Keeping Air Cargo Carriers From Automating?
Fast and innovative: that's the image conveyed by the air cargo industry. So why is it lagging so badly when it comes to automating documentation and standardizing key procedures?
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