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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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Premium Automotive Brands Hope SUV, Crossover Model Lines Bring Global Sales Growth
The world's leading automotive premium brands are looking to achieve significant growth between now and the end of the decade with the launch of new models, including expansion of their sport utility vehicle and crossover model lines. Some brands, such as Jaguar and Maserati, will be entering these segments for the first time.
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CPG Eliminates Delays and Theft by Investing at the Border
Challenge: A leading food provider that ships fresh fruit from Mexico was impacted by two major issues. 1. Delayed deliveries. When it looked closer into milestone events they found all delays were occurring when trucks went through customs. The delays were having a direct impact on goods quality. 2. Missing trucks and drivers. Drivers in Mexico were being kidnapped.
Netwin Unveils New Module for Conflict Minerals Reporting
Netwin Solutions Inc., a provider of applications for supply-chain security and global trade management, has launched a software module to help companies comply with new rules for reporting on the presence of conflict minerals in their products.
China Drives Global Demand for Silicones, But Its Production Level 'Threatens' Market
A robust demand for silicones in China, combined with an improving economy there, is driving market growth for these versatile polymers, which are increasingly vital to the construction, automotive, cosmetics and medical/pharmaceutical industries, says a new global market research report released by IHS.
For Now, Foreign Automakers Must Continue to Operate in China Only in Joint Ventures
China's mostly state-owned automakers want to persuade the country's Commerce Ministry to retain a requirement seldom found in other top manufacturing nations: Foreign automakers may assemble cars in China only through 50-50 joint ventures with domestic partners.
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Connecting A Family Of Brands
Challenge: Client had multiple divisions/business units that operated independently with their own set of carrier rates, payment processes, shipping systems and no visibility of their freight practices/ spend across all locations.
BMW's South Carolina Plant to Be Automaker's Biggest in the World
Add Spartanburg, S.C., to the list of manufacturing hotspots. That's where BMW AG last week announced it will invest $1bn to build the equivalent of a new factory to its already formidable U.S. production site. Following the expansion, BMW's U.S. complex will become the automaker's biggest, larger than any it operates in Germany, its home.
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Auto Manufacturers Form Pact on Human Rights, Sustainability, Ethical Standards
More than a dozen of the world's largest car makers have agreed on minimum human rights, environmental and business ethics standards for their global supply chains, according to the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) in Michigan and CSR Europe in Brussels, which today jointly announced the "unprecedented agreement."
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Yusen Logistics Completes Fourth Expansion at Port of Duisburg
Yusen Logistics has completed the fourth expansion of its facility at the Port of Duisburg, Germany.
Will Ocean Carriers Scuttle Their Future (Again)?
It looks as though we're in for a year of continued economic recovery and job growth, however gradual. That should be good news for ocean carriers - assuming they don't undermine their own success by flooding the market with capacity, then engaging in rampant discounting to fill it.
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IBM Deploys B2B Cloud-Based Network for India's Auto Industry
IBM has deployed a business-to-business, cloud-based network to support India's automotive industry.
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