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As U.S. Exports More Natural Gas, Manufacturers Worry About Increased Prices

If you ask the manufacturing and chemical sectors what their greatest blessing has been in recent years, the answer will generally be the plethora of natural gas that has been made accessible to them - and how this has decreased their cost of doing of business.

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Supplying Lithium Gets Trickier As Electric Revolution Looms

Hidden within the salt flats high in the Andes mountains of South America are vast deposits of the lithium that Elon Musk may need for his electric-car revolution. But extracting the mineral from brine ponds created by Orocobre Ltd. has proved more difficult than expected.

Seven Things You Should Be Doing About Brexit

A seven-point checklist has been produced by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply to help procurement professionals prepare for Brexit.

Pharmaceutical Serialization and Traceability - 2017 Report

Bayer Recalled 1M Alka Seltzer Cartons As Sales in Consumer Health Slid

Bayer - already struggling with falling consumer health sales - is also contending with a recall. It has been retrieving more than a million cartons of its Alka-Seltzer Original.

Trains in Vain: Epic CSX Traffic Jam Snarls Deliveries, From Coal to Fries

The freight-train ride from Chicago to Colesburg, Tenn., usually takes a few days. Earlier this month, though, the ride was 18 days, 13 hours and 57 minutes, logs show.

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Are You Running Out of Stuff? Here's How to Tell.

As populations grow and emerging markets industrialize, companies are facing a serious long-term challenge: how to meet surging consumer demand while minimizing environmental damage and sustaining the planet's natural resources.

Want to Attract Millennials in Manufacturing? Make Mobility a Top Priority

Manufacturing workers are retiring in droves, with an estimated 2.7 million jobs being vacated by 2025. At the same time, the growth and advancement of the industry is expected to create an additional 700,000 jobs for skilled manufacturing employees over the next decade. As a result, manufacturers are scrambling to fill this knowledge and skills deficit with the next generation of workers - millennials.

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Production Issues Lead to Global Shortage of Hepatitis B Vaccine

A global shortage of hepatitis B vaccine has developed as both Merck & Co. and GlaxoSmithKline deal with manufacturing issues, leading health agencies in England to ration use to those most at risk.

In-Store Replenishment & Other Fulfillment Concerns

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Amazon Shares Dropped After Trump Said It Hurts Retailers

U.S. President Donald Trump once again unloaded on Amazon.com Inc., tweeting that the company is hurting other retailers and implying that it's killing industry jobs across the U.S.

How Supply Chain Visibility Can Yield Results

Challenge: A company looked to identify major cost components associated with a supplier's product pricing. Partnering with its integrated supply chain solutions provider on visibility initiatives, the company collaborated with the supplier and determined that products were shipping from forward storage warehouse locations. The company had no visibility to these underlying logistics costs nor were the warehouse locations optimal for its network. Items were also produced in multiple locations with many inter-plant transfers occurring in the supplier’s network.

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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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