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MANUFACTURING
Key to Germany's Continued Manufacturing Success is Low Profile, Mid-Sized ''Hidden Champions''
Amazingly, 48% of Global Mid-Sized Manufacturing Call Germany Home; What are the Key Factors?
SUPPLY CHAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Supply Chain News Makers Video Series: Gerry Hempstead on Dynamics in Parcel Shipping Market
UPS Says it will Get Tough with Retailers on 2017 Peak Season Forecasts

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Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study!

The Confluence of Two Important Trends

 

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DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIAL HANDLING FOCUS
Theft in Distribution Centers Growing Threat, Security Expert Says
Internet Opens Up Huge Market for Stolen Goods, While Video Cameras Hardly Help, Barry Brandman Says
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Spot Rates for Asia to US Containers All over the Map, but In General the Trend Remains Down, in Good News for Shippers
2017 Better than 2016 for Carriers, but ShipperS Likely to Retain the Upper Hand, Drewry Says
RFID AND AUTO ID FOCUS
RFID and IoT News Round Up for Week of May 6, 2017
Retail Item-Level RFID Deployments Exaggerated, Expert Says; RFID to Eliminate Checkout Clerks at Japanese C-Stores; New Ceramic RFID Tag for Industrial Applications from Kyocera
SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT FOCUS
When In Doubt, Beat Up on Suppliers, as Walmart, Sainsbury's Both Demand Big Savings from Vendors
Walmart Asks Vendors to Reduce Pricing to Establish Price Leadership, While Sainsbury's Attacking Rising Costs
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FOCUS
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Yet Another Software Quarter for US Truckload Carriers in Q1, as Volumes, Rates Remain Weak
Profits for Our Group of Six Carriers Down 18.6%, as Swift Says Industry ''Continues to be Plagued with Excess Capacity''
GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
Forget Global Warming, Big Freeze is Starting Very Soon, Some Scientists Say
New 230 Year Cooling Cycle Underway, David Dilley Says, while Valentina Zharkova Continues to Predict a Looming Maunder Minimum
RESEARCH AND INSIGHT
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Innovation in Shipper-3PL Relationships Benchmark Report
Some of the Best Data We've Had from Any Study! The Confluence of Two Important Trends
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