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Risk/Compliance
Walmart Takes Bold Steps Toward Safer Chemicals
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Walmart's latest green initiative set a goal of reducing the retailer's chemicals footprint by 10 percent by 2022, affecting over 55 million pounds of priority chemicals.
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Warehousing
Manufacturers that Embrace IIOT Are on the Path to Operational Visibility
Zebra Technologies Corp.
The key findings of a recent survey of 1,100 manufacturing executives validate high expectations for new technology, while also clarifying the significant challenges ahead.
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Warehousing
Metric of the Month: Shrinkage as a Percentage of Revenue
APQC
Focusing on minimizing shrinkage as a percentage of revenue can help organizations control costs and improve profit margins.
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Sourcing & Procurement
Lack of Mobility Holds Back Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation
IFS North America
Mobility represents just as large of an opportunity for industrial organizations as it does for front-runners in other sectors such as Uber, Apple and Microsoft.
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Software Solutions
Why the Latest Mobile Devices Aren’t Always the Greatest for Data Capture
Scandit
Enterprises across different industries don’t necessarily need to use cutting-edge mobile data capture technology to start transforming and modernizing their business operations.
Samuel Mueller
Sourcing & Procurement
Buy American, Hire American: How Renewed Protectionism Is Reshaping Supply Chains
IBISWorld
While it is still too early to see how much the executive order is actually impacting businesses and government agencies, new policies could strengthen the effects of rising prices and wage costs.​
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Emerging Technologies
Descartes Certified for Single Window Initiative by CBSA
Descartes Systems Group
Descartes is now the only service provider that has been certified to submit commercial import data for the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) Single Window Initiative.
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Warehousing
Target Invests in Brick-and-Mortar While Competitor Focus Remains Online
The retailer plans to invest more than $3 billion over the next three years in its brick-and-mortar locations.
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Warehousing
Shipping Restrictions Waived for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
The waiver suspends a law, known as the Jones Act, which limits the number of ships that can be sent to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, and thus the amount of relief supplies that have come in since the hurricane.
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Risk/Compliance
Hurricane Maria Wreaks Havoc on Pharma Supply Chain
Many of the 50 pharmaceutical plants in Puerto Rico are essentially being idled for the time being as employees dig out of the devastation.
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Warehousing
Luxer One Offers New 'Buy Online Pick-up In-store' Package Lockers
Luxer One’s BOPIS lockers alleviate service issues, while increasing productivity for associates at the service desk.
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Sourcing & Procurement
The Risk of Ignoring Risk
Risk management is generally thought of as a buyer initiative. But as recent high-profile bankruptcy filings have brought to light, it is imperative that suppliers monitor and manage their risk as well, because the impact is far reaching.
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