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Sourcing & Procurement

With Supply Chain Planning, Keep it Simple

By focusing on select metrics, buyers, planners and managers can monitor the health of the company and act when needed.

Risk/Compliance

Harvey Hits Chemical Industry Hardest

Getting the Gulf Coast’s chemical industry operating again could take weeks.

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Risk/Compliance

Latest NAFTA Talks Near End with Few Breakthroughs

While slow progress is normal in most trade negotiations, the nations have been seeking an unusually quick timeline for NAFTA, and officials doubt a deal could be reached by the target date of December.

Risk/Compliance

Identifying Risk in a Complex Global Supply Chain

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

Supply chain risks likely will only get bigger, as rampant investor and consumer demand for corporate responsibility, transparency and traceability leaves little wriggle room for non-compliance, malpractice or plain ignorance.

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Deliv Expands Same-day Delivery to More than 1,400 Cities Nationwide

National retailers have expanded their use of Deliv’s offering to 14 new markets in time for the holiday season.

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Software & Technology

Körber acquires Supply Chain Software Specialist HighJump

Infios (formerly known as Körber Supply Chain)

International technology group Körber reinforces its logistics capabilities with the acquisition of U.S. supply chain software specialist HighJump.

Sourcing & Procurement

LLamasoft Partners with Zipline to Deliver Global Medicine via Drone

LLamasoft, a Coupa Company

The supply chain leaders are working together to offer modeling services, which will drive public health supply chain efficiencies using drone delivery.

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Home Improvement Stores to Benefit from Hurricane Harvey

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

Lowe's spokeswoman Sarah Lively says the retailer has sent "500 truckloads" of supplies to the storm zone.

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E-Commerce Solutions

E-commerce to Thank for Supply Chain’s Surprising Interest in Chatbots

A new report from eft finds that as companies explore automation and blockchain to better manage supply chains, they are also taking a close look at chatbot technology.

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Sourcing & Procurement

Aerospace Suppliers Fight Back Against Environmental Regulation

The mom-and-pop-size companies who supply aerospace giants with specialized metal parts are locked in a battle with air regulators who are stepping up their scrutiny of the processes that take place in those structures.

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Hurricane Harvey Disrupting Freight Transportation in Gulf Region

Hurricane Harvey’s broad swath across Texas will strongly affect over 7 percent of U.S. trucking, with some portion of that fraction out of operation for two weeks.

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Terror Concerns push TSA to Review Cargo Screening Policy

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

The Transportation Security Administration is reviewing its screening procedures for cargo flown into and within the United States because of concerns that potential security vulnerabilities could be exploited by terrorists.

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