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eCommerce Growth
There's no slowing the eCommerce juggernaut. Sales are on the rise with a couple of the usual suspects leading the charge, and a global increase of 17.5% is expected this year.
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Sustainable Packaging
Supply chain sustainability covers a lot of ground. Not surprisingly, packaging is a big area of emphasis.
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Leave Your Comfort Zone
Everyone has their own 'comfort zone'. Breaking out of it can be painful, but may also yield breakthroughs.
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Productivity and Big Data
On the Wired site, David Steinberg discusses the potential impact on productivity by Big Data. As more data is accumulated and analyzed, costs are reduced and productivity increases because of the improved knowledge of customer behavior.
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3PL Rankings
The latest world-wide rankings for 3PL's are in, and only 2 American companies cracked the top 10. Some interesting information about market growth and profitability of different 3PL areas of focus is also presented.
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Job Satisfaction and Lean
Recent research seems to indicate that a significant percentage of American workers just plain don't like their jobs. Help can be found in some unexpected places.
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Sustainability at SAP
On the Technology Forecasters site, Peter Graf discusses how SAP goes about the business of sustainability. Personally, when I think of that topic, I rarely consider software vendors, but the ERP giant really has its act together.
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Some Useful Lean Principles
Eva Rykrsmith from Business 2 Community takes a look at some very useful Lean principles in a recent blog on the site.
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The Next Big Thing?
It's pretty easy to recognize trends that are affecting businesses worldwide, but when you get the crystal ball out and look into the future it gets a little hazy.
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Big Data & Supply Chains
Big Data seems to be all over the place. Are there really ways it can impact supply chains?
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