| In This October 17, 2011 Issue |
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While retail and consumer executives are spending less on security due to insufficient capital, cyber crime incidents across the industry are on the rise.
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Today's supply chain management is a combination of best practices and smartly applied tools whose ownership must be shared.
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When it comes to solving our infrastructure problems, Washington is asleep at the wheel.
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In order to keep in sync with its customers, Procter & Gamble has created a new measurement: SAMBC - Service As Measured By the Customer.
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Holding back from investing in top talent will cost many companies due to their lack of vision.
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The most important corporate reputation factors are quality products, trust, transparency, and employee welfare. Only 8% of people believe what companies say about themselves.
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If you took the time to analyze how you spent every minute of your workday, you'd probably find there are many moments that no actual activity takes place. But that doesn't necessarily mean nothing is getting done.
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U.S. manufacturers face structural disadvantages that offset many of the productivity gains achieved through innovation and the efficiency initiatives.
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The Transportation Security Administration has decided not to proceed with its December 31 deadline for 100% screening of inbound cargo to the U.S.
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The Panama Canal Authority has completed phase three of the dry excavation project in the construction of the Pacific Access Channel.
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DHL has completed its deployment of a green fleet of pickup and delivery vehicles in Manhattan. This fleet will enable DHL to cut carbon emissions by more than 50% in comparison to conventional vehicles.
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These articles were those most viewed in the previous newsletter.
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The logistics industry is experiencing a shortage of capable supply chain managers prepared to work in vital management positions.
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With the launch of the iPhone, Apple's Steve Jobs set in motion a shift to mobile computing on handheld gadgets that Internet giants such as Google and Facebook have embraced as the future.
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Trucking capacity will be hard to come by the rest of this year and into 2012.
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