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A survey on facility sustainability conducted by Tompkins Supply
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Re-shoring (sometimes called 'near-sourcing') is the strategy of
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Addressing workers and suppliers, Toyoda said rapid growth led to
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However unit labor costs decreased 4.7% from the same quarter a
year
ago, the largest four-quarter decline since 1948.
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Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary
of Con-way Inc., has reported an accident frequency rate of 0.53 for
2009, or one accident for every 1.9 million miles, based on Federal
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"Traditionally we have used inventory to buffer against what we
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Kurt Hydraulics has again expanded its offering to include a new
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Daily News For March 5, 2010 